Luca Witzke

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Luca Witzke
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Witzke in 2024
Personal information
Born (1999-04-03) 3 April 1999 (age 27)
Kempen, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club SC DHfK Leipzig
Number 7
Youth career
Years Team
2004–2011
 Hülser SV
2011–2014
 TV Aldekerk
2014–2016
 ART Düsseldorf
2016–2018
 TUSEM Essen
Senior clubs
Years Team
2018–2019
 TUSEM Essen
2019–2025
 SC DHfK Leipzig
2025–
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–
 Germany 38 (76)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 7 January 2024

Luca Witzke (born 3 April 1999) is a German handball player who plays for SC DHfK Leipzig and the German national team.

Club career

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Witzke joined TUSEM Essen in the A-youth team. In the 2017/18 season he played in the club's second division team. In the 2018/19 season he scored 98 goals for Essen.[1] In the summer of 2019, he moved to SC DHfK Leipzig in the Bundesliga.[citation needed]

International career

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Witzke had played 18 junior international matches. With the U20 national team, he won the bronze medal at the European Championships in Celje, Slovenia in the summer of 2018.[2] He missed the 2019 U21 European Championships due to a patellar tendon injury.[3]

In October 2019, Witzke was nominated for a training and international match week for the senior national team. There, he broke his nose, meaning he did not make his first international appearance.[4] He was the youngest player in the 28-man squad for the European Championships in January 2020.

On 5 November 2021, Witzke made his debut for the senior national team in a friendly against Portugal in Luxembourg. At the 2022 European Championship, he played two games before a positive COVID-19 test ended his tournament.[5] At the 2023 World Cup, he reached 5th place with the German national team, and Witzke scored 20 goals.

References

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