Erik Schmidt (handballer)

Erik Schmidt
Erik Schmidt
	Erik Schmidt on September 16th, 2014 with the national team
Personal information
Born	28 December 1992 (age 32); Mainz, Germany
Nationality	German
Height	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	AEK Athens
Number	8
Youth career
	Team
–	TG 1862 Rüsselsheim
–	TSG Münster
–	SG Wallau
–	TV Großwallstadt
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2010–2012	TV Groß-Umstadt
2012–2015	TSG Friesenheim
2015–2017	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
2017–2019	Füchse Berlin
2019–2020	SC Magdeburg
2020–2022	Kadetten Schaffhausen
2022–2024	HSG Wetzlar
2024–	AEK Athens
National team 1
Years	Team
2014–	Germany
Medal record
European Championship
	1 National team caps and goals correct ; as of 23 August 2024

Erik Schmidt (born 28 December 1992) is a German handball player for AEK Athens and the German national team.^[1]

Career

Schmidt began playing handball TG 1862 Rüsselheim.^[2] He then played for TSG Münster, SG Wallau and TV Großwallstadt at youth levels. His senior debut began at TV Groß-Umstadt on the 3. Liga.^[2] In 2012 he joined the 2. Bundesliga team TSG Friesenheim.^[2] In the 2013-14 season he was promoted to the Bundesliga. In 2015 he joined TSV Hannover-Burgdorf.^[3] In 2017-18 he joined Füchse Berlin, after signing a three year deal in May 2016.^[4] Here he won the EHF Cup in 2018. In 2019 he joined SC Magdeburg.^[5] A season later he joined Kadetten Schaffhausen in Switzerland.^[6] Here he won the Swiss championship in 2022.

In 2022 he returned to Germany and joined HSG Wetzlar.^[7] After his three year contract ran out, he joined Greek side AEK Athens in 2024.^[8]

On 20 September 2014 Schmidt debuted for the German national team in a friendly against Switzerland.^[9]

At the 2016 European Championship he won gold medals with the German team, beting Spain in the final 24:17.

He was also part of the german team at the 2018 European Championship.^[10]

^ DHB profile
^ ^a ^b ^c "Friesenheim vermeldet Verlängerung und Neuzugang" (in German). handball-world.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ "Nationalspieler wechselt nach Hannover" (in German). handball-world.com. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
^ Hübner (29 May 2016). "Erik Schmidt bleibt nur bis 2017 bei der TSV Hannover Burgdorf". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "SC Magdeburg holt Kreisläufer aus Berlin" (in Danish). handball-world.news. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^ "Kadetten Schaffhausen reagieren auf Markovic-Ausfall mit DHB-Europameister Erik Schmidt" (in German). handball-world.news. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
^ "Europameister zurück in der Bundesliga: HSG Wetzlar verpflichtet Erik Schmidt" (in German). handball-world.news. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
^ "Bestätigt: Erik Schmidt wechselt ins Ausland" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ "DHB-Team: Auftaktsieg gegen die Schweiz beim „Unternehmen Weltspitze"" (in German). handball-world.com. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
^ Ramona Adolf (5 December 2017). "Jogi Bitter im erweiterten EM-Kader - TVB Stuttgart: News aus der Handball-Bundesliga - Zeitungsverlag Waiblingen". zvw.de. Retrieved 5 March 2024.