Simon Ernst (born 2 April 1994) is a German handball player, currently playing for SC DHfK Leipzig Handball and the German national team.[1][2] He was part of the German team that won the 2016 European Championship.

Career

Ernst started at Birkesdorfer TV 1864.[3] In 2009 he joined TSV Bayer Dormagen, where he started at the youth teams. In 2012 he started playing for the 3. Liga men's team.[3] In 2014 he joined VfL Gummersbach on a two year deal.[3] In 2018 he joined Füchse Berlin.[4] Despite tearing his cruciate ligament twice in a year, his contract was extended in 2018 until 2021.[5] In October 2019 he tore his cruciate ligament for a third time.[6]

In 2021 he joined SC DHfK Leipzig.[7]

Season statistics

Season Team League Games Goals Penalty goals Outfield goals
2014/15 VfL Gummersbach Bundesliga 36 42 0 42
2015/16 VfL Gummersbach Bundesliga 30 85 0 85
2016/17 VfL Gummersbach Bundesliga 34 128 6 122
2017/18 VfL Gummersbach Bundesliga 6 40 4 36
2019/20 Füchse Berlin Bundesliga 8 20 0 20
2020/21 Füchse Berlin Bundesliga 38 17 0 17
2021/22 SC DHfK Leipzig Bundesliga 34 22 0 22
2022/23 SC DHfK Leipzig Bundesliga 34 57 0 57
2023/24 SC DHfK Leipzig Bundesliga 28 27 0 27
2014– Total Bundesliga 248 438 10 428

Update 04.07.2024[8]

National Team

Ernst played 50 matches for various German youth national teams.[3] In 2012 he won the U-18 European Championship with the German team and was included in the tournament all-star team as the playmaker.[3] In 2015 he won bronze medals at the U-21 World Championship and was chosen as the best back player of the tournament.[9]

On February 1, 2014 he debuted for the German B-national team.[3]

On January 4, 2015 he made his debut for the German senior national team in a preparation game for the 2015 World Championship against Iceland.[10]

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

He was again a part of the German team at the 2022 European Championship.[11]

At the 2023 World Championship he finished 5th with the German team.

Achievements

Individual awards

References

  1. ^ DHB profile
  2. ^ "Profile". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Der nächste große Wurf des Simon Ernst" (in German). Aachener Zeitung. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. ^ ""Absoluter Wunschspieler": Nationalspieler Simon Ernst wechselt zu Füchsen Berlin" (in German). handball-world.news. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Füchse Berlin verlängern mit Nationalspieler Simon Ernst" (in German). Berliner Morgenpost. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Die Karriere von Simon Ernst steht auf der Kippe" (in German). tagesspiegel.de. 16 October 2019.
  7. ^ "SC DHfK Leipzig verpflichtet Simon Ernst" (in German). handball-world.news. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Simon Ernst" (in German). Handball-Bundesliga. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Brazil 2015: All Star Team and MVP Announced". International Handball Federation. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  10. ^ "WM-Test in Reykjavík: Gelungener Start mit 31:24 gegen Island" (in German). German Handball Association. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  11. ^ ."Official Squad List" (PDF). ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Ernst
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