Stefan Schröder (born 17 July 1981 in

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: ''Swerin''; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Zwierzyn''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germ ...

) is a German former

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player. He is the World Champion of 2007 playing with the German national team. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the

2008 European Men's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (8th tournament) was held in Norway from 17 to 27 January, in the cities of Bergen, Drammen, Lillehammer, Stavanger and Trondheim. Denmark men's national handball team, Denmark won the tournament ...

."Germany"
– ''European Handball Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on February 6, 2008)

Club career

Stefan Schröder started playing handball at SV Post Schwerin. In 1999 he joined the youth team of

SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since formin ...

, where he would break through on the first team a year later. In 2001 he won his first title, when Flensburg-Handewitt won the

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beating Ademar Leon in the final. In 2004 he joined HSG Düsseldorf. Only a year later in 2005 he joined

HSV Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a professional handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, Handball Hamburg competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. The full name in German is ''Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V.'' but the club has t ...

. Schröder won the

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in 2007 with the German club

. On June 6th 2009 he beat the

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record for most goals scored in a single game, when he scored 21 goals. He retired as a player in 2017, but unretired briefly in August 2018 because HSV Hamburg had many injured players.

Post Playing Career

Between February 2018 and March 2024 he was the Vice president for youth sport in Hamburger Handball-Verband. In the 2020-21 season he coach the Youth A-team at HSV Hamburg.. From 2021 to 2024 he coached HSV Hamburg's B-team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schroder, Stefan 1981 births Living people German male handball players Handball players from Hamburg SG Flensburg-Handewitt players German handball coaches Handball SV Hamburg players 21st-century German sportsmen