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Michael Haaß
Michael Haaß on 28 November 2006
Personal information
Born (1983-12-12) December 12, 1983 (age 41)
Essen, Germany
Nationality  Germany
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
Team
VfB Frohnhausen
-1993
TV Cronenberg
1993-2001
TUSEM Essen
Senior clubs
Years Team
2001-2005
TUSEM Essen
2005-2006
HSG Düsseldorf
2005-2006
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2007-2009
GWD Minden
2009-2013
Frisch Auf Göppingen
2013-2016
SC Magdeburg
2016-2020
HC Erlangen
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2016
Germany 120 (180)
Teams managed
2020–2022
HC Erlangen
2022–2024
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
Medal record

Michael Haaß (born 12 December 1983 in Essen) is a former German handball player and current coach.

He won gold medals at the World Cup in 2007, for which he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt.[1]

Career

Haaß started playing handball at 10. From 1993 he played for TUSEM Essen where he joined the 1st team in 2001.[2] Here he won the EHF Cup in 2005. He then joined HSG Düsseldorf, and after a season Rhein-Neckar Löwen. He stood in the German Cup final with Rhein-Neckar Löwen in 2007. The following summer he joined Frisch Auf Göppingen, where he once again won the EHF Cup in 2011 and 2012. In 2013 he joined SC Magdeburg, where he played for three years. He then joined HC Erlangen.[3]

National team

Haaß made his debut for the German national team on April 14th, 2006 against Denmark.

He represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where the German team placed 9th,[4] EURO 2010, World Cup 2011 and EURO 2012[5]

Coaching Career

From 2019 he became the assistant coach at HC Erlangen. From 28 February 2020 he overtook the head coach position at the club together with Kevin Schmidt.[6] From the 2020-21 he became the sole head coach. In January 2022 he was relieved of his duties at the club.[7]

From the 2022-23 season he became the head coach at the 2nd Bundesliga team TuS N-Lübbecke.[8] In September 2024 he was fired after only getting 2 points from the first 4 games of the season.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Handball – WM: Merkel lädt Handball-Weltmeister ins Kanzleramt" (in German). focus.de. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Gegnerkader TUSEM Essen Saison 2001/2002". archiv.thw-handball.de (in German). THW Kiel. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Nationalspieler Michael Haaß wechselt 2016 zum HC Erlangen" (in German). HC Erlangen. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Michael Haaß Biography and Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  5. ^ Deutscher Handball-Bund: Michael Haaß Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine, URL: http://www.dhb.de, Retrieved 30 January 2012
  6. ^ "HC Erlangen und Rolf Brack beenden Zusammenarbeit" (in German). HC Erlangen. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. ^ "HC Erlangen und Trainer Michael Haaß gehen ab sofort getrennte Wege" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  8. ^ ""Passt perfekt in unser Anforderungsprofil": TuS N-Lübbecke präsentiert neuen Chefcoach" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  9. ^ "TuS N-Lübbecke stellt Trainer Michael Haaß mit sofortiger Wirkung frei" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 30 September 2024.