Steffen Fäth

Steffen Fäth (born 4 April 1990) is a German handball player for HSG Goldstein/Schwanheim and the German national team.^[1][2]

Steffen Fäth
Fäth in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1990-04-04) 4 April 1990 (age 34) Frankfurt, West Germany
Nationality	German
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	HSG Goldstein/Schwanheim
Number	23
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–2007	VfL Goldstein
2007–2008	SG Wallau-Massenheim
2008–2010	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2009–2010	→ VfL Gummersbach (loan)
2010–2016	HSG Wetzlar
2016–2018	Füchse Berlin
2018–2020	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2020–2023	HC Erlangen
2023–	HSG Goldstein/Schwanheim
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–	Germany	79	(168)
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team European Championship 2016 Poland

He was part of the German team that won the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship^[3]

Career

Fäth made his senior debut for Rhein-Neckar Löwen in the 2008-09 season. In the 2009-10 season he was loaned out to VfL Gummersbach.^[4] After returning from loan, he joined HSG Wetzlar. In his first season he proved a good goalscorer, and debuted for the German national team.

In 2016 he joined Füchse Berlin.^[5] Here he won the IHF Super Globe in 2016 and the EHF Cup in 2018. In 2018 he returned to Rhein-Neckar Löwen.^[6]

In 2020 he joined HC Erlangen.^[7] On 25 April 2021 in a game against SC Magdeburg he scored his 1000th Bundesliga goal.

In 2023 he joined HSG Goldstein/Schwanheim; the club were he had started his career back in 2007.^[8]

Season statistics

Season	Team	League	Games	Goals	Penalty goals	Outfield goals
2008/09	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Bundesliga	18	16	1	15
2009/10	VfL Gummersbach	Bundesliga	29	14	0	14
2010/11	HSG Wetzlar	Bundesliga	24	31	5	26
2011/12	HSG Wetzlar	Bundesliga	33	75	0	75
2012/13	HSG Wetzlar	Bundesliga	29	113	10	103
2013/14	HSG Wetzlar	Bundesliga	31	142	12	130
2014/15	HSG Wetzlar	Bundesliga	32	149	8	141
2015/16	HSG Wetzlar	Bundesliga	30	136	0	136
2016/17	Füchse Berlin	Bundesliga	34	82	0	82
2017/18	Füchse Berlin	Bundesliga	28	142	0	142
2018/19	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Bundesliga	28	56	0	56
2019/20	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Bundesliga	22	21	0	21
2020/21	HC Erlangen	Bundesliga	20	34	0	34
2021/22	HC Erlangen	Bundesliga	20	23	0	23
2022/23	HC Erlangen	Bundesliga	16	14	0	14
2008–2023	gesamt	Bundesliga	394	1049	36	1013

Source: Player profile at the Handball-Bundesliga^[9]

National team

With the German youth national team Fäth won the 2009 Junior World Championship.

At the 2016 European Championship he won Gold medals with the German team, beating Spain in the final 24-17.^[3]

At the 2016 Olympics he won bronze medals with the German team. For this he was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt^[10]

He participated at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship, where Germany finished 4th.^[11]

Achievements

• Summer Olympics:
  •  Bronze: 2016
• European Championship:
  •  Gold: 2016
• EHF Cup:
  • Winner: 2018
• IHF Super Globe:
  • Winner: 2016
• DHB Supercup:
  • Winner: 2018

References

1. DHB profile
2. "Profile". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
3. 2016 European Championship roster
4. "Löwen leihen Steffen Fäth nach Gummersbach aus" (in German). Rhein-Neckar Löwen. 15 July 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
5. "Nationalspieler Fäth verlässt Wetzlar im Sommer" (in German). handball-world.com. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
6. "Steffen Fäth wechselt zu den Rhein-Neckar Löwen" (in German). handball-world.com. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
7. "Steffen Fäth wechselt von den Rhein-Neckar Löwen zum HC Erlangen" (in German). handball-world.news. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
8. "Transfercoup: Europameister Steffen Fäth wechselt zurück zu Jugendverein" (in German). handball-world.news. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
9. "Player profile". Retrieved 5 July 2023.
10. "Verleihung des Silbernen Lorbeerblattes" (in German). Bundespräsidialamt. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
11. 2019 World Men's Handball Championship roster

External links

• Steffen Fäth at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)