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Johannes Golla

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Johannes Golla
Golla in 2024
Personal information
Born (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 27)
Wiesbaden, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number 4
Youth career
Years Team
2003-2007
 TG Eltville
2017-2010
 TuS Dotzheim
2010-2012
 SG Wallau-Massenheim
2012–2015
 HSG VFR/Eintracht Wiesbaden
2015
 MT Melsungen
Senior clubs
Years Team
2015–2018
 MT Melsungen
2018–
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–
 Germany 92 (328)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 11 January 2025

Johannes Golla (born 5 November 1997) is a German handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the German national team.[1][2]

Since 2021, he has been the captain of the German national team, succeeding Uwe Gensheimer.

Career

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Johannes Golla started playing handball at the age of 5 at TG Eltville. In 2015 he joined MT Melsungen.[3] In 2016 he debuted for the senior team in the Bundesliga.

At the end of 2017 Golla announced, that he wouldn't extend his contract, and at the start of the 2018/19 season he joined league rivals SG Flensburg-Handewitt.[4][5]

In 2019 he won the German championship and in 2024 he won the EHF European League.

National team

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On March 9th 2019 he debuted for the German national team against Switzerland.[6] He played his first major international tournament at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.[7][8]

At the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship he was the German topscorer[9], and made the tournament all star team.[10]

At the 2024 Olympics he won a silver medal with the German team.

Individual awards

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  • All-Star pivot of the European Championship: 2022[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Melsungen zu Golla-Abschied: "Praktisch nichts unversucht gelassen"" [Melsungen on Golla's departure: "Practically nothing was left untried"]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Johannes Golla unterschreibt bei der SG Flensburg-Handewitt" [Johannes Golla signs with SG Flensburg-Handewitt]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Sichtung für Jugendnationalmannschaft" (in German). Rheingau.de. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Melsungen zu Golla-Abschied: "Praktisch nichts unversucht gelassen"" [Melsungen on Golla's departure: "Practically nothing was left untried"]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Johannes Golla unterschreibt bei der SG Flensburg-Handewitt" [Johannes Golla signs with SG Flensburg Handewitt] (in German). Handballworld. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Handballer verlieren gegen die Schweiz" (in German). DHB. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Kader für EM-Auftakt steht" [Squad for European Championship kick-off is set]. dhb.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  8. ^ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Cumulative Statistics Germany". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Jim Gottfridsson wertvollster Spieler der Handball-EM, Johannes Golla im All-Star-Team" (in German). www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  11. ^ "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 30 January 2022.
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