Simon Ernst
NationalityGerman
Birth date2 April 1994 (age 32)
Birth placeDüren, Germany
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
PositionCentre back
CurrentclubSC DHfK Leipzig Handball
Clubnumber5
Youthyears 11998-2009
Youthclubs 1Birkesdorfer TV
Youthyears 22009-2012
Youthclubs 2TSV Bayer Dormagen
Years 12012–2014
Clubs 1TSV Bayer Dormagen
Years 22014–2018
Clubs 2VfL Gummersbach
Years 32018–2021
Clubs 3Füchse Berlin
Years 42021–
Clubs 4SC DHfK Leipzig Handball
Nationalyears 12015–
Nationalteam 1Germany
Nationalcaps 166
Nationalgoals 138
Ntupdate10. August 2024

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

SeasonTeamLeagueGamesGoalsPenalty goalsOutfield goals
2014/15VfL GummersbachBundesliga3642042
2015/16VfL GummersbachBundesliga3085085
2016/17VfL GummersbachBundesliga341286122
2017/18VfL GummersbachBundesliga640436
2019/20Füchse BerlinBundesliga820020
2020/21Füchse BerlinBundesliga3817017
2021/22SC DHfK LeipzigBundesliga3422022
2022/23SC DHfK LeipzigBundesliga3457057
2023/24SC DHfK LeipzigBundesliga2827027
2014–TotalBundesliga24843810428

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.[11]

He was again a part of the German team at the 2022 European Championship.[12]

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. ^ "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 2024-01-21.
  9. ^ "Brazil 2015: All Star Team and MVP Announced". International Handball Federation. 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  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. ^ "Wolff saves EHF EURO gold for Germany". pol2016.ehf-euro.com. 31 January 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  12. ^ ."Official Squad List". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 December 2021.