Juri Knorr
Personal information
Born (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000
Flensburg, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Number 10
Senior clubs
Years Team
2017–2018
 HSG Ostsee N/G
2018–2019
 FC Barcelona B
2019–2021
 GWD Minden
2021–
 Rhein-Neckar Löwen
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–
 Germany 18 (23)

Juri Knorr (born 9 May 2000) is a German handball player for Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the German national team.

Career

Clubs

Knorr started playing handball in the Mini-Mix from VfL Bad Schwartau.[1] He later joined MTV Lübeck.[2] In addition, he played football for VfL Bad Schwartau and VfB Lübeck until 2015. Knorr returned to VfL Bad Schwartau, where he played in the A-Jugend-Bundesliga. He left VfL in 2017, at the age of 17, and joined HSG Ostsee N / G, which was trained by his father Thomas Knorr.[3]

In 2018 he moved to FC Barcelona, playing for their second division team.[4] In December 2018 he made his debut in FC Barcelona's top team, where he played a total of 6 games.[5][6] In 2019 he signed for the German Handball-Bundesliga club GWD Minden.[6] Since 2021 he's playing for Rhein-Neckar Löwen.[7] With Rhein-Neckar Löwen he won the German cup 2023.

National team

With Germany he participated in the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship in 2018, and was awarded a place in the All-Star team as the best left back.[8] He made his debut for the senior national team in November 2020.[9]

Individual awards

  • Best young player of the World Championship: 2023[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Groß geworden mit den Handballtagen". LN Online (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "WM-Debütant Juri Knorr: Vater Thomas zittert mit". NDR.de (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Top-Talent am Scheideweg". LN Online (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Handball-Talent Juri Knorr wechselt zum FC Barcelona". LN Online (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "El Barça d'handbol fa debutar Àlex Pascual, Mamadou Diocou i Juri Knorr". beteve.cat (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  6. 1 2 "GWD Minden verpflichtet deutsches Spielmacher-Talent vom FC Barcelona". Handball world (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Rhein-Neckar Löwen verpflichten Juri Knorr". Rhein-Neckar Löwen (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "JURI KNORR IM ALL-STAR-TEAM DER U18-EUROPAMEISTERSCHAFT". DHB (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "ERFOLGREICHES GISLASON-DEBÜT". DHB. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Poland/Sweden 2023 All-Star Team Revealed". IHF. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.