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Nils Lichtlein

German handball player (born 2002) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nils Lichtlein
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Nils Lichtlein (born 31 July 2002 in Regensburg, Germany) is a German Handball player, for the German Bundesliga team Füchse Berlin.

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He started playing handball at the local club ESV 1927 Regensburg, where he won the Bavarian championship in 2015. In 2016 he joined Füchse Berlin,[1] where he started in the youth ranks. With the Füchse youth team he won the youth Bundesliga in 2017-18.

From 2021 to 2023 he played for the B-team 1. VfL Potsdam in the 2nd Bundesliga.[2] A ligament injury held him out for most of the 2021-22 season.[3]

In 2023 he won the EHF European League with Füchse Berlin. Two seasons later he won the 2024-25 Handball-Bundesliga, which was the first in club history.[4] The same season he played in the 2024-25 EHF Champions League final, where Füchse lost to league rivals SC Magdeburg.[5]

He debuted for the German national team on November 3, 2023 against Egypt. His first major international tournament was the 2024 European Championship.

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Private life

His grandfather, Artur Lichtlein, his uncle, Carsten Lichtlein and his mother were also handball players.[1]

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