Steffen Weinhold

The way Steffen Weinhold’s career panned out is anything but normal. In 2008 the left-handed right back made his senior team debut after he had become Men’s 20 EHF EURO champion in 2006 and silver medallist at the Junior World Championship 2007. But then he disappeared internationally – apart from the season when he won EHF Cup with Nordhorn in 2008.

It was only after the EHF EURO 2012 that Weinhold was nominated again, but this time he stayed and he has since become one of the team’s key players. "Since I’m at the helm, he is one of our major key players," says head coach Dagur Sigurdsson. "He made so many huge steps ahead in a short time, gaining experience at Flensburg, Kiel and the national team. Nowadays he is an integral part of our puzzle."

At the EHF EURO in Poland, Weinhold will carry even more responsibility on his shoulders because experienced stars such as Patrick Wiencek and Uwe Gensheimer will miss the event due to injuries.

Carsten Lichtlein

At the age of 35, Carsten Lichtlein is the oldest and most experienced player in the German squad for the EHF EURO 2016 in Poland. The goalkeeper is the last remaining 2007 world champion in the current German team. In his long international career in the national team (200+ caps), Lichtlein very often stood in the shadows of big names such as Henning Fritz or Johannes Bitter. But he always played his role - and was there when he was needed. At the very latest he entered the spotlight at the World Championship 2015 in Qatar, when he was the German no.1 between the posts together with Silvio Heinevetter.

In contrast to the very emotional Heinevetter, Lichtlein is a calm, but fast goalkeeper. The EHF EURO 2016 will mark his fourth appearance at an EHF EURO event.

In 2000, Lichtlein made his first appearance in the Bundesliga when he joined TV Großwallstadt. After five seasons he moved to TBV Lemgo with whom he won the EHF Cup in 2006 and 2010. In 2013, the two-metre tall goalkeeper joined VfL Gummersbach.