youthclubs years youthyears clubs birth_place weight nationalteam nationality height position article_title nationalyears birth_date image currentclub name
dynamo magdeburg tus magdeburg 0000-1984 1984-1988 0000-1984 1984-1988 dynamo magdeburg tus magdeburg magdeburg , east germany 91 kg lb germany german 1.88 0 goalkeeper henning fritz
 1994-2008 21 september 1988 henning fritz 4792.jpg retired henning fritz
henning fritz

henning fritz -lrb- born september 21 , 1974 in magdeburg , germany -rrb- is a retired german handball goalkeeper , and the first goalkeeper to be named world player of the year , in 2004 .
fritz is a relatively short goalkeeper -lrb- only 1.88 m -rrb- who began playing major-league handball with sc magdeburg .
he moved to thw kiel in 2001 and has been a member of the men 's german national handball team since 2002 .
the german team took second place in the european championships in sweden that year and another second place in the world championships 2003 in portugal .
in 2004 he participated in the teams success in slovenia , where they took the european championships .
in 2004 in athens he played with the team to another second place .
the opening game of the 2007 men 's handball world cup was his 200th game on the national team .
he played a great championship , became most valuable player in several games and was nominated for the all star team .
fritz is currently the goalkeeping coach of the german national team .
