 Freihöfer in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2002-08-21) August 21, 2002 Reutlingen, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Handball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Füchse Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2016 | SG Ober-/Unterhausen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | VfL Pfullingen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | JSG Echaz-Erms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Füchse Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Füchse Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | 1. VfL Potsdam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Füchse Berlin (dual registration) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Füchse Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tim Freihöfer (born 21 August 2002) is a German handball player who plays as a left wing for Füchse Berlin in the Handball-Bundesliga and the Germany national team.
Career
Club career
Freihöfer, who grew up in Lichtenstein near Reutlingen, began playing handball at the age of four with SG Ober-/Unterhausen.[1]
As a C-youth player, he trained with the men's team of VfL Pfullingen and played one season for the club.[1] He later joined JSG Echaz-Erms and played in the A-Jugend-Bundesliga at the age of 15.[2]
In 2018, Freihöfer joined the youth setup of Füchse Berlin.[3] With the A-youth team of Füchse Berlin, he won the German A-youth championship in 2020 and 2021.
In the 2020–21 season, Freihöfer made nine appearances for the Füchse Berlin senior team in the Bundesliga, scoring 15 goals.[4]
In the 2021–22 season, Freihöfer played for 1. VfL Potsdam in the 3. Liga and was also eligible to play for Füchse Berlin through a dual registration.[5] With Potsdam, he won promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2022.
Since 2022, Freihöfer has held a professional contract with Füchse Berlin.[4] He won the EHF European League with the club in the 2022–23 season.
In the 2024–25 season, he won the first German championship in Füchse Berlin's history. In April 2026, he won the DHB-Pokal with the club.
International career
Freihöfer represented Germany at youth and junior level. In 2019, he won the silver medal at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Azerbaijan with Germany U17.
With the German youth national team, he won the gold medal at the 2021 European Under-19 Championship.[5]
With the Germany U21 team, he won the 2023 IHF U-21 World Championship in Germany and Greece.[6]
On 26 February 2025, Freihöfer was called up to the senior Germany national team for the preparation camp ahead of the two European Championship qualification matches against Austria.
He made his senior international debut on 13 March 2025 against Austria in Vienna in the European Championship qualifiers.[7]
Honours
Club
Germany
Individual awards
- EHF Excellence Awards – Men's Team of the Season: 2025–26[8]
References
- khe (15 September 2020). "Tim Freihöfer: Vom Ländle in die Füchse-Familie". Füchse Berlin. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- Denis Raiser (25 July 2018). "Lichtensteiner Tim Freihöfer: Auf dem Weg zum Top-Spieler". Reutlinger General-Anzeiger. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- "Talent der JSG Echaz-Erms wechselt zur A-Jugend der Füchsen Berlin". handball-world.news. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- "Freihöfer für Matthes: Die Füchse nehmen einen Wechsel auf der Außenposition vor". Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- "Tim Freihöfer ist Europameister U19". SG Ober-/Unterhausen. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- "WM-Titel im eigenen Land: Deutschland gewinnt das Finale der U21-Weltmeisterschaft Handball". handball-world.news. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- msc (13 March 2025). "Handball-EM-Qualifikation: Golla kritisiert - Schluroffs Debüt begeistert". kicker. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- "EHF Excellence Awards 2026: Men's Team of the Season announced". European Handball Federation. 24 June 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.