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This is how much German handball players earn from their clubs
At the Handball World Cup, the focus is on the DHB stars. If you win the tournament, you will receive an attractive bonus. What are the salaries of German players in general?
Handball stars receive significantly lower salaries than professional footballers. That’s why many of them also complete training or study alongside their career. Nevertheless, Wolff, Golla and Co. still earn significantly more at their clubs than the average citizen, as the payroll of the DHB players shows.
There are also various bonuses in the league and tournaments. According to the DPA news agency, national coach Alfred Gislason’s team would receive around 475,000 euros for the overall victory at the current Handball World Cup in Croatia, Norway and Denmark. “This is a team bonus, not a per capita bonus like in football,” said DHB President Andreas Michelmann to the Editorial Network Germany (RND). An additional incentive to give everything in the games.
These are the DHB top earners
In the Bundesliga, which is considered the best handball league in the world, MT Melsungen, THW Kiel and SC Magdeburg are the top addresses when it comes to salaries, according to the RND. While some clubs only pay normal gross salaries, other clubs entice players with tax-free surcharges such as travel costs, expenses and Sunday, public holiday or night surcharges.
All German national players currently play in the Bundesliga. Goalkeeper Andreas Wolff (THW Kiel) and DHB captain Johannes Golla (SG Flensburg-Handewitt, soon MT Melsungen) collect the most money from their clubs. Golla receives 48,000 euros a month and Wolff even earns 50,000 euros. This makes the 33-year-old goalkeeper the top earner in the German team.
The young players Juri Knorr (Rhein-Neckar Löwen) and Julian Köster (VfL Gummersbach), both 24 years old, take on a lot of responsibility in their clubs and in the national team – and are therefore already among the top earners. Marko Grgic from ThSV Eisenach currently receives the least with around 13,000 euros gross per month. But the 19-year-old will also probably make salary increases in the future.
Handball star Wolff collects thirteen times more than the average citizen
The complete salary list of the German players according to RND:
- Andreas Wolff (THW Kiel), 50,000 euros
- John Golla (SG Flensburg-Handewitt), 48,000 euros
- Timo Kastening (MT Melsungen), 32,000 euros
- Yuri Knorr (Rhine-Neckar Löwen), Julian Köster (VfL Gummersbach), 28,000 euros each
- Renars Uscins (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf), 23,000 euros
- Luke Zerbe (THW Kiel), Justus Fischer (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf), 22,000 euros each
- David Spaeth (Rhine-Neckar Löwen), Rune Dahmke (THW Kiel), Franz Semper (SC DHfK Leipzig), Christoph Steinert (HC Erlangen), 20,000 euros each
- Luke Mertens (SC Magdeburg), Luke Stutzke (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf), Luca Witzke (SC DHfK Leipzig), 18,000 euros each
- Nils Lichtlein (Füchse Berlin), 16,000 euros
- Marko Grgic (ThSV Eisenach), 13,000 euros
Olympic heroes and newcomers – this is the German squad for the Handball World Cup
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Andreas Wolff is the first goalkeeper. The 33-year-old has been playing for THW Kiel again this season
© Marcus Brandt / DPA
The gross monthly salaries are listed here. The top tax rate in Germany is 42 percent. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the provisional average salary for the year is 45,358 euros. This results in a monthly salary of around 3,780 euros. DHB top earner Andreas Wolff receives more than thirteen times as much.
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Source: Stern
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