Christian Zeitz

Christian Zeitz (born 18 November 1980 in Heidelberg) is a former German handball player.

Zeitz received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with the German national team. He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004.

He was known for an unconventional playing style, often called 'street handball'.

Career Zeitz began playing handball aged 6 with his two older brothers. At 18 he became a part of the first team at TSV Östringen in the 2. Bundesliga. When the tem fused with TSG Kronau to SG Kronau-Östringen, he followed. With the club he was promoted to the 1st Bundesliga.

He then joined THW Kiel, where he won the German Championship 9 times, the DHB-Pokal 6 times and the EHF Champions League 3 times.

He then joined Hungarian MKB-MVM Veszprém. Here he won the Hungarian double two teams and the Hungarian Super Cup three times.

From the 2016-17 season he returned to THW Kiel, where he once again won the DHB-Pokal. On 16 February 2018 he was suspended from the club due to disagreements on the exact lengths of his contract. In court the parts agreed to terminate the contract at the end of the season. The club also had to pay Zeitz 75.000 euroes. Afterwards the club faced criticism from its fans, when they removed his portrait from the club history gallery.

At the end of the affair he joined SG Nußloch in the 3. Liga. In February 2020 after the bankruptcy of SG Nußloch, he returned to the Bundesliga to join TVB 1898 Stuttgart for the rest of the season. The following season he joined GWD Minden. In November 2022 he announced his retirement.

Titles Club With THW Kiel

German Super Cup Winner: 2001 German Championship Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 German Cup Winner: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 EHF European League Winner: 2004 EHF Champions League Winner: 2007, 2010, 2012 Super Globe Winner: 2011

With KC Veszprém Hungarian Championship Winner: 2015, 2016 Hungarian Cup Winner: 2015, 2016 SEHA League Winner: 2015, 2016

National team European Men's Handball Championship Winner: 2004 Silver: 2002 World Men's Handball Championship Winner: 2007 Silver: 2003 Olympics Silver: 2004