Nadine Krause

Nadine Krause (born 25 March 1982, in Waiblingen) is a former German handballer who last played for Bayer Leverkusen as a left back. She made her debut on the German A-Team in 1999, at the age of 17. She was voted IHF World Player of the Year 2006.

She is naturally left handed, but was known for being able to play with both hands. Later she joined VfL Waiblingen, where her father, Jürgen Krause was coaching.

She then joined HSG Blomberg-Lippe.

From 2001 to 2007 she played for TSV Bayer Leverkusen. Here she won the 2002 DHB-Pokal and the 2005 European Challenge Cup. She was the topscorer in the Bundesliga in the 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 season.

In 2007 she joined Danish side FCK Håndbold, where she played for three years before returning to HSG Blomberg-Lippe. With FCK she won the Danish cup in 2009. She was the topscorer of the Danish league in the 2007/2008 season.

In 2012 she joined Bayer Leverkusen once again

National team Krause debuted for the national team on November 23rd 1999 against Romania at the age of 17.

She was top scorer at the 2005 World Championships, and finished 6th with the German team.

At the 2006 European Championship she was once again top scorer with 58 goals.

She also represented Germany at the 2008 Olympics.

She missed the 2009 World Championship in China due to injury. She returned to play at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship.

Achievements German Cup: Winner: 2002 Landspokalturneringen: Winner: 2009 EHF Challenge Cup: Winner: 2005 EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Winner: 2009 World Championship: Bronze Medalist: 2007

Awards and recognition IHF World Player of the Year: 2006 German Handballer of the Year: 2005, 2006 All-Star Left Back of the European Championship:2004 Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 World Championship Top Scorer: 2005 European Championship Top Scorer: 2006 Bundesliga Top Scorer: 2005, 2006 Damehåndboldligaen Top Scorer: 2008