Niclas Pieczkowski

Niclas Pieczkowski (born 28 December 1989) is a German handball player for VfL Eintracht Hagen and the German national team.

He was a part of the German team, that won gold medals at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.

Career Niclas Pieczkowski started playing handball at the age of 5 at Letmather TV. In 2005 he moved to HTV Sundwig/Westig, and in 2006 he moved VfL Eintracht Hagen. Two years after he broke through on the senior team. From 2008 to 2010 he was regular player for their Regionalliga team.

In 2010 he signed for the 2. Bundesliga team TUSEM Essen. With them he was promoted to the Handball-Bundesliga in 2012. In 2013 he joined league rivals TuS N-Lübbecke. He played for them for three years, before joining SC DHfK Leipzig in 2016. He signed a two-year contract with the club. He later extended the contract until 2020, and in 2020 he extended for one further year.

In 2021 he joined GWD Minden.

In the summer of 2023 he returned to VfL Eintracht Hagen.

Season Statistics Source: Player profile at the Handball-Bundesliga webpage

National team He debuted for the German national team in 2015 against Switzerland.

He was initially part of the 20-squad for the 2016 European Championship, but did not make the 16 man tournament squad. He later came into the team to replace Maximilian Janke.

Achievements European Championship: 2016