Renārs Uščins

Renārs "Recke" Uščins (born 29 April 2002) is a Latvian-born German handball player who plays for TSV Hannover-Burgdorf and the Germany national team.

Club career Uščins started playing handball at SG Kühnau in Dessau as his father played for 2. Bundesliga team Dessau-Roßlauer HV. When he was 13 years old he joined SC Magdeburg, where he played for the Magdeburg 2nd team in the 3. Liga.

In February 2021 he joined Bergischer HC on loan.

In the 2021–22 season he was a part of the Magdeburg first team, where he won the German Championship.

For the 2022–23 season he joined TSV Hannover-Burgdorf on a permanent deal. In 2025 he was named the best young player in the world by IHF. He was voted into the tournament's All-Star-Team.

Uščins played for the Germany senior national team at the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship. In the final he scored only 2 goals out of 7 shots. IHF Best young men's player in the world: 2025