Johannes Golla

Johannes Golla
Golla in 2024
Personal information
Born (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997
Wiesbaden, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number 4
Youth career
Years Team
2003-2007
 TG Eltville
2007-2010
 TuS Dotzheim
2010-2012
 SG Wallau-Massenheim
2012–2015
 HSG VFR/Eintracht Wiesbaden
2015
 MT Melsungen
Senior clubs
Years Team
2015–2018
 MT Melsungen
2018–2026
 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2026–
 MT Melsungen
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–
 Germany 117 (409)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisTeam
European Championship
Silver medal – second place2026 Denmark/Norway/Sweden
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 3 February 2026

Johannes Golla (born 5 November 1997) is a German handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the German national team.[1][2]

Since 2021, he has been the captain of the German national team, succeeding Uwe Gensheimer.

Career

Golla started playing handball at the age of 5 at TG Eltville. In 2015 he joined MT Melsungen.[3] In 2016, he debuted for the senior team in the Bundesliga.

At the end of 2017, Golla announced that he wouldn't extend his contract, and at the start of the 2018/19 season, he joined league rivals SG Flensburg-Handewitt.[4][5]

In 2019, he won the German championship and in 2024 and 2025, he won the EHF European League.[6][7]

National team

On March 9th 2019 he debuted for the German national team against Switzerland.[8] He played his first major international tournament at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship.[9][10]

At the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship he was the German topscorer,[11] and made the tournament all star team.[12]

At the 2024 Olympics he won a silver medal with the German team.

At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he won silver medals, losing to Denmark in the final.[13] He was selected as the all-star team pivot.[14]

Individual awards

References

  1. ↑ "Melsungen zu Golla-Abschied: "Praktisch nichts unversucht gelassen"" [Melsungen on Golla's departure: "Practically nothing was left untried"]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Johannes Golla unterschreibt bei der SG Flensburg-Handewitt" [Johannes Golla signs with SG Flensburg-Handewitt]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sichtung für Jugendnationalmannschaft" (in German). Rheingau.de. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Melsungen zu Golla-Abschied: "Praktisch nichts unversucht gelassen"" [Melsungen on Golla's departure: "Practically nothing was left untried"]. handball-world.news (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Johannes Golla unterschreibt bei der SG Flensburg-Handewitt" [Johannes Golla signs with SG Flensburg Handewitt] (in German). Handballworld. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Danish world champions help Flensburg seal back-to-back titles in the EHF European League Men". International Handball Federation. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Flensburg end 10-year European trophy drought". ehfel.eurohandball.com.
  8. ↑ "Handballer verlieren gegen die Schweiz" (in German). DHB. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Kader für EM-Auftakt steht" [Squad for European Championship kick-off is set]. dhb.de (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad" (PDF). sportresult.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  11. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics Germany". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  12. ↑ "Jim Gottfridsson wertvollster Spieler der Handball-EM, Johannes Golla im All-Star-Team" (in German). www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "Euro 2026 Final - Match Report". European Handball Federation. 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  14. ↑ "Deutscher Coup bleibt aus: Dänemark holt ersten EM-Titel seit 2012" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  15. ↑ "MVP Gottfridsson leads seven-nation All-star Team". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 30 January 2022.
  16. ↑ "Men's EHF EURO 2026 All-star Team revealed". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. 1 February 2026.
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