Lukas Mertens

Lukas Mertens
Mertens in 2022
Personal information
Born (1996-03-22) 22 March 1996
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left wing
Club information
Current club SC Magdeburg
Number 22
Youth career
Years Team
–2013
 JSG Wilhelmshaven
Senior clubs
Years Team
2013–2017
 Wilhelmshavener HV
2017–
 SC Magdeburg
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–
 Germany 70 (158)
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 2 February 2026

Lukas Mertens (born 22 March 1996) is a German handball player for SC Magdeburg and the German national team.[1]

Career

As a youth player he played for JSG Wilhelmshaven.[2] In 2013 he joined Wilhelmshavener HV. In 2015 he helped the team getting promoted from the 2nd Bundesliga.

In 2017 he joined SC Magdeburg. Here he won the EHF European League and the IHF Men's Super Globe in 2021 and the German Championship in 2022 and the Super Globe for a second time. In 2023 he won the 2022-23 EHF Champions League, beating Kielce in the final 30-29.[3] The same year he won the Super Globe for the third time in a row. In 2024 he won the DHB-Pokal. In the final against MT Melsungen he was the topscorer with 7 goals.[4] In 2025 he won his second Champions League, beating German rivals Füchse Berlin in the final.[5]

National team

Mertens made his debut for the German national team on 5 November 2021 in a friendly against Portugal. He participated at the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.[6] His tournament was hoever ended prematurily due to a positive Covid-19 test. At the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship he finished 5th with Germany. The year after he was part of the Germany team that reached the semifinals of the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship, where they lost to Denmark.[7] Later the same year he won a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics. Once again, Germany lost to Denmark.

At the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship he finished 6th with Germany. At the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship he won silver medals, losing to Denmark in the final.[8]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Mertens, Lukas". EHF. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Handballverband Niedersachsen: Männliche Jugend". hvn-online.com (in German). Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "21 years after, Magdeburg write history again". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "SCM wie im Rausch, MT ohne Chance: Magdeburg feiert dritten Pokalsieg". liquimoly-hbl.de. 14 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Magdeburg win all-German final to take third title". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Cumulative Statistics Germany". EHF. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "EHF Euro 2024: Cumulative Statistics Germany". ehf.eu. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Euro 2026 Final - Match Report". European Handball Federation. 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
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