Miro Schluroff
| Miro Schluroff | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Schluroff in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
25 April 2000 Bregenz, Austria | ||
| Nationality | German | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back, centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | VfL Gummersbach | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2011–2017 | ATSV Habenhausen | ||
2017–2019 | HC Bremen | ||
2017–2018 | → ATSV Habenhausen | ||
→ 2018–2019 | Wilhelmshavener HV | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2019–2021 | Füchse Berlin | ||
2020–1/2021 | → Wilhelmshavener HV (loan) | ||
2021–2022 | GWD Minden | ||
2022– | VfL Gummersbach | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2025– | Germany | 17 | (39) |
Medal record | |||
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 3 February 2026 | |||
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Miro Schluroff (born 25 April 2000) is a German handball player for VfL Gummersbach. In addition to indoor handball, he also plays beach handball.[1]
Career
Schluroff started playing handball aged 10, after playing soccer and tennis earlier.[2] Initially he played for ATSV Habenhausen[3] and then he joined HC Bremen in 2017-18. In 2019-18 he was loaned to Wilhelmshavener HV in the 2nd Handball-Bundesliga. After that season he joined Bundesliga team Füchse Berlin, where he played for the 2nd team in the 3. Liga.
He made his debut in the Bundesliga on 8 March 2020 in a home game against SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
After the Covid season in 2020-21 he joined Wilhelmshavener HV on loan again.[4] The loan ended already after 7 games in January 2021,[5] he then joined Bundesliga team GWD Minden to replace the long-term injured Miljan Pušica.[6]
For the 2022-23 season he joined VfL Gummersbach.[7] In 2025 he extended his contract until 2029.[8]
National team
Schluroff made his debut for the German national team on 13 March 2025 in a European Championship qualification game against Austria.[9] His first major international tournament was the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship, where Germany won silver medals, losing to Denmark in the final.[10][11]
Beach
In Beach handball Schluroff played for Team Nordlichter.[1] In 2018 he won the U18 European Beach Handball Championship with the German team.[12][1]
Personal life
His sister Tony and his cousin Luc are both handball players, and play in the lower leagues of German handball.[2]
His father, Lars Unger, is a former soccer player for Werder Bremen. Miro was born in Bregenz, Austria because his father was playing for SW Bregenz at the time.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "„Immer wieder ein geiles Gefühl": U18-Europameister Miro Schluroff im Interview" (in German). handball-world.news. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- 1 2 3 Jörg Niemeyer (27 May 2019). "Miro Schluroff sucht sein Glück bei den Füchsen Berlin". weser-kurier.de (in German). Bremer Tageszeitungen. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ↑ Gunnar Schäfer (15 July 2017). "Champions-League-Erfahrung soll helfen". weser-kurier.de (in German). Bremer Tageszeitungen. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ↑ "Miro Schluroff per Leihe zum WHV". fuechse.berlin (in German). Füchse Berlin. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ↑ "Wilhelmshavener HV verpflichtet „hochtalentierten" Rückraumspieler: Paul Hein kommt aus Berlin" (in German). handball-world.news. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ↑ "Miro Schluroff wechselt nach Minden" (in German). Füchse Berlin. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ↑ ""Riesiger Schritt": Miro Schluroff verlässt GWD Minden" (in German). handball-world.news. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ↑ "VfL Gummersbach and Miro Schluroff together until 2029". Handball-Planet. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- ↑ "Handball-EM-Qualifikation: Golla kritisiert - Schluroffs Debüt begeistert" (in German). Kicker. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ↑ "Deutscher Coup bleibt aus: Dänemark holt ersten EM-Titel seit 2012" (in German). handball-world.news. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
- ↑ "'18 Männer für die EHF EURO 2026" (in German). DHB. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ↑ Marcus Riechmann (17 March 2021). "Ein Typ mit Talent zum Torjäger. Der Trainer sieht es etwas anders, aber in vielen Dingen erinnert Mindens neuer Rückraumspieler Miro Schluroff an den jungen Christoffer Rambo. Über Berlin ging es für den Bremer zu GWD und in die Bundesliga". Mindener Tageblatt (64 ed.). Minden: Bruns Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG. p. 25.
