Glandorf: Experience is important, but it’s not everything

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He is what the Germans would call ‘an old fox’. At the age of 33, Holger Glandorf has experienced a lot in terms of handball world. He was world champion with Germany on home court in 2007 when he still played for the national team (reaching 167 internationals in total).

Furthermore, since joining Flensburg in 2011, he has won the VELUX EHF Champions League in 2014 after winning the last edition of the Cup Winners’ Cup two years earlier. 230 matches and 1109 goals for the North German side have definitely also added to the 197 cm tall right back’s experience. Still, he does not see this experience as a crucial factor in the upcoming season, in which Flensburg are going to make a further raid on the German championship along with taking on some of Europe’s strongest teams in the Champions League. “Of course, experience is always important, but you are wrong if you think that I and other experienced players can decide it all in our favour merely based on our experience. If we are going to have success, the entire team will have to work hard, and everyone – experienced as well as less experienced – will have to do their absolutely best,” he says. Monster group in the Champions League With teams like FC …

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