Background
The son of a medical doctor, and an athletic prodigy (when he was twelve he played already for the local handball team), Schmidt became Romanian national high school champion in the shot put.
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Hansi Schmidt
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After playing for Știința Timișoara and Știința Bucharest, he transferred to Steaua Bucharest, the military team Schmidt defected from Romania to West Germany when he was 21 years old during a match tour with the Romanian national youth team All in all, he played in ten finals for the German championship.
Between 1967 and 1972 he became six times in a row top goalscorer of the Bundesliga"s Northern League, the first five times also of the Bundesliga itself.
In 1975 he became again top goalscorer of the Northern League. In 2008 he was named on of the VfL"s "All-Star-Team“.
Considered to be the inventor of the delayed jump shot in handball, he worked as a coach, and later as a physical education teacher, after retiring from active play. 1959 - 1961 Știința Timișoara (Romanian first league)
1961 Știința Bucharest
1961 - 1963 Steaua Bucharest
1964 - 1976 VfL Gummersbach
1976 - 1979 Tuberculosis Wülfrath
television Gelpetal (as a coach)
1981 - 1982 TuS Derschlag/playing coach
Seven times top goalscorer of the Bundesliga"s Northern League (1967- 1972 and 1975)
173 Bundesliga games played, 1066 scored goals
338 goals in 53 EHF Champions League games
18 national team appearances for Romania
98 national games for Germany, 484 goals scored
3 nominations to the World Team.
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Membership
Being a member of the military, he was sentenced to death for desertion.
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Northern League