Bundesliga water polo – Maurice Jüngling strikes to OSC Potsdam

Whereas most athletes are on a well-deserved summer season trip, these accountable for the Potsdam Orcas are already working arduous on the brand new season within the background. That is supposed to begin on October 5 with the primary Bundesliga match. Earlier than that – on the finish of September – there may be nonetheless the primary spherical of Euro Cup qualification. “Participation in that is nonetheless not sure. However we’re working arduous to make this a actuality,” says André Laube, sports activities director of the water polo division at OSC Potsdam.

“What we’re very joyful about is the design of the group,” stated Dr. Lars Götz, head of the Orca water polo gamers. “It will not be a lot, however there will likely be some large modifications from final season. “Antonio gave us two nice seasons. This step was logical,” stated Götz. An previous good friend will return for him. Erik Dortmann (21), who performed an enormous half in his youth improvement at Potsdam Sports activities Faculty, will now play for Potsdam once more after a yr at SG Neukölln and the goalkeeper trio with Joel Limprecht (20) and Max Rössel (18) ) prepared. .

Konstantin Hüppe (retired) and Matija Zezelij (nonetheless open) are on the OSC as a departure. “We are going to miss Konni particularly – as a participant, however above all as a determine of recognition,” stated Laube. “Within the six seasons he was with us, he by no means missed a nationwide or worldwide aggressive recreation – glorious.” In whole, he performed 118 Bundesliga video games for the Orcas and scored 98 targets.

Nevertheless, Potsdam was in a position to pull off an entire switch coup on the finish of June. Maurice “Mopi” Jüngling, one of the established German gamers of the final decade, involves Potsdam from Spandau 04. The 32-year-old proper winger and middle defender will now put up his cap for the Orcas after greater than 20 years with the Wasserfreunde. “I now wish to focus extra on ending my educating diploma and I wish to decelerate a bit in sports activities,” says Jüngling. “The workload at Spandau is simply too excessive for that. A- now I am actually trying ahead to this new job to assist such a younger, bold group once more.”

Actually, Jüngling, together with captain Ferdinand Korbel (28), is Potsdam’s most skilled participant: “A whole asset,” says Korbel. “Mopi can arrange the sport from the backcourt up back and front. When it comes to character, he is a terrific man anyway and matches in properly with the group.” That is additionally confirmed by Götz, who accompanied the teen as group physician for the nationwide group for ten and a half years and who was very concerned in beginning his profession. I discovered him to be fully skilled and dependable, with out airs and graces. His nice nationwide and worldwide expertise will strengthen us . He can provide rather a lot to the various younger gamers who’re with us, out and in of the water.”

Jüngling began taking part in water polo at SG Schöneberg in 2000 and moved to Spandau simply two years later. There he went by way of the whole youth profession and made it into the lads’s group in 2009. He celebrated the German championship ten instances, the German Cup and the Supercup seven instances every. The German nationwide group has performed greater than 150 worldwide matches with two World Cup matches, 5 European Championship matches and two World Cup finals. As well as, a number of worldwide golf equipment seem with Spandau within the Champions League. Enjoyable reality: The 1.84 meter mannequin athlete performed together with his new coach Alexander Tchigir (55) for an additional 4 years – from 2009 to 2013 (PM Spandau 04 / wgp).

Revealed on July 24, 2024 by Wolfgang Philipps