Daniel Stephan is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 player.

Born in Rheinhausen

Rheinhausen

Rheinhausen is a district of the city of Duisburg in Germany, with a population of 79,566 and an area of 38.68 km². It lies on the left bank of the river Rhine....

, he was a member of the German national handball team

Germany national handball team

The Germany national handball team is the national handball team of Germany. Germany won the handball world cup in 1938, 1978 and in 2007 as the host of the handball world cup-Achievements:Olympic Games* winner in 1936...

 from 1995, winning the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship

2004 European Men's Handball Championship

The 2004 Men's European Handball Championship took place from January 22 to February 1, 2004 in Slovenia.- Group A :This group was played out in Velenje.--------- Group B :This group was played out in Ljubljana.- Group C :...

. He retired in 2005, after an injury series not wanting to end, which had let him never take part at a World Men's Handball Championship

World Men's Handball Championship

The World Championship in team handball for men has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1938.- History :In 1938, the first indoor handball world championship was played in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany on 5 February and 6 February...

. Stephan was the World Player of the Year 1998

IHF World Player of the Year

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 and the German handball player of the years 1997 to 1999.

In the Bundesliga

Bundesliga (handball)

The Handball-Bundesliga is the top German professional handball league. The league has been sponsored by Toyota since 2007 and therefore the league is called the Toyota Handball-Bundesliga...

 Stephan played for OSC Rheinhausen until 1994, when he changed to TBV Lemgo

TBV Lemgo

TBV Lemgo is a German handball club from Lemgo. From 1911 until 1942, the club's name was Ballsportverein Lemgo 1911. As of 2011, TBV Lemgo competes in the Handball-Bundesliga.- Accomplishments :* National Championship of Germany: 2** 1997, 2003...

, where, at the moment, he still is playing. With Lemgo, he has won the National Cup of Germany in 1995, 1997 and 2002, the National Championship of Germany in 1997 and 2003, the EHF Cup

EHF Cup

The EHF Cup is an official competition for men's handball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. From 2012/13 it will be merged with EHF Cup Winners' Cup to EHF European Cup....

 in 2006 as well as the EHF Cup Winner's Cup

EHF Cup Winner's Cup

The EHF Cup Winners' Cup is the official competition for men's and women's clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and takes place every year. From 2012/13 the men's competition will be merged with EHF Cup to EHF European Cup. -Winners:-By Country:...

in 1996.