André Schmid (born 30 August 1983) is a Swiss handball coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of the Swiss national team. He retired in February 2024. At the same time he announced that he would be taking over as head coach of the Swiss national team.
He is considered the best Swiss men's player of all time, and one of the best playmakers of his generation. He holds the record for most goals for the Swiss national team, as well as 4th most matches.
He was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024.
Career Schmid started at the youth team of BSV Borba Luzern. From 2002 to 2004 he played for the Nationalliga B team SG Stans/Luzern. In 2004 he joined Grasshopper Club Zürich in the top division, where he played until 2007.
He then joined ZMC Amicitia Zürich, where he won the Swiss Championship twice. In 2009 he joined Danish side Bjerringbro-Silkeborg. In his only season at the club, he won bronze medals.
In March 2010 he announced that he would join German club Rhein-Neckar Löwen for the 2010-11 season on a four year contract. He was a key player for the team, when they won their first title in 2013, the EHF European Cup. In the 2015-16 he was part of the Löwen team, that won their first German Championship. The following season they won the German championship for a second time. In 2018 he also won the DHB-Pokal.
In 2022 he returned to Switzerland and joined HC Kriens-Luzern. In February 2023 he announced that he would retire after the 2023-24 season.
National team Schmid made his debut for the Swiss national team on 19 December 2003 in a match against Luxembourg.
In January 2021, at the age of 37, he parcitipated in his first World Championship. The team reached the main round of the tournament, and finished 16th. He had the second most Player-of-the-match awards with 3, only behind Sweden's Andreas Palicka.
At the 2024 European Championship, in the third game in the preliminary round, he scored his goal number 1094 for Switzerland, which made him the most scoring player for Switzerland ever.
Coaching career After retiring from playing, he became the head coach of the Swiss national team, and signed a contract until 2028.
Statistics Season League Team Goals Games Goals per Game2004/05 NLA Grasshopper Club Zürich 84 30 2,82005/06 NLA Grasshopper Club Zürich 118 33 3,62006/07 NLA Grasshopper Club Zürich 144 34 4,22007/08 NLA ZMC Amicitia Zürich 252 32 7,92008/09 NLA ZMC Amicitia Zürich 209 32 6,52009/10 JJL Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 113 24 4,72010/11 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 44 31 1,72011/12 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 84 34 2,52012/13 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 156 34 4,62013/14 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 161 34 4,72014/15 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 114 36 3,22015/16 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 164 32 5,32016/17 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 156 34 4,62017/18 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 189 34 5,62018/19 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 164 34 4,82019/20 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 117 25 4,72020/21 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 167 38 4,42021/22 HBL Rhein-Neckar Löwen 159 34 4,72022/23 QHL HC Kriens-Luzern 259 33 7,82023/24 QHL HC Kriens-Luzern 32 8 4,0
Achievements EHF Cup: Winner: 2013 Swiss Handball League: Winner: 2008, 2009 Swiss Cup: Winner: 2023 Handball-Bundesliga: Winner: 2016, 2017 DHB-Pokal: Winner: 2018 DHB-Supercup: Winner: 2016, 2017, 2018
Individual awards Handball-Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Swiss Handball League MVP: 2008, 2009 All-Star Playmaker of the Danish Handball League: 2010 Handballer of the Year (Germany): 2017 EHF Hall of Fame in 2024. Swiss Handballer of the year: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Swiss Handball coach of the year: 2025
See also List of men's handballers with 1000 or more international goals
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