The next youngster makes the leap to the first team: Tim Thielicke will be part of SC Magdeburg’s Bundesliga squad from the 2026/27 season. The 18-year-old backcourt player has signed a contract at the Elbe until June 2029.
Born in Biederitz, he has been playing handball since he was five years old and moved from his hometown to SC Magdeburg in 2021. Since then, he has played for all of the club’s youth teams on the Elbe. In 2025, he won the German championship with the B-Youth, followed by the title with the A-Youth this year.
In Magdeburg, the strong right-hander developed into a youth national player and won silver with the German U17 team at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Skopje last year. Now Thielicke will take the next step in his career in the Bundesliga.
Bennet Wiegert, SCM head coach and sporting director: “After Malte Elze, Tim is the second player we can bring up from the youth team to the first team this year. I am immensely pleased about this and it speaks for the good work and the close cooperation within the club. Tim has shown his talent again and again in recent years and has earned his way into the Bundesliga. With his tackling strength and his finishing ability, he brings qualities that fit well into our playing system. He is already very advanced for his age, but we will still build him up carefully so that he can establish himself as an integral part of the team in the long term.
Tim Thielicke: “To get this chance at SC Magdeburg means a lot to me. The club has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. The fact that SCM now has their trust in me and wants to continue on the path with me makes me very grateful. I already know many of the players and I’m looking forward to learning from them every day. Now it’s time for me to keep working hard and constantly improving so that I can help the team in the best possible way.”
