Frank von Behren


Frank von Behren is a retired German team handball player.

Club career

Von Behren played professionally for GWD Minden, VfL Gummersbach, SG Flensburg-Handewitt and again Minden. He reached the EHF Champions League final in 2007 with Flensburg.
Sustaining a broken thumb on top of a severe shoulder injury, von Behren ended his playing career on 1 August 2008.

International career

On 10 March 1998 von Behren made his international debut for Germany in a match against Sweden in Ellwangen. Until 2008, he played 167 games for the national team, scoring 356 goals.
He received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Prior to that, he had received a silver medal at the 2002 European championship.

Personal life

Von Behren is married and has three children. In 2008 he started studying sport management in Oldenburg.
Von Behren worked as a pundit for Eurosport's German language coverage of the EHF Champions League. As of the 2014–15 season he does the same job for Sky Deutschland.