Johannes Bitter


Johannes Bitter is a German handball goalkeeper for TVB 1898 Stuttgart and the German national team.

Club career

Bitter started his senior career with SG VTB Altjührden in 1999, before moving to Wilhelmshavener HV three years later. After only one season in Wilhelmshaven, he signed with SC Magdeburg in 2003, with whom he won the EHF Cup. Following that success, Bitter eventually moved to HSV Hamburg in the summer of 2007. In 2016 Bitter moved from Hamburg to TVB 1898 Stuttgart. There, he has extended his contract by one year to stay with the club until 30 June 2018.

International career

Bitter made his debut for the German national team on 4 January 2002 in Balingen against Switzerland.
He is World champion from 2007 with Germany. He participated on the German team that finished 4th at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship. Bitter represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.