Status: 25.07.2025 10:42 p.m.
After 13 years with the German handball record champion THW Kiel, Patrick Wiencek got a very special farewell on Friday evening. His selection “Piet & Friends” won against the THW Kiel with 33:28. The 36-year-old changes to the management of the club.
“Take care, legend!” And “Ahoi Patrick!” It was read on the advertising gangs when the light went out in the Kiel Arena at 6.30 p.m. and the fans rose from their places for the first time that evening to celebrate their husband frenetically with the jersey number 17. And then the big blonde came with the strong upper body.
“It’s a dream to be adopted here.”
Patrick Wiencek
The 2.01-meter hunter through a trellis of youth players, and when the spectators chanted his name, stepped on his name to the music of the fanfare train of TSV Pansdorf, his eyes were already emotionally glassy with emotion.
“Yes, wow!”, His first words were when asked how everything was on him. “I don’t even know what to say. This is a dream to be said goodbye here. I’m incredibly happy about it.”
Numerous stars in the selection “Piet & Friends”
And then came those who had appointed Wiencek in his selection “Piet & Friends”. The Niklas Landin, who traveled from Aalborg, for example, who jumped Vienna directly into the arms, or Julian Köster, Christian Zeitz, Dominik Klein, Silvio Heineevetter, Steffen Weinhold and also one from the team of the Eternal Rival SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
“Even if he comes from Flensburg, he is a super boy. With number 4 – Johannes Golla,” said Wiencek into the microphone. Rarely has an SG player in Kiel received such applause.
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Patrick Wiencek: Moments of goosebumps in the sports club and in the career end sprint (21 min)
Since Miha Zarabec, Marcus Ahlm, Marko Vujin, Sebastian Firnhaber and Oliver Roggisch had to cancel at short notice, the now 56-year-old THW legend Klaus-Dieter “Pitti” Petersen quickly jumped in. Not only the selection supervised by national coach Alfred Gislason was special, the season was also.
Over three thirds 17 minutes there should be 10,000 fans between “Piet & Friends” and the current THW team – based on Wiencek’s jersey number.
Jicha first for “Piet & Friends” in action
The matching opening of the game only succeeded in the second attempt. After the well -known extremely ambitious Andreas Wolff parried a seven -meter from WIENCEK, the native of Duisburg overcame the national goalkeeper from the district runner position. The half-positions in the selection in the first third THW head coach Filip Jicha and the 44-year-old Zeitz, which now has a circular stature.
During the time-out, greeting messages were repeatedly recorded via VideoWienst, including Paul Drux or Dierk Schmäschke, the President of SG Flensburg-Handewitt. After the first third, Patrick Wiencek moved to the THW team, which was 8:10 behind. At “Piet & Friends” his brother David Wiencek (Ahlener SG) now steered the game. Quite successful – after the second third, the selection led to 22:20.
Prime Minister Günther will be substituted
At 26:25 Gislason took a break and called on his team via microphone: “Damn, we want to win the game here. We need another player!” And shortly afterwards he came out of the dark into the light. It was Schleswig-Holstein’s Prime Minister Daniel Günther. The 52-year-old CDU politician ran up with number 10 and even scored a goal.
WIENCEK scores the last goal of the game
The last goal was of course reserved at 9:30 p.m. WIENCEK. The THW players formed a trellis, and then stepped through “Bam-Bam” and threw the ball into the goal one last time. This was followed by gifts for Wiencek, which, among other things, was six times with the THW German champion and five times DHB Cup winner.
And when the future office employee was on the field in the light cone, together with his wife Fabiane and the children Lotta and Paul, and on the video disk to solemn music, the great moments of his career were seen again, the tears were now even more clear to him than before the game.
Especially when THW playmaker Domagoj Duvnjak hugged him or was unveiled under the roof of the Arena Wiencek’s portrait with the number 17.
“I had 13 incredible years here.”
Patrick Wiencek
“I don’t even know where to start,” said Wiencek when the microphone was served. “I found my farewell game outstanding in terms of mood and you contributed to it,” he said to the audience.
“I had an incredible 13 years here, I married my wife here in Kiel and got my two children here. And I was allowed to play in this hall for 13 years. I have always run here with goose bumps,” said Wiencek: “I can only say thank you that you were all here. Thank you!”
