Jan Mudrow is considered one of the greatest handball talents in Germany. The backcourt player of the third division team MTV Braunschweig was ensnared by many professional clubs. He decided to move to TBV Lemgo Lippe. From the summer onwards he will be following in his father Volker’s great footsteps.
Next Sunday the Alte Schwert sports hall will almost certainly be transformed into a witch’s cauldron. Hosts and third division leaders Braunschweig welcome their neighbors and closest rivals TuS Vinnhorst. The home team’s hopes of success in the derby also rest on the shoulders of a 17-year-old: Jan Mudrow. The backcourt left winger is the league’s most successful shooter with 83 goals in 15 games.
For the junior national player, his farewell tour from Braunschweig begins with the duel with Vinnhorst. Next season he will hunt for goals for Lemgo Lippe in the Bundesliga. So at the club with which his father Volker celebrated great success as a player and coach. At the same time, Mudrow junior is returning to his hometown: he was born on March 3, 2007 in Lemgo.
Talent comes to Lemgo Two year contract
For the 1.98 meter tall right-hander, who also cuts an excellent figure as a middle man, a new, exciting phase of life will begin in the summer. The teenager will finish school and leave his hometown in Bortfeld to make the leap into the professional sector at the traditional club.
“It’s a huge dream that is coming true and that I can live.”
— Jan Mudrow about his move to Lemgo
“I can’t really realize it yet. It’s a huge dream that is coming true and that I can live,” said the exceptional talent. He received a contract with Ostwestfalen until 2027. And those responsible for Lemgo are sure that Mudrow will make a breakthrough at TBV.
“He brings an incredible fire for the sport, a very strong understanding of the game and a lot of throwing power with him to Lemgo. We are convinced that he will continue to invest everything in order to shed his status as the greatest German talent and gain a foothold in the strongest league in the world “,” managing director Jörg Zereike and coach Florian Kehrmann are quoted as saying in a statement from the Bundesliga club.
Sadness to say goodbye to Braunschweig
The jump from league three to the Bundesliga is a huge one – even for a highly gifted player like Mudrow. And the teenager has to cope with it alone, far from home. Without his friends and without his usual social environment.
Mudrow also doesn’t hide the fact that it’s difficult for him to say goodbye to the Lion City: “I’ll be leaving Braunschweig with a tear in my eye. I won’t be able to get my time here back again. I have great friends in the team with whom I also have a lot in my private life “I’ve been playing with some of them since the C-youth.”
Father Volker Mudrow is a legend in Lemgo
In order to progress quickly in sport, the backcourt ace must take this step. The student is actually already too good for his Braunschweig students. At the age of 16, he played for the MTV third division team and scored more than 100 goals this season. He inherited his father Volker’s talent. “Mu”, as the 55-year-old is also known, won the German Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup as a player with Lemgo and played 19 games for the national team.
“My father’s Lemgo history played no role in my decision.”
— Handball talent Jan Mudrow
He also later led the TBV to great success as a coach, winning the championship with the Ostwestfalen in 2003 and the EHF Cup three years later. But his dad’s triumphs weren’t the deciding factor in moving to Lemgo, explains Jan: “My father’s history in Lemgo didn’t play a role in my decision. I just had a great feeling right from the start. Jörg and Flo have been great for me Showed interest and made a lot of effort to bring me to Lemgo – that convinced me.”
Mudrow junior wants to say goodbye with promotion
Before he turns his back on his local Bortfeld and the Braunschweig handball players in a few months, Mudrow junior wants to have the greatest possible success with MTV. “We still want to play great games and maybe even get promoted,” says the 17-year-old.
If his wish comes true, father Volker would also be very happy. After all, the 55-year-old not only passed on his talent to his son, but also played a major role in the rise of Lower Saxony: He has been the club’s coach since 2013 and led it from the fifth to the third division.
