Emily Bölk
German handball player (born 1998)
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Emily Charlot Vogel (née Bölk, born 26 April 1998) is a German handballer for Ferencvárosi TC and the Germany national team.[1][2]
Buxtehude, Germany
| Emily Vogel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Bölk in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Emily Charlot Vogel | ||
| Born |
26 April 1998 Buxtehude, Germany | ||
| Nationality | German | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Ferencvárosi TC | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2002–2012 | Buxtehuder SV | ||
2012–2013 | Sports Academy Viborg | ||
2013–2016 | Buxtehuder SV | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2014–2018 | Buxtehuder SV | ||
2018–2020 | Thüringer HC | ||
2020– | Ferencvárosi TC | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Germany | 138 | (413) |
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 November 2025 | |||
Career
Youth teams
Emily Bölk started at the youth team of Buxtehuder SV in 2002.[3] In 2012 she joined the Sports academy of Danish team Viborg HK.[4][5]
First team debut
A year later she returned to Buxtehuder SV. In the 2014-15 season she became part of the first team.[6] She debuted for the senior team on 7 September 2014 against HC Leipzig.[7] The same year she won the DHB-Pokal with the club. She won it again in 2017. She played 99 games for them, scoring 406 goals.[8]
Thüringer HC
In 2018 she joined league rivals Thüringer HC.[9] Here she won the DHB Supercup just the following September.[10] The same season she won the DHB-Pokal for a third time. In the final against SG BBM Bietigheim she scored the last-second winner to make it 24-23.[11]
Ferencváros
For the 2020-21 season she joined Hungarian Ferencvárosi TC.[12] Here she won the 2021 Hungarian championship. She was the second best goalscorer in the league that season with 124 goals, only behind Angela Malestein with 136.[13]
The following two years she won the Hungarian cup back-to-back.[14][15] In the 2022-23 season she reached the final of the Champions League.[16]
In 2024 she won the Hungarian cup for a third time, as well as the Hungarian league.[17][18]
National team
Having played for various youth national teams, Bölk made her debut for the German senior team on 5 June 2016 against Iceland.[19] Her first major international tournament was the 2016 European Championship, where Germany finished 6th.[20]
She was not initially a part of the team for the 2017 World Championship at home soil due to injury, but was called up after 3 games.[21] Germany reached the round of 16. Bölk played 4 games, scoring 5 goals.[22]
A year later she played at the 2018 European Championship, where Germany finished 10th. Bölk played 6 games scoring 20 goals.[23]
At the 2019 World Championship she finished 8th with the German team, which meant they did not qualify for the 2020 Olympics.[24]
In June 2021 she was appointed the captain of the German national team, together with Alina Grijseels.[25] Half a year later she played at the 2021 World Championship, where Germany reached the quarterfinal, where they lost to Spain.[26] Bölk scored 15 goals during the tournament.[27]
At the 2022 European Championship she was the second best German goalscorer with 28 goals. Germany finished 7th.[28] A year later she finished 6th at the 2023 World Championship with the German team. Bölk scored 20 goals.[29]
At the 2024 Olympics she represented Germany at an Olympics for the first time.[30]
She also represented Germany at the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.[31] Here Germany reached the final, where they lost to Norway.[32] This was the first time since 1994 that Germany made the final of a major international tournament and the first time they won a medal since 2007.[33] Vogel was part of the tournament all-star team.[34]
Awards
- World Championship:
Silver : 2025
- EHF Champions League:
- Silver : 2023
- Nemzeti Bajnokság:
Gold: 2021, 2024
- Hungarian Cup
- Gold: 2022, 2023, 2024
- German Cup
- Gold: 2015, 2017, 2019
Individual awards
- All-Star left back of the IHF World Handball Championship: 2025[35]
- MVP of the IHF Youth World Championship: 2014
- All-Star Left back of the European Junior Championship 2015
- German handballer of the year: 2018, 2019, 2023[36][37][38]
Personal life
She is the daughter of fellow handballer Andrea Bölk, who won the 1993 World Championship.[39]
In summer 2025 she married Hungarian water polo player, Simon Vogel, the older brother of Soma Vogel.[40]
