Péter Kovacsics
| Péter Kovacsics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
13 June 1994 Nagyatád, Hungary | ||
| Nationality | Hungarian | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left wing | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Ferencvárosi TC | ||
| Number | 99 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2006–2012 | Csurgói KK | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2012–2015 |
 Csurgói KK | ||
2014–2015 |
→ Balatonfüredi KSE (loan) | ||
2015–2018 |
Gyöngyösi KK | ||
2018– |
Ferencvárosi TC | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Hungary | 7 | (8) |
Péter Kovacsics (born 13 June 1994) is a Hungarian handball player who plays for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungary national team.
Career
[edit]Club
[edit]Péter spent his junior years at Csurgói KK, where he also made his debut in Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 2012/13 season. He scored 27 goals in 16 games. In the 2014/15 season, he played on loan at Balatonfüredi KSE, replacing Bendegúz Bóka, who was recovering from leg surgery.[1] He scored 46 goals in 26 games. Here he made his debut in the EHF Cup, where he scored 5 goals. In 2015, he moved to Gyöngyösi KK.[2] He transferred to Ferencvárosi TC in the summer of 2018.[3] In the 2022/23 season, he reached fourth place in the league and reached the EHF European League round of 16 with the team. He scored 35 goals in 15 matches in the EHF European League.
National team
[edit]He was 10th with the Hungarian team at the 2013 World Youth Championship and 9th at the 2014 Junior European Championship. He made his debut in the Hungary men's national handball team on November 4, 2020, in the Eurocup match against the Spain men's national handball team: Hungary-Spain 32–29.[4] (Péter did not score in the match). He was included in the large squad of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship,[5] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was also a member of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship squad,[6] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was a member of the traveling squad[7] for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship for the first time in a world tournament, but he did not play in a single match at the World Championship. He was included in the large squad of the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship,[8] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.
Personal life
[edit]He has an older brother, Ferenc, he is also a professional handball player, he is also a left winger. He also has an older sister, Anikó Kovacsics, who is a Hungarian national team player.[9]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Csurgói KK
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I
Bronze: 2013
- Magyar Kupa
- Bronze: 2013
References
[edit]- ^ "Kézilabda: Kovacsics és Miklós távozott a Csurgótól - NSO". 2014.
- ^ "Kézi: Kovacsics Gyöngyösön, tömeges távozók Cegléden - NSO". 2015.
- ^ "Férfi kézilabda: Schuch Timuzsin a Ferencvárosban folytatja - NSO". 2018.
- ^ "Férfi kézi Eurokupa: Magyarország–Spanyolország - NSO". 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Férfi kézilabda: Gulyás István bő keretet hirdetett a vb-re - NSO". 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Végleges a magyar férfi kézilabda-válogatott Eb-kerete". 8 January 2022.
- ^ "28th IHF Men's World Championship 2023 Poland & Sweden" (PDF). IHF. 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Men's EHF EURO 2024 Official Squad Lists" (PDF). European Handball Federation.
- ^ "Három Kovacsics kézizik | BorsOnline". 19 May 2013.
External links
[edit]- Péter Kovacsics at EHF (in English)
- Péter Kovacsics at MKSZ (in Hungarian)