Zsolt Balogh
| Zsolt Balogh | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
29 March 1989 Orosháza, Hungary | ||
| Nationality | Hungarian | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Ferencvárosi TC | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2005 | Orosházi FKSE | ||
2005–2010 | PLER KC | ||
2010–2011 | SC Magdeburg | ||
2011–2012 | Gyöngyösi KK | ||
2012–2019 | SC Pick Szeged | ||
2019–2022 | Tatabánya KC | ||
2022– | Ferencvárosi TC | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008– | Hungary | 70 | (221) |
Zsolt Balogh (born 29 March 1989) is a Hungarian handball player for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungarian national team.[1][2]
He represented Hungary at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.[3][4]
Career
[edit]He began his career in his hometown, Orosháza. He first played for PLER KC for five years and then played handball for the 2010–2011 season in the German Bundesliga, SC Magdeburg. He only played here for 1 season,[5] after that he returned home to Hungary, to the Gyöngyösi KK. Following the Gyöngyös detour, he was certified in SC Pick Szeged in 2012. In 2014, he was a member of the EHF Cup winning team, which won the cup against the French Montpellier Handball in the Berlin final. In the spring of 2018, he won a Hungarian championship after several silver medals with his team, defeating the biggest rival Telekom Veszprém. Over the years, he has become the most successful player in the history of the Szeged club, 300. He scored the EHF Champions League goal on 14 October 2018, in the winning match against the German champion SG Flensburg-Handewitt. In February 2019, it became official that he would continue his career in the Grundfos Tatabánya KC team from next season. In his last year in Szeged he won the Hungarian Cup with his team.
Individual awards
[edit]- Hungarian Junior Handballer of the Year: 2008[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Zsolt Balogh". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ^ "valogatott jatekosok rangsora" [ranking of selected players]. kezitortenelem.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ 2019 World Men's Handball Championship roster
- ^ "Fókuszban az olimpia" [The focus is on the Olympics]. keziszovetseg.hu (in Hungarian). 8 January 2019.
- ^ "SCM und Zsolt Balogh lösen Vertrag auf" [SCM and Zsolt Balogh terminate contract]. handball-world.news (in German).
- ^ "Hornyák Dóra az év legjobbja!". civishir.hu (in Hungarian).
External links
[edit]- Zsolt Balogh at the International Handball Federation
- Zsolt Balogh at the European Handball Federation
- Profile at pickhandball.hu at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 December 2015) (in Hungarian)
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Hungarian male handball players
- SC Pick Szeged players
- Tatabánya KC players
- People from Orosháza
- Hungarian expatriate handball players in Germany
- Handball-Bundesliga players
- Sportspeople from Békés County
- SC Magdeburg players
- 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen
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