Gergő Fazekas

Gergő Fazekas (born 31 October 2003) is a Hungarian handball player who plays for Wisła Płock and the Hungarian national team.

Gergő Fazekas
Personal information
Born (2003-10-31) 31 October 2003
Budapest, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Wisła Płock
Number 24
Youth career
Years Team
2014–2018
 Éles KISE
Senior clubs
Years Team
2018–2022
 Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs
2022–
 Telekom Veszprém
2022–
 → Wisła Płock (loan)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–
 Hungary 4 (10)
Medal record
Junior World Championship
Silver medal – second place2023 Germany/Greece

Career

Club

In the 2018/19 season, Gergő played for the first time in the second division in the NB I/B. He was not even 15 years old when he made his debut. In his first senior season, he scored 26 goals in 10 games. In November 2021, it was announced that he would continue his career at Telekom Veszprém from the summer of 2022.[1] They signed a 4-year contract with him. For the first two years of his contract, he is loaned to Polish side Wisła Płock.[2] In Plock in the summer of 2022, during the preparation, he suffered a serious shoulder injury.[3] He had surgery, then made his comeback in February 2023 after 6 months of rehabilitation.[4]

National team

He was called up to the Hungarian national team for the first time in October 2021 by the then Hungarian national team head coach István Gulyás.[5] He was included in the large squad of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship,[6] but in the end he did not become a member of the narrow squad. On March 19, 2022, he made his international debut in the Hungarian national team, (selected by Chema Rodríguez) in Gummersbach against Germany.[7] He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal.[8]

Personal life

His father, Nándor Fazekas, is a former legendary national handball player who played in the Hungarian national handball team.

Honours

National team

Club
Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs
Wisła Płock

Individual
  • Hungarian Adolescent Handballer of the Year: 2019[9]
  • Hungarian Youth Handball Player of the Year: 2021[10]

References
  1. "A magyar utánpótlás egyik legígéretesebb tehetsége a Telekom Veszprémben - Telekom Veszprém". handballveszpremshop.hu. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. "A Telekom Veszprém külföldi nagycsapathoz adja kölcsön fiatal magyar tehetségét". origo.hu. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. "Raport Medyczny – Gergő Fazekas". 2 August 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. "Kézilabda: élesben is bemutatkozott a Plockban a Veszprém kölcsönjátékosa". nemzetisport.hu. 6 February 2023.
  5. "Apáról fiúra száll a válogatottság: meghívót kapott a legendás magyar kapus fia". Sportal.hu. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  6. "Men's EHF EURO 2022 Official Squad Lists" (PDF). Euro Handball. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  7. "Fazekas Gergő ott mutatkozott be a válogatottban, ahol megszerette a kézilabdát". utanpotlassport.hu (in Hungarian). 7 April 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  8. https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/u21-es-ferfi-kezi-vb-nemetorszag-magyarorszag-donto-2965545
  9. Kft, New Wave Media Group. "Megválasztották az év magyar kézilabdázóit". origo.hu/. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  10. Á, V. (9 February 2022). "Kézilabda: Bánhidi Bence és Márton Gréta az év játékosai - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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