Anita Kazai (born 28 May 1988) is a Hungarian
handball er for
Dunaújvárosi KKA and the
Hungarian national team.
Career
A native of
Szeged
Szeged ( , ; see also other alternative names) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád county. The University of Szeged is one of the m ...
, has four siblings. When she was 16, playing with her school team on a tournament against schoolgirls of Debrecen, DVSC youth coach spotted her and immediately asked whether she would like to join the
Hajdú-Bihar side.
In her inaugural season by DVSC she could not break into the first team yet and played only for the second team. From the next season, as she got more matured, she had some playing minutes in the first team too, and had the chance to prove herself in the playoffs (2 matches/3 goals). The breakthrough came in 2009, and since then, despite her young age, she was an important member of the first team.
She debuted in the national team on 28 September 2018 against
Montenegro
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at the age of 30.
Personal
Because of her fragile, slender body she got the nickname ''Csibe'' (Chicken) from her first coach, Imre Bíró. Her best friend is her former room-mate
Viktória Csáki
Viktória Csáki (; born 3 March 1986) is a retired Hungarian handballer.
She got acquainted with handball in the school at the age of ten, and two years later she was already playing for local club TVSE. She was signed by Debreceni VSC at th ...
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Achievements
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I
The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...
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**''Silver Medallist'': 2010, 2011
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Magyar Kupa
The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...
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**''Silver Medallist'': 2011
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World University Championship:
**''Winner'': 2010
References
External links
Anita Kazai player profile on Debreceni VSC Official WebsiteAnita Kazai career statistics at Worldhandball
1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Szeged
Hungarian female handball players
Fehérvár KC players
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