Anikó Cirjenics-Kovacsics (born 29 August 1991) is a Hungarian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

er for

Ferencvárosi TC Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros wa ...

and the Hungarian national team. She started to play at the young age of 10. She signed to Győri Audi ETO KC in 2006, where she quickly rose through the ranks and became a regular member of the first team at a very young age. She is reputed as a possible successor of world-class playmaker and former teammate

Anita Görbicz Anita Görbicz (born 13 May 1983) is a former Hungarian handballer who played for Győri Audi ETO KC and the Hungary national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, and was voted IHF World Player of the Y ...

. Kovacsics made her international debut on 22 September 2009 against

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. She represented Hungary on five

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(2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) and also participated on five European Championship (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020). Anikó scored 15 goals against

SG BBM Bietigheim SG BBM Bietigheim is a German handball club from Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg. Its women's team is playing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen, and internationally in the EHF Champions League. The men's team plays in the 2. Handball-Bun ...

in the

2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League The 2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League was the 26th edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation. Győri ETO defended their title by ...

season.

Achievements

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 ...

: **''Winner'': 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2021 *

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 ...

: **''Winner'': 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 *

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

: **''Winner'': 2013, 2014 **''Finalist'': 2009, 2012, 2016 **''Semifinalist'': 2010, 2011 * Women's 19 European Championship: **''Silver Medalist'': 2009 * European Championship: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2012

Individual awards

Hungarian Handballer of the Year The Hungarian Handballer of the Year award is an annual prize, which is given to the Hungarian handballer who is considered to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. Presented by the Hungarian Handball Federation since 1964, the m ...

: 2018 * Hungarian Junior Handballer of the Year: 2009, 2010 * Junior Prima Award: 2010 * All-Star Team Best Centre Back of the

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* All-Star Team Best Left Wing of the

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Personal life

She has two younger brothers, Péter and Ferenc, both of them are professional handball players. Her husband is

Miklós Cirjenics Miklós Cirjenics (born 11 March 1990) is a Hungarian judoka. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening ...

, hungarian judoka. Their son, Marcell was born in July 2022.

References

External links

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Profile on Győri Audi ETO KC Official WebsiteCareer statistics at Worldhandball
1991 births Living people People from Nagyatád Hungarian female handball players Győri Audi ETO KC players Hungarian people of Serbian descent Ferencvárosi TC players (women's handball) Handball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Somogy County {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub