Gergő Fazekas (born 31 October 2003) is a Hungarian

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player who plays for

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and the Hungary national team.

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

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from the summer of 2022. They signed a 4-year contract with him. For the first two years of his contract, he is loaned to Polish side

. In Plock in the summer of 2022, during the preparation, he suffered a serious shoulder injury. He had surgery, then made his comeback in February 2023 after 6 months of rehabilitation.

National team

He was 9th with the Hungarian team at the 2021 Youth European Championship. He was called up to the Hungary national team for the first time in October 2021 by the then national team head coach

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. He was included in the large squad of the

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, 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 national team, (selected by Chema Rodríguez) in

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against

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. He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal. He also participated in the

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as a member of the

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. (5th place, 8 matches / 18 goals). He also participated in the

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, where the Hungarian team finished 10th (5 matches / 10 goals).

Personal life

His father,

Nándor Fazekas Nándor Fazekas (born 16 October 1976), is a retired Hungarian handball player. He made his international debut on 13 May 1998 against Belgium. Since then he participated on six World Championships (1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017) and five ...

, is a former handball player who played in the Hungary national team. His brother, Máté Fazekas, is also a professional handball player who plays as a left back.

Honours

National team

* Junior World Championship: ** :

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Club

;Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs * Magyar Kupa **: 2022 ;Wisła Płock *

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: **: 2024 **: 2023 * Polish Cup **: 2023, 2024

Individual

* Hungarian Adolescent Handballer of the Year: 2019 * Hungarian Youth Handball Player of the Year: 2021

References

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Gergő Fazekas
at EHF {{DEFAULTSORT:Fazekas, Gergő 2003 births Hungarian male handball players Living people Sportspeople from Veszprém Expatriate handball players in Poland Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Wisła Płock (handball) players Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics