Péter Kovacsics (born 13 June 1994) is a Hungarian

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player who plays 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 Hungary national team.

Career

Club

Péter spent his junior years at

Csurgói KK Csurgói Kézilabda Klub is a Hungarian handball club from Csurgó, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary. Crest, colours, supporters Naming history Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsor The follo ...

, where he also made his debut in

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 ...

in the 2012/13 season. He scored 27 goals in 16 games. In the 2014/15 season, he played on loan at

Balatonfüredi KSE Balatonfüredi Kézilabda Sport Egyesület is a Hungarian team handball club from Balatonfüred, that currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. The team won promotion to the top division in 2007 and achieved their best ever result in 2009 b ...

, replacing Bendegúz Bóka, who was recovering from leg surgery. He scored 46 goals in 26 games. Here he made his debut in the

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

, where he scored 5 goals. In 2015, he moved to

Gyöngyösi KK Gyöngyösi Kézilabda Klub is a Hungarian handball club from Gyöngyös, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary. The current name of the club is B, Braun Gyöngyös due to sponsorship reasons. Cres ...

. He transferred to

in the summer of 2018. In the 2022/23 season, he reached fourth place in the league and reached the

EHF European League The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

round of 16 with the team. He scored 35 goals in 15 matches in the

National team

He made his debut in the

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on November 4, 2020, in the Eurocup match against the

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: Hungary-Spain 32–29. (Péter did not score in the match). He was included in the large squad of the

2021 World Men's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 27th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January 2021. Starting with this edition, the World Championship was expanded from 24 teams to 32. I ...

, but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was also a member of the

2022 European Men's Handball Championship The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022. It was won by Sweden ...

squad, but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was a member of the traveling squad for the

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for the first time in a world tournament, but he did not play in a single match at the World Championship. He was included in the large squad of the

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, but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.

Personal life

He has an older brother, Ferenc, he is also a professional handball player, he is also a left winger. He also has an older sister,

Anikó Kovacsics Anikó Cirjenics-Kovacsics (born 29 August 1991) is a Hungarian handballer for Ferencvárosi TC 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 th ...

, who is a Hungarian national team player.

Honours

Club

;Csurgói KK *

** :

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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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References

External links

Péter Kovacsics
at EHF
Péter Kovacsics
at MKSZ {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacsics, Péter Hungarian male handball players Living people 1994 births People from Nagyatád Sportspeople from Somogy County