Szabolcs Szöllősi (; born 28 January 1989) is a Hungarian
handballer for
Dabas KK
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and the
Hungarian national team.
Early years
Szöllősi initially went to a sports school where he practiced football. Later he switched to water polo and even participated in the students' national championship. He first tried handball when he was in the eighth grade and since then it has been his only sport. Szöllősi learned the basics of handball by
Békéscsabai BDSK (2003–2005) and was soon spotted by major domestic teams, including
KC Veszprém, of whom offer he accepted in 2005.
Career
Club
In his first period in the Veszprém youth team Szöllősi played either as a playmaker or a back and only moved to line player position while in the first team. He made his league debut in October 2007 against
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.
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, however, due to the lack of playing minutes he decided to leave at the end of the season and eventually switched to recently promoted
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.
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In Csurgó, Szöllősi evolved to a prolific goalscorer; in his first compete senior season he scored 33 goals, and finished with 35 a year later. In the 2010–2011 season he already scored 66 goals and a year later it went up to 80. Thanks to his performances, in 2011 he received his first senior call-up to the
Hungarian national team.
International
Szöllsői was part of the Hungarian national pool since the younger age categories and played at the
2008 Junior European Championship, where Hungary finished 10th. He made his senior international debut on 8 June 2011 in a
European Championship qualification game against
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. Szöllősi contributed with one goal to the 22–19 Hungarian victory.
He participated at his first major tournament a year later. Initially, he was not named to the travelling squad for the
2012 European Championship, however, after
Tamás Iváncsik's injury he was called up as a late replacement. Szöllősi got a total of 41 playing minutes in the tournament, during which time he scored two goals and also forced out a penalty shot in the dying seconds against
Spain
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, which
Gábor Császár converted, saving the match for a draw. In acknowledgement of his achievements, he was awarded the ''Sportsman of
Somogy County
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'' prize in January 2012.
Szöllősi did not make into the Hungarian squad for the
2012 Summer Olympics, but earned his place for the
2013 World Championship. With a shooting percentage of 90% – 19 goals from 21 shots – Szöllősi was his team's fourth best goalscorer in the tournament, where Hungary eventually finished in the eighth position.
Personal life
He is married, his wife is
Szandra Zácsik, Hungarian handballer. Their daughter, Hanna was born on 25th March 2015,
[ ] and their son, Borisz was born in April 2019.
References
External links
Career statistics at Worldhandball
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1989 births
Living people
People from Gyula
Hungarian male handball players
Veszprém KC players
Sportspeople from Békés County