Zsolt Balogh (born 29 March 1989) 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 ...

player 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. He represented Hungary at the

2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 26th event hosted by the International Handball Federation and held in Denmark and Germany from 10 to 27 January 2019. It was the first IHF World Men's Handball Championship to include more t ...

Career

He began his career in his hometown, Orosháza. He first played for

PLER KC Pestszentlőrinc-Elektromos-Rév Kézilabda Club was a Hungarian team handball club from Pestszentlőrinc, Budapest, that played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top level championship in Hungary. Crest, colours, supporters Naming history ...

for five years and then played handball for the 2010–2011 season in the German Bundesliga,

SC Magdeburg SC Magdeburg is a handball club from Magdeburg, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History During the time in the GDR, the club won 10 national championships (1970, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991) and ...

. He only played here for 1 season, after that he returned home to Hungary, to the

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 ...

. Following the Gyöngyös detour, he was certified in

SC Pick Szeged SC Pick Szeged is a Hungary, Hungarian handball club from Szeged, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball), Nemzeti Bajnokság I and the EHF Champions League. The current name of the club is OTP Bank - Pick Szeged due to sponsorshi ...

in 2012. In 2014, he was a member of 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 ...

winning team, which won the cup against the French

Montpellier Handball Montpellier Handball, formerly named Montpellier Agglomération Handball, is a handball club from Montpellier, France. Montpellier is the only French club to ever have won the EHF Champions League. Crest, colours, supporters Naming history ...

in the Berlin final. In the spring of 2018, he won a Hungarian championship after several silver medals with his team, defeating the biggest rival

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. Over the years, he has become the most successful player in the history of the Szeged club, 300. He scored the

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 ...

goal on October 14, 2018, in the winning match against the German champion

SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since formin ...

. In February 2019, it became official that he would continue his career in the Grundfos Tatabánya KC team from next season. In his last year in Szeged he won the Hungarian Cup with his team.

Individual awards

* Hungarian Junior Handballer of the Year: 2008

References

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1989 births Living people Hungarian male handball players SC Pick Szeged players People from Orosháza Expatriate handball players Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Handball-Bundesliga players Sportspeople from Békés County {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub