Carlos Pérez (born 26 August 1971 in Havana) is a retired Cuban- Hungarian

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player, who played for Veszprém KC and the

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Career

He was born in Havana and spent his Cuban years by local team Ciudad Havana. He signed to Hungarian top club MKB Veszprém KC in 1997 and since then spent all the seasons with the club. He obtained Hungarian citizenship in 1999 and made his debut for the national team in 2002 against Slovenia. He represented Hungary at the 2003 World Championship, where he showed his exceptional shooting skills and finished first on the goalscoring charts with 64 goals. He has also been selected to the All-Star team. He participated in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

a year later and finished fourth. Despite his good performances he had to wait seven years to appear on another major tournament, this time the 2011 World Championship. As he was permitted by his club to play on three games only, Hungarian head coach

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saved him for the most important matches, and he was a late call-up to replace

Péter Gulyás Péter Gulyás (born 4 March 1984) is former a Hungarian handballer who played for MVM Veszprém KC and for the Hungarian national team. He took part in an Olympic Games (2012), two European Championships (2008, 2010) and also participated in ...

in the squad. He was part of the

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Hungarian squad that finished fourth. He was voted Hungarian Handballer of the Year three times in a row between 2003–2005, and won the award once again in 2011.

Achievements

* Nemzeti Bajnokság I: **''Winner'': 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 **''Silver Medalist'': 2000, 2007 * Magyar Kupa: **''Winner'': 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 **''Finalist'': 2006, 2008 * EHF Champions League: **''Finalist'': 2002 **''Semifinalist'': 2003, 2006 * EHF Cup Winners' Cup: **''Winner'': 2008 * EHF Champions Trophy: **''Finalist'': 2002, 2008

Individual awards

* Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011 * Top Scorer of the World Championship: 2003 * All-Star Left Back of the World Championship (

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) *

HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Gold BAR

Golden Cross of the Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2012) *

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Fair Play Award, (2014)

References

External links

Carlos Pérez player profile on MKB Veszprém KC official website

Carlos Pérez career statistics at Worldhandball
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Carlos 1971 births Living people Cuban emigrants Immigrants to Hungary Sportspeople from Havana Hungarian male handball players Cuban male handball players Olympic handball players for Hungary Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics