Nándor Fazekas (born 16 October 1976), is a retired Hungarian handball player. He made his international debut on 13 May 1998 against

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. Since then he participated on six

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(1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017) and five European Championships (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012). He was also member of the Hungarian teams which finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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and the one that finished 4th at the 2012 Summer Olympics His eldest son, Gergő Fazekas is a professional handball player.

Achievements

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 ...

: **''Winner'': 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012 **''Runner-up'': 2000 *

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 ...

: **''Winner'': 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012 **''Finalist'': 2001 *

DHB-Pokal The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bund ...

: **''Finalist'': 2009 *

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 men ...

: **''Finalist'': 2002 **''Semifinalist'': 2003 *

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. Prev ...

: **''Winner'': 2009 * EHF Champions Trophy: **''Finalist'': 2002

Individual awards

*Hungarian Goalkeeper of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2012 * HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Gold BAR

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

References

External links

Nándor Fazekas player profile on MKB Veszprém KC official websiteNándor Fazekas career statistics at Worldhandball
1976 births Living people People from Kecskemét Hungarian male handball players Olympic handball players of Hungary Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Expatriate handball players Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Handball-Bundesliga players VfL Gummersbach players Sportspeople from Bács-Kiskun County {{Hungary-handball-bio-stub