Annamária Ilyés (; born 9 July 1980) is a former Hungarian-Romanian international handballer.
Career
Club
Born in
Odorheiu Secuiesc
Odorheiu Secuiesc (; , ; ) is the second largest municipality in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. In its short form, it is also known as ''Odorhei'' in Romanian and ''Udvarhely'' in Hungarian. The Hungarian name of the town "Udvarhely" mean ...
in
Communist Romania
The Socialist Republic of Romania (, RSR) was a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist One-party state, one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989 (see Revolutions of 1989). From 1947 to 1965, the state was ...
into an
ethnic Hungarian family, Ilyés began her career in her hometown club before moving to
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca and later to
HCM Baia Mare. She left Romania in 2003 and signed to the
Hungarian championship to play for
Váci NKSE
Váci NKSE are a Hungarian women's handball club from Vác, that play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. Founded in 1949, the team have won promotion to the top-level championship first in 1998. Since then, they have been improved year by year and a ...
. In 2005 Ilyés switched to
Kiskunhalas NKSE
Kiskunhalas (; ) is a city in the county of Bács-Kiskun, Hungary.
Railroad
The city is an important railway junction. It crosses the Budapest-Subotica-Belgrade railway line. The Kiskunfélegyháza railway ends in Kiskunhalas.
Geography
Kis ...
and another two years later to
Ferencvárosi TC
Ferencvárosi Torna Club, commonly known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, FTC is a Hungary, Hungarian professional Association football, football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hunga ...
, with whom she won a league bronze.
In 2008 Ilyés began playing in Germany, enjoying the most successful period of her career. Between 2008 and 2010 she played for
HSG Blomberg-Lippe
HSG Blomberg-Lippe is a German women's handball club, that competes in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen. They play their home matches in Schulzentrum Blomberg, which have capacity for 900 spectators. They play in blue shirts and black shorts.
K ...
; with them she reached the semifinals of the
EHF Challenge Cup
The EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Foun ...
in 2009, where they fell short to
Handball Cercle Nîmes
Handball Cercle Nimes was a French women's handball club from Nimes playing in the French Championship. It was established in 1971 and dissolved in 2016.
Nimes' was one of the leading teams in the Challenge Cup, having won the competition in ...
by a single goal (47–48 on aggregate).
In 2010 Ilyés was signed by German second division side
TusSies Metzingen. She became top scorer of the second division both in 2011 and 2012 and was chosen as the best player of the season by the league coaches and journalists in 2012, helping her team to promotion in that year. Although Ilyés was one of the best players of her team in the next season as well, Metzingen suffered during its first top division year and secured its place for the coming season only with two rounds remaining. As it was announced already in March 2013, Ilyés switched to league rivals
SG BBM Bietigheim
HB Ludwigsburg is a German professional handball club from Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg. Its women's team is playing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen, and internationally in the Women's EHF Champions League, EHF Champions League. The men's te ...
for the next season.
International
A Romanian international since her youth, Ilyés chose Hungary over Romania.
She earned 8 caps for Romania before declaring for Hungary in 2004.
She obtained Hungarian citizenship in October 2006, and was subsequently called up to play for the
Hungarian B national team.
Individual awards
* Top Scorer of the
Bucharest Trophy
The Bucharest Trophy () is a pre-season international women's team handball tournament for clubs, held each year in Bucharest, Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and So ...
:
2014
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(23 goals)
Personal life
Her mother,
Magdalena Mikloş, was silver medalist at the
1973 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1973 World Women's Handball Championship was the 5th edition of the tournament. It took place in Yugoslavia between 7–15 December 1973.
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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, while her brother,
Ferenc Ilyés
Ferenc Ilyés (born 20 December 1981) is a retired Hungarian handball player.
Career Club
Born in Odorheiu Secuiesc into an ethnic Hungarian family, Ilyés started to play handball for his hometown club. He was spotted by the scouts of SC Pick ...
, is also a handball player.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilyes, Annamaria
1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Odorheiu Secuiesc
Hungarian female handball players
Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
Romanian female handball players
CS Minaur Baia Mare (women's handball) players
Hungarian expatriate handball players in Germany
Romanian expatriate handball players in Germany
Székely people
21st-century Romanian sportswomen
21st-century Hungarian sportswomen