Andrej Pergel Explained

Andrej Pergel
Birth Date:18 June 2003
Birth Place:Senta, Serbia
Nationality:Serbian / Hungarian
Height:1.97 m
Position:Left Back
Currentclub:BM Logroño La Rioja
Clubnumber:17
Youthyears1:2018–2020
Youthclubs1:NEKA
Years1:2020–2023
Clubs1: Telekom Veszprém
Years2:2022–2023
Clubs2: MOL Tatabánya KC (loan)
Years3:2023–2024
Clubs3: MOL Tatabánya KC
Years4:2024–
Clubs4: BM Logroño La Rioja

Andrej Pergel (born 18 June 2003) is a Serbian-Hungarian handball player who plays for BM Logroño La Rioja.

Career

Club

Andrej started his career at National Handball Academy (NEKA). In February 2020, he transferred to Hungarian record champion Telekom Veszprém, where he initially played in the second division. He made his debut in the first team, Nemzeti Bajnokság I, on December 4, 2021: Dabas KK-Telekom Veszprém 21–34, scored 3 goals. In this 2021/2022 season, he played a total of 7 games in the first team, in which he scored 7 goals. In Telekom Veszprém's second team, Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B, he scored 173 goals in 25 games. For the 2022/23 season, he was loaned to the MOL Tatabánya KC team for one year.[1] In 2023, MOL Tatabánya KC bought it permanently from Telekom Veszprém. In the 2023/24 season, it finished third in the league and qualified for the EHF European League. He scored 16 goals in 6 matches in the EHF European League. From the summer of 2024, he transferred to the Spanish BM Logroño La Rioja team.[2]

National team

He was 9th with the Hungarian team at the 2021 Youth European Championship. As a member of the junior national team, he participated in the 2022 Junior European Championship where the Hungarian team became the 5th.[3] He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal.[4]

Honours

National team

Club

BFKA-Veszprém
MOL Tatabánya KC

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://handballveszprem.hu/hu/article/3_veszpremi_fiatal_a_grundfos_tatabanya_kc_csapatanal_folytatja_kolcsonben_5969
  2. https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/2024/05/a-spanyol-elvonalba-igazolt-az-utanpotlas-valogatott-pergel-andrej
  3. https://www.utanpotlassport.hu/2022/07/18/kezi-ujra-az-elitben-minden-idok-harmadik-legjobb-szereplesevel-eb-otodik-lett-a-ferfi-u20-as-valogatott
  4. Web site: U21-es férfi kézi-vb: Németország–Magyarország döntő - NSO. July 2, 2023. NSO.hu.