Dragan Pechmalbec | |
Nationality: | Serbian/French |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1996 |
Birth Place: | Cahors, France |
Height: | 1.94 m[1] |
Position: | Pivot |
Currentclub: | ONE Veszprém |
Clubnumber: | 46 |
Youthyears1: | 2009–2012 |
Youthclubs1: | CPB Rennes |
Youthyears2: | 2012–2016 |
Youthclubs2: | HBC Nantes |
Years1: | 2016–2022 |
Clubs1: | HBC Nantes |
Years2: | 2022– |
Clubs2: | ONE Veszprém |
Nationalyears1: | 2018 |
Nationalteam1: | France |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2021– |
Nationalteam2: | Serbia |
Nationalcaps2: | 23 |
Nationalgoals2: | 66 |
Dragan Pechmalbec (born 5 January 1996) is a French-born Serbian handball player for ONE Veszprém and the Serbia national team.
He has a French father and a Serbian mother.[2]
Pechmalbec began his career in his birth country, France. He shot to prominence with HBC Nantes, where he won the Coupe de France in 2017, in a victory in the final over Montpellier Handball. He was also a runner-up three times in the French top division, and once in the 2017–18 EHF Champions League.[3] Despite making his debut for France, he declared for the Serbia national team in 2021, making his debut for them that year.[4] He has played for Serbia at the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[5] [6]