Dragan Pechmalbec Explained

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]

Career

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dragan PECHMALBEC . IHF.info . 29 January 2024.
  2. Web site: PECHMALBEC: ‘THESE THREE GAMES MEAN SO MUCH TO ME’ . eurohandball.com . 29 January 2024.
  3. Web site: PECHMALBEC: “WE CANNOT BE UNFOCUSED FOR JUST ONE SECOND” . eurohandball.com . 29 January 2024.
  4. Web site: Dragan Pechmalbec to play for Serbia! . handball-planet.com . 29 January 2024.
  5. Web site: SERBIA POWER THROUGH TO MAIN ROUND WITH TWO POINTS . IHF.info . 29 January 2024.
  6. Web site: SQUAD LISTS FOR MEN'S EHF EURO 2024 CONFIRMED . ehfeuro.eurohandball.com . 29 January 2024.