Péter Kovacsics Explained

Péter Kovacsics
Birth Date:13 June 1994
Birth Place:Nagyatád, Hungary
Nationality:Hungarian
Height:1.90 m
Position:Left wing
Currentclub:Ferencvárosi TC
Clubnumber:99
Youthyears1:2006–2012
Youthclubs1:Csurgói KK
Years1:2012–2015
Clubs1: Csurgói KK
Years2:2014–2015
Clubs2: Balatonfüredi KSE (loan)
Years3:2015–2018
Clubs3: Gyöngyösi KK
Years4:2018–
Clubs4: Ferencvárosi TC
Nationalyears1:2020–
Nationalteam1:Hungary
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:8

Péter Kovacsics (born 13 June 1994) is a Hungarian handball player who plays for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungary national team.

Career

Club

Péter spent his junior years at Csurgói KK, where he also made his debut in Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 2012/13 season. He scored 27 goals in 16 games. In the 2014/15 season, he played on loan at Balatonfüredi KSE, replacing Bendegúz Bóka, who was recovering from leg surgery.[1] He scored 46 goals in 26 games. Here he made his debut in the EHF Cup, where he scored 5 goals. In 2015, he moved to Gyöngyösi KK.[2] He transferred to Ferencvárosi TC in the summer of 2018.[3] In the 2022/23 season, he reached fourth place in the league and reached the EHF European League round of 16 with the team. He scored 35 goals in 15 matches in the EHF European League.

National team

He was 10th with the Hungarian team at the 2013 World Youth Championship and 9th at the 2014 Junior European Championship. He made his debut in the Hungary men's national handball team on November 4, 2020, in the Eurocup match against the Spain men's national handball team: Hungary-Spain 32–29.[4] (Péter did not score in the match). He was included in the large squad of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship,[5] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was also a member of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship squad,[6] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was a member of the traveling squad[7] for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship for the first time in a world tournament, but he did not play in a single match at the World Championship. He was included in the large squad of the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship,[8] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.

Personal life

He has an older brother, Ferenc, he is also a professional handball player, he is also a left winger. He also has an older sister, Anikó Kovacsics, who is a Hungarian national team player.[9]

Honours

Club

Csurgói KK

2013

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kézilabda: Kovacsics és Miklós távozott a Csurgótól - NSO . 2014 .
  2. Web site: Kézi: Kovacsics Gyöngyösön, tömeges távozók Cegléden - NSO . 2015 .
  3. Web site: Férfi kézilabda: Schuch Timuzsin a Ferencvárosban folytatja - NSO . 2018 .
  4. Web site: Férfi kézi Eurokupa: Magyarország–Spanyolország - NSO . 4 November 2020 .
  5. Web site: Férfi kézilabda: Gulyás István bő keretet hirdetett a vb-re - NSO . 11 December 2020 .
  6. Web site: Végleges a magyar férfi kézilabda-válogatott Eb-kerete . 8 January 2022 .
  7. Web site: 19 Jan 2023 . 28th IHF Men's World Championship 2023 Poland & Sweden . IHF.
  8. Web site: Men's EHF EURO 2024 Official Squad Lists . European Handball Federation.
  9. Web site: Három Kovacsics kézizik | BorsOnline . 19 May 2013 .