Péter Lukács (handballer) explained

Péter Lukács
Birth Date:30 July 2002
Birth Place:Budapest, Hungary
Nationality:Hungarian
Height:1.92 m
Position:Central back
Currentclub:Elverum Håndball
Youthyears1:2009–2015
Youthclubs1:PLER KC
Youthyears2:2015–2018
Youthclubs2:Ferencvárosi TC
Years1:2018–2021
Clubs1: Ferencvárosi TC
Years2:2020–2021
Clubs2: BFKA-Veszprém (loan)
Years3:2021–
Clubs3: Telekom Veszprém
Years4:2023–
Clubs4: Elverum Håndball (loan)

Péter Lukács (born 30 July 2002) is a Hungarian handball player for Elverum Håndball.

Career

Club

Péter started his career at PLER KC. He was the team captain of PLER KC's age-group teams. He joined the Ferencvárosi TC in 2015, and made his debut in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 2018/2019 season. He scored 13 goals in 24 games. In the 2020–2021 season, he was transferred on loan to the Telekom Veszprém youth team (BFKA-Veszprém),[1] of which he also became the captain. Here he became a silver medalist and top scorer in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B championship (21 matches / 182 goals). This season, he also played in a couple of matches in Telekom Veszprém's adult team in Nemzeti Bajnokság I (13 matches, 3 goals). At the beginning of the 2021/2022 season, Telekom Veszprém acquired him for good and they count on him for the senior team.[2] This season, he also made his debut in the EHF Champions League, participated in the BL Final 4 in Cologne, where he also scored a goal in the bronze medal match.[3] At the end of the 2022/2023 season, he became champion and cup winner with Telekom Veszprém, and then it was announced that he would be loaned to the Norwegian team Elverum Håndball for two years.[4] He scored 131 goals in 74 first-class matches for Telekom Veszprém.

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.[5] He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal.[6] He was included in the large squad of the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship,[7] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.

Honours

National team

Club

BFKA-Veszprém
Telekom Veszprém
Elverum HB

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hivatalos bejelentés: Lukács Péter .
  2. Web site: Lukács Péter a Veszprémben kezdi az évet . 10 July 2021 .
  3. Web site: Hétméteresekkel kapott ki, BL-negyedik a Telekom Veszprém . 19 June 2022 .
  4. Web site: Kézilabda: Norvégiába igazol a veszprémi Lukács Péter - NSO . 28 May 2023 .
  5. https://www.utanpotlassport.hu/2022/07/18/kezi-ujra-az-elitben-minden-idok-harmadik-legjobb-szereplesevel-eb-otodik-lett-a-ferfi-u20-as-valogatott
  6. Web site: U21-es férfi kézi-vb: Németország–Magyarország döntő - NSO . 2 July 2023 .
  7. Web site: Men's EHF EURO 2024 Official Squad Lists . European Handball Federation.
  8. Web site: Nincs veszprémi kézilabdázó a 2018-as év legjobbjai között .