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.
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.
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.