Nándor Fazekas

The native form of this personal name is Fazekas Nándor. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Nándor Fazekas
Personal information
Born	(1976-10-16) 16 October 1976 (age 48) Kecskemét, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth career
Years	Team
1990–1994	Lajosmizsei KE
1994	Kecskeméti TE
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1994–1997	Fotex Veszprém
1997–1998	Dunaferr SE
1998–2004	Fotex Veszprém
2004–2006	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
2006–2009	VfL Gummersbach
2009–2014	MKB-MVM Veszprém
2014–2015	El Jaish SC
2015	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
2015–2020	Balatonfüredi KSE
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2017	Hungary	238	(1)
Teams managed
2020–	Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs (assistant)

Nándor Fazekas (born 16 October 1976), is a retired Hungarian handball player.

He made his international debut on 13 May 1998 against Belgium.^[1] Since then he participated on six World Championships (1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)^[2] and five European Championships (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012).

He was also member of the Hungarian teams which finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the one that finished 4th at the 2012 Summer Olympics^[3][4]

His sons Gergő and Máté are also professional handball players.

Achievements

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
  • Winner: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012
  • Runner-up: 2000
• Magyar Kupa:
  • Winner: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012
  • Finalist: 2001
• DHB-Pokal:
  • Finalist: 2009
• EHF Champions League:
  • Finalist: 2002
  • Semifinalist: 2003
• EHF Cup:
  • Winner: 2009
• EHF Champions Trophy:
  • Finalist: 2002

Individual awards

• Hungarian Goalkeeper of the Year: 2009,^[5] 2010,^[6] 2012^[7]
• Golden Cross of the Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2012)

References

1. "Tovább építhető karrier" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. 15 January 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
2. "Magyarok a férfi világbajnokságokon, érmesek" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
3. "Nándor Fazekas". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
4. "London 2012 - Men's Handball". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
5. "Ismét Vérten az év játékosa / Magyarország | handball.hu - kézilabda".
6. "Pálinger Katalin és Iváncsik Gergő lett az év kézilabdázója". 30 November 2010.
7. "Császár Gábor az év kézilabdázója!".

External links

• Nándor Fazekas player profile on MKB Veszprém KC official website
• Nándor Fazekas career statistics at Worldhandball