The Most Famous
HANDBALL PLAYERS from Belarus
This page contains a list of the greatest Belarusian Handball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 304 Handball Players, 1 of which were born in Belarus. This makes Belarus the birth place of the 29th most number of Handball Players behind Austria and Czechia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belarusian Handball Players of all time. This list of famous Belarusian Handball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Siarhei Rutenka (1981 - )
With an HPI of 37.98, Siarhei Rutenka is the most famous Belarusian Handball Player. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
Siarhei Rutenka, also Sergej Rutenka (Belarusian: Сяргей Рутэнка; born 29 September 1981) is a Belarusian former professional handball player. Besides Belarusian citizenship, he also acquired Slovenian citizenship in 2003. In January 2008, he received the Spanish nationality. His preferred position was outside left, but he was also capable of playing as the pivot and playmaker. He came to prominence while playing for the Slovenian club RK Celje and earlier for RK Gorenje. He has also played for FC Barcelona in Spain. The club acquired him for €1 million in 2009. Rutenka was the top goalscorer at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship, representing Slovenia. In 2013, he was elected best left-back of the year. He is the older brother of handball player Dzianis Rutenka.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as handball players born between 1981 and 1981. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living handball players include Siarhei Rutenka.
