The Most Famous
HANDBALL PLAYERS from Hungary
This page contains a list of the greatest Hungarian Handball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 420 Handball Players, 5 of which were born in Hungary. This makes Hungary the birth place of the 17th most number of Handball Players behind Poland, and Slovenia.
Top 7
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Hungarian Handball Players of all time. This list of famous Hungarian Handball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. László Nagy (b. 1981)
With an HPI of 36.16, László Nagy is the most famous Hungarian Handball Player. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
László Nagy (born 3 March 1981) is a former Hungarian handball player who played for Telekom Veszprém, FC Barcelona, Pick Szeged and the Hungarian national team. Among his achievements at club level are several Spanish championships and cup titles and he also won the EHF Champions League, the top continental competition in Europe two times (2005, 2011). With the Hungarian national team, Nagy's best results are two fourth places from the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics Nagy was voted by the readers of the handball journal Handball Planet as the world's best male player in 2011. On 10 May 2019 after 22 years of professional career, Laszló announced his retirement and took over as the sports director of Telekom Veszprém from the summer of 2019.
2. Anita Görbicz (b. 1983)
With an HPI of 35.70, Anita Görbicz is the 2nd most famous Hungarian Handball Player. Her biography has been translated into 23 different languages.
Anita Görbicz (born 13 May 1983) is a Hungarian former professional handballer who played for Győri ETO KC and the Hungary national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best handball players of all time, and was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2005 by the International Handball Federation. Görbicz has also been given the nickname the Queen of Handball internationally. She is married; her husband is Ottó Vincze, a Hungarian former football player. They have two sons, Boldizsár, born in 2015 and Domonkos, born in 2022. She is the Honorary Citizen of Győr.
3. Erzsébet Kocsis (b. 1965)
With an HPI of 34.78, Erzsébet Kocsis is the 3rd most famous Hungarian Handball Player. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Erzsébet Kocsis (born 11 March 1965) is a Hungarian former handball player and the current technical director of Dunaújvárosi NKS. She was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 1995 by the International Handball Federation. She won 125 caps for the Hungarian national team between 1986 and 1996, and received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1995 World Championship. At club level, she won all three major continental titles with Dunaújváros. First in 1995 the EHF Cup Winners' Cup, four years later the EHF Cup, and in 1999 the EHF Champions League. She gave up professional handball in 2000, however, following her former team lost most of their players due to financial problems, she returned into action in 2009, helping Dunaújváros to avoid relegation. She is married to Árpád Sári, a former handballer. Their daughter, Barbara Sári is also a professional handball player.
4. Anita Kulcsár (1976 - 2005)
With an HPI of 32.13, Anita Kulcsár is the 4th most famous Hungarian Handball Player. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Anita Kulcsár (2 October 1976 – 19 January 2005) was a Hungarian handball player. She was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2004 by the International Handball Federation.
5. Ágnes Farkas (b. 1973)
With an HPI of 27.85, Ágnes Farkas is the 5th most famous Hungarian Handball Player. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Ágnes Farkas (born 21 April 1973) is a former Hungarian handball player. She won a gold medal at the 2000 European Championship, and earned a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 1995 and 2003 World Championships.
6. Gábor Császár (b. 1984)
With an HPI of 27.61, Gábor Császár is the 6th most famous Hungarian Handball Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Gábor Császár (born 16 June 1984) is a Hungarian handball player for the Ceglédi KKSE. He made his full international debut on 17 January 2004 against Saudi Arabia. Just a few days later he was selected for the squad that represented Hungary on the 2004 European Championship. He participated on further six European Championships (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018) and was also present on six World Championships (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019). In addition, he was member of the Hungarian team that finished fourth at the 2004 Olympic Games and the team that finished fourth at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
7. Zita Szucsánszki (b. 1987)
With an HPI of 0.00, Zita Szucsánszki is the 7th most famous Hungarian Handball Player. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Zita Szucsánszki (born 22 May 1987) is a former Hungarian handball player for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungarian national team. She made her international debut on 4 November 2006 against Slovakia, and represented Hungary in the 2020 Summer Olympics, five World Championships (2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017) and four European Championships (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014). In recognition of her performances and achievements throughout the year, she was voted the Hungarian Handballer of the Year in 2011, in 2015 and in 2016.
People
Pantheon has 7 people classified as Hungarian handball players born between 1965 and 1987. Of these 7, 6 (85.71%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Hungarian handball players include László Nagy, Anita Görbicz, and Erzsébet Kocsis. The most famous deceased Hungarian handball players include Anita Kulcsár. As of April 2024, 2 new Hungarian handball players have been added to Pantheon including Ágnes Farkas, and Zita Szucsánszki.
Living Hungarian Handball Players
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László Nagy
1981 - Present
HPI: 36.16
Anita Görbicz
1983 - Present
HPI: 35.70
Erzsébet Kocsis
1965 - Present
HPI: 34.78
Ágnes Farkas
1973 - Present
HPI: 27.85
Gábor Császár
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.61
Zita Szucsánszki
1987 - Present
HPI: 0.00
