Tamás Papp (handballer)

Tamás Papp
Personal information
Born (2002-11-11) 11 November 2002
Budapest, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club MOL Tatabánya KC
Youth career
Years Team
2014–2016
 Budapest Kézilabda KFT
2016–2017
 PLER-Budapest
2017–2018
 NEKA
Senior clubs
Years Team
2018–2023
 NEKA
2023–2025
 Csurgói KK
2025–
 MOL Tatabánya KC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025–
 Hungary 1 (5)
Medal record
Junior World Championship
2023 Germany/Greece

Tamás Papp (born 11 November 2002) is a Hungarian handball player who plays for MOL Tatabánya KC and the Hungary national team.

Career

Club

Tamás started his career in Budapest Kézilabda KFT. From there he transferred to the PLER-Budapest team. Moved from PLER-Budapest to Balatonboglár, the National Handball Academy (NEKA) in 2017. He made his debut in the first team in NEKA in 2018, and in that season he scored 7 goals in 7 matches in the then still Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B team. In 2021, NEKA was promoted to the first division,[1] Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Tamás scored 67 goals in the season. After 6 years at NEKA, it was announced in March 2023 that he will continue his career in Csurgói KK from the summer.[2] In the summer of 2025, he transferred to MOL Tatabánya KC.[3]

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.[4] He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal.[5] The captain of the Hungarian national team, Chema Rodríguez, also noticed his performance, who invited him to practice with the national team from September 30 to October 4, 2024.[6] He was included in the large squad of the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship,[7] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He made his debut for the Hungarian men's adult national team on May 7, 2025 in Hlohovec, in a European Championship qualifying match against Slovakia, where the Hungarian national team defeated the Slovak national team 39-24. Tamás scored 5 goals in the match.[8]

Honours

National team

Club

NEKA

References

  1. ^ "Győzelemmel zárta a szezont a bajnokcsapat". neka.hu (in Hungarian). 6 June 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Papp Tamás nyártól Csurgón folytatja pályafutását". nb1.neka.hu (in Hungarian). 6 March 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Papp Tomi: Tatabánya".
  4. ^ Vince, Bruckner (18 July 2022). "Kézi: újra az elitben – minden idők harmadik legjobb szereplésével Eb-ötödik lett a férfi U20-as válogatott". www.utanpotlassport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  5. ^ "U21-es férfi kézi-vb: Németország–Magyarország döntő". NSO.hu. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Magyar Kézilabda Szövetség". mksz.hu (in Hungarian). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  7. ^ https://mksz.hu/cikk/6696
  8. ^ https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/2025/05/siman-gyozott-szlovakia-ellen-es-csoportelsokent-kijutott-az-eb-re-a-magyar-ferfi-kezivalogatott
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