László Nagy (handballer)
László Nagy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Nagy in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | László Zoltán Nagy | |||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Székesfehérvár, Hungary | 3 March 1981|||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Hungarian | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Right back | |||||||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Telekom Veszprém | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
1994–1997 | SC Pick Szeged | |||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
1997–2000 | SC Pick Szeged | |||||||||||||||||||
2000–2012 | FC Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||||
2012–2019 | Telekom Veszprém | |||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1999–2019 | Hungary | 209 | (749) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.
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.