| Máté Fazekas | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Máté Fazekas | ||||||||||||||||
| Born |
(2006-09-14) 14 September 2006 (age 18) Gummersbach, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hungarian | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Győri ETO-UNI FKC | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Éles KISE | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Éles KISE | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 |
 Fejér B.Á.L. Veszprém | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– |
Győri ETO-UNI FKC | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Máté Fazekas (born 14 September 2006) is a Hungarian handball player who plays for Győri ETO-UNI FKC.
Career
Club
Máté started his career at Éles KISE. In the 2016/17 season, he played in the reserves of Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs. From 2017, he played again in Éles KISE. In 2022, he returned to Veszprémi KKFT, where he won the Nemzeti Bajnokság II championship with the Veszprémi KKFT U23 team and they were promoted to Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. In October 2023, he made his debut in Nemzeti Bajnokság I and in the Fejér B.Á.L. Veszprém senior team: Fejér B.Á.L. Veszprém-Carbonex-Komló 25–29, Máté scored 7 goal. This season, he played in 9 Nemzeti Bajnokság I matches, scoring 18 goals. In 2024, after 10 years, he left Veszprém and joined the Győri ETO-UNI FKC team, and returned to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.
National team
In 2023, he won a bronze medal at the European Youth Olympic Festival. In the bronze match, Hungary-Croatia won 43–42. In 2024, he won a bronze medal at the Youth European Championship. He scored 33 goals in 8 matches. In the bronze match, Hungary-Iceland won 36–34, where Máté scored 5 goals. Máté was chosen as the best defensive player of the tournament. 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.
Personal life
His father, Nándor Fazekas, is a former handball player who played in the Hungary national team. His brother, Gergő Fazekas, plays as a centre back and is also a Hungary national team player.
Honours
National team
- European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF):
Bronze: 2023
- Youth European Championship:
- Bronze: 2024
Individual
- Best Defender in the Youth European Championship: 2024
- Hungarian Youth Handball Player of the Year: 2024
References
- Ferenc, Király (2023-10-18). "VEOL - A Fazekas család újabb tagja tette le a névjegyét a kézilabdapályán". VEOL - A Fazekas család újabb tagja tette le a névjegyét a kézilabdapályán (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- "KISALFOLD - Két újabb tehetséges fiatal leigazolását jelentette be a Győri ETO UNI FKC". KISALFOLD - Két újabb tehetséges fiatal leigazolását jelentette be a Győri ETO UNI FKC (in Hungarian). 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- "EYOF: bronzérmes a magyar fiú serdülő kézilabda-válogatott". vehir.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- "Hungary win first Men's 18 medal after ten years". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- "Nine nations represented in Men's EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- https://mksz.hu/cikk/6436
- "Nine nations represented in Men's EHF EURO 2024 All-star Team". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/2024/12/kezilabda-klujber-katrint-es-imre-bencet-valasztottak-az-ev-legjobb-jatekosanak
External links
- Máté Fazekas at EHF (in English)
- Máté Fazekas at MKSZ (in Hungarian)
- Máté Fazekas on Facebook