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Ukrainian-Hungarian handball player (born 2001)

Viktor Melnicsuk
Viktor Melnicsuk in 2019
Personal information
Full name Viktor Yuriy Melnicsuk
Born (2001-08-31) 31 August 2001 (age 23)
Dobrianychi, Ukraine
Nationality Ukrainian / Hungarian
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Central Back
Club information
Current club Sport36-Komló
Number 31
Youth career
Years Team
2009–2014 SC Pick Szeged
2014–2016 Éles KISE
2016–2017 Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs
Senior clubs
Years Team
2017–2018 Hungary Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs
2018–2020 Hungary Telekom Veszprém
2020-2022 Ukraine HC Motor Zaporizhzhia
2020–2022 → Hungary Sport36-Komló (loan)
2022–2024 Hungary Sport36-Komló
2024– Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE

Viktor Melnicsuk (Ukrainian: Віктор Мельничук, Hungarian: Melnyicsuk Viktor; born 31 August 2001) is a Ukrainian-Hungarian handball player for Sport36-Komló.

Career

Club

Viktor Melnicsuk started playing handball in 2009 at SC Pick Szeged. In 2014, he transferred to Éles KISE. In 2016, he moved to the second division Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs. In the 2017/18 season, Viktor played for the first time in the second division in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. In his first senior season, he scored 19 goals in 10 games. In 2018, he joined the best Hungarian team, Telekom Veszprém, where at first he mainly played in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B (Telekom Veszprém U20), but in his first season he was able to make his debut in the Hungarian top flight for Telekom Veszprém: he scored 6 goals in 2 matches. He played 6 games in the top flight in the 2019/2020 season, when the league was interrupted due to the COVID epidemic. In 2020, he moved to his native country to the first division and reigning champion HC Motor Zaporizhzhia, which after 2 months loaned him to the Hungarian first division Sport36-Komló. In the summer of 2021, it was announced that Sport36-Komló had loaned Viktor for another 1 year. In 2022, Sport36-Komló permanently acquired Viktor from HC Motor Zaporizhzhia and signed a 2-year contract with him. When his contract expired in 2024, he transferred to the Balatonfüredi KSE team.

National team

He was 5th with the Hungarian team at the 2019 World Youth Championship. He was included in the large squad of the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship, but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.

Beach handball

In beach handball, Viktor became the Hungarian champion in 2016 and 2017 with the Orosháza Linamar Hír-Sat elite club, and won the Hungarian Cup in 2020. In beach handball, he also played in the youth, junior and adult national teams. In beach handball, he was chosen as the youth player of the year in 2016, and in 2019 he became the best male beach handball player of the year.

Personal life

His father, Yuriy Melnichuk, was an excellent volleyball player, and he was Hungarian champion with Medikémia Szeged in 1995 and 1996.

References

  1. "Hivatalos bejelentés: Melnyicsuk Viktor". Telekom Veszprém (in Hungarian). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. L, B. (2020). "Férfi kézi NB I: a Komló kölcsönvette a Motor magyar légiósát - NSO". www.nemzetisport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. Zsolt, Hiegl (26 June 2021). "Kézilabda: Melnyicsuk marad". Komlói Újság Online (in Hungarian). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. https://balatonfuredikse.hu/news/szerzodtettuk-melnicsuk-viktor/
  5. nemzetisport.hu (29 November 2022). "Férfi kézi-vb: Chema Rodríguez kapitány bő keretet hirdetett - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. http://www.kezitortenelem.hu/index.php?id=61&nem=ferfi
  7. http://www.kezitortenelem.hu/index.php?id=63&nem=ferfi
  8. http://www.handballbudapest.eu/2016-ev-kezilabdazoi/
  9. https://www.origo.hu/sport/csapat/20200210-az-ev-magyar-kezilabdazoja-2019-schatzl-nadine-banhidi-bence.html

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