Kiril Lazarov
| Kiril Lazarov | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
10 May 1980 Sveti Nikole, SR Macedonia |
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| Nationality | Macedonian | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | FC Barcelona Lassa | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth clubs | |||
| 1991–1994 1994–1997 |
RK Ovče Pole RK Borec |
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| Senior clubs | |||
| 1997–2000 2000–2002 2002–2007 2007–2010 2010 2010–2011 2011–2013 2013–2017 2017– |
RK Pelister RK Zagreb MVM Veszprém RK Zagreb Al Sadd SC BM Ciudad Real BM Atlético Madrid FC Barcelona Lassa HBC Nantes |
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| National team | |||
| 1999– | Macedonia | 160 (1203) | |
Kiril Lazarov (Macedonian: Кирил Лазаров) (born 10 May 1980) is a Macedonian handball player for FC Barcelona and the Macedonian national team.
He is also the captain of the Macedonia national handball team. Lazarov holds the records for most goals scored in a single World Men's Handball Championship (92) and single European Men's Handball Championship (61). He is also the all-time top scorer in the EHF Champions League and the only player to have scored more than 1,000 goals. Due to his scoring prowess, he is regarded as one of the best handball scorers of all time.
Lazarov was top scorer of the EHF Champions League two times with MVM Veszprém and RK Zagreb. In 2011–12, he was top scorer for Velux EHF Final 4 runner-up Atlético Madrid.
On 29 January 2009, Lazarov became world record-holder for the number of goals scored in one World Championship. In nine games he scored 92 goals for the Macedonia national team at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship that took place in Croatia. On 24 March 2009, Kiril Lazarov was awarded the Medal for Service to the Country by the then-president of the Republic of Macedonia Branko Crvenkovski in acknowledgement of his sport achievements and his contribution to developing and popularizing sport in Macedonia as well as promoting the country abroad.
On 27 January 2012, Lazarov became both the European and World record-holder for scored goals in a single championship by scoring 61 goals in 7 games at the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship.
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