Péter Kovács (handballer)
| Péter Kovács | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
8 April 1955 Budapest, Hungary |
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| Nationality | Hungarian | ||
| Height | 1.90 metres (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left Back | ||
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| Current club | — | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1970–1984 1984–1988 1988–1990 1990–1991 |
Budapest Honvéd SE OSC Dortmund TV Grosswallstadt TUSEM Essen |
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| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps (Gls) | |
| 1973–1995 | Hungary | 323 (1797) | |
| Teams managed | |||
–1998 1998–2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 2007 2007–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 |
VfL Hameln SC Bad Salzuflen Klagenfurt Százhalombattai KE Hungary Women Junior SC Pick Szeged Dunaferr SE Óbudai Goldberger SE Turkey Women CS Oltchim Rm. Vâlcea Békéscsabai Előre NKSE |
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Péter Kovács (born April 8, 1955 in Budapest) is a former Hungarian international handball player and handball coach.
One of the best players of his time, Kovács played 323 times for Hungary and scored 1797 goals, having captured a World Championship silver medal in 1986.
On club level, beside the number of domestic successes, his biggest achievement is the European Champions Cup title, he has taken with Budapest Honvéd in 1982. Kovács has shown his class abroad as well, having won both the German championship and cup title. He was also awarded the Sportsman of the Year prize while in Dortmund, just ahead of the football professionals of the local club Borussia. Thanks to his outstanding performances he was given the nickname "Peter the Great".
Kovács started to play handball for his hometown team Budapest Honvéd SE and spent the majority of his playing career by the club. For the late seventies he established himself as one of the key players in the team, and during the period he spent at the club he has won the Hungarian championship six times and has taken the Hungarian cup title once. He has also lifted the European Champions Cup trophy in 1982, after two unsuccessful campaigns in 1978 and 1979, when Honvéd have lost out in the semifinals.
Kovács was known for his prolific goalscoring skills, having won the Hungarian championship top scorers' award four times (1977, 1981, 1982, 1983). In addition, he has also been voted the Hungarian Handballer of the Year in those seasons.
He moved to 2. Bundesliga team OSC Dortmund in 1984 and won promotion to the top division right in his first season with the club. He spent another three years with the North-Rhine Westphalian team before moving to TV Großwallstadt. With the Aschaffenburg-based club he has taken the German cup in 1989 and the German championship a year later. In 1990, at the age of 35, Kovács has decided to a final change, and switched to league rivals TUSEM Essen for his last professional season. He ended his career in style by finishing fourth in the Bundesliga and celebrating the German cup triumph over TV Niederwürzbach in the finals.
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