Kiril Lazarov

Kiril Lazarov
Kiril Lazarov in 2018
Personal information
Born (1980-05-10) 10 May 1980
Sveti Nikole, SR Macedonia
Nationality Macedonian
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club HBC Nantes
Number 17
Youth career
Years Team
1991–1994 RK Ovče Pole
1994–1997 RK Borec
Senior clubs
Years Team
1997–2000 RK Pelister
2000–2002 RK Zagreb
2002–2007 MVM Veszprém
2007–2010 RK Zagreb
2010 Al Sadd SC
2010–2011 BM Ciudad Real
2011–2013 BM Atlético Madrid
2013–2017 FC Barcelona Lassa
2017– HBC Nantes
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999– Macedonia 230 (1603)
Kiril Lazarov during a game

Kiril Lazarov (Macedonian: Кирил Лазаров) (born 10 May 1980) is a Macedonian handball player who plays for HBC Nantes and for the Macedonian national team.[1]

He is also the retired 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.[2][3]

Biography

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.[4]

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.

On 4 October 2015, with his fifth goal in a match against PICK Szeged, Lazarov became the first player in the history of the EHF Champions League to break the 1000 goals barrier and helped Barcelona win 30:28.[5]

On 29 May 2016, Lazarov was voted as The Best Right Back of Champions League All-star team.

Results

Lazarov has won 15 national championships and the same number of national cup tournaments for five different clubs. In international club tournaments his best results are two runners-up.

Personal life

Lazarov has been married to his wife Ljubica since June 2006. They have two children, a boy named Blagojče and a girl named Lana. His brother Filip is also a handball player.

References

  1. ↑ EHF profile
  2. ↑ Idrizi, Amina. "Lazarov brothers battle at the top of Group B". EHF. 20 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "WCh France 2017, Day 2: Macedonia edge Tunisia, Slovenia crush Angola as SEHA players combine for 29". SEHA League. 12 January 2017.
  4. ↑ ehfCL.com Lazarov: It's all about the team
  5. ↑ http://www.handball-planet.com/ Kiril Lazarov scores 1000 goals in EHF Champions League!
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