Attila Borsos

Attila Borsos
Attila Borsos (1992)
Personal information
Full name	Attila Borsos
Born	(1966-06-16) 16 June 1966 (age 57) Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Right Winger
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1984	Budapest Spartacus
1984–1988	Tatabányai Bányász SC
1988–1990	HBC Nantes
1990–1991	Tatabányai Bányász SC
1991–1992	USAM Nîmes
1992–1994	HB Saint-Brice 95
1994–2000	SO Chambéry
2000–2002	Villeurbanne HBA
2002–2003	Tatabánya Carbonex KC
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1995	Hungary	135	(299)

Attila Borsos (born 6 June 1966, in

Career

Club

He started his adult career with the

He drew attention to himself with his outstanding performance in Tatabánya, so he soon joined the national captain's team captain Lajos Mocsai. On November 7, 1986, at the Hungary-Austria match in Pécs, he was able to play for the Hungarian team, one of the strongest national teams in Europe and the world at the time (Hungary finished 2nd in the 1986 World Championship).^[2] He participated in the 1990 World Championship (6th place, 5 matches / 8 goals), the 1992 Olympic Games^[3] (7th place, 6 matches / 24 goals), the 1993 World Championship (11th place, 5 matches / 15 goals), the 1994 European Championship (7th place, 5 matches / 9 goals) and the 1995 World Championship (17-20th place, 4 matches / 4 goals).

Honours

Club

SO Chambéry

• LNH Division 1
  •  Silver: 1998, 1999, 2000

Villeurbanne HBA

• LNH Division 2
  •  Gold: 2002

Individual

• LNH Division 2 Top Scorer: 1993^[4]

Personal life

His wife, Edina Szabó, was also a Hungarian national handball player, later a successful coach. They had two children, Olivér Borsos (1990–2020) and Robin Borsos (1993).
In addition to his sports career, Attila Borsos graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Pécs; he studied project management in Marseilles, urban management and transport management in Paris.

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