Máté Lékai

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Máté Lékai
Personal information
Born (1988-06-16) 16 June 1988 (age 35)
Budapest, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Ferencvárosi TC
Number 66
Youth career
Years Team
2002–2004
Szentendre KC
Senior clubs
Years Team
2004–2010
PLER KC
2010–2012
SC Pick Szeged
2012–2014
RK Celje
2014–2022
Telekom Veszprém
2022–
Ferencvárosi TC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–
Hungary 173 (522)

Máté Lékai (born 16 June 1988) is a Hungarian handball player for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungarian national team.[1][2]

His first major international tournament was the 2011 World Championship, where Hungary finished seventh.[3] He finished fourth with the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

He is the son of former high jumper Olga Juha.[4]

Honours

Club

PLER KC
Pick Szeged
RK Celje
MKB Veszprém KC

Individual

  • "Teenager's Player of the Year": 2005
  • Hungarian Junior Handballer of the Year: 2009[5]
  • Silver Cross of the Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
    (2012)
  • Junior Príma díj (2012)
  • Hungarian Handballer of the Year: 2017[6]

References

  1. ^ "Máté Lékai Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  2. ^ "valogatott jatekosok rangsora". kezitortenelem.hu. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Magyarok a férfi világbajnokságokon, érmesek" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Isten éltesse Juha Olgát!". vasassc.hu. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Ismét Vérten az év játékosa / Magyarország | handball.hu - kézilabda".
  6. ^ "Az év kézilabdázói 2017-ben | handball.hu - kézilabda".

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