Kiril Lazarov

Kiril Lazarov
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
Nickname Kire
Club information
Current club FC Barcelona
Number 77
Youth clubs
1991–1994
1994–1997		 RK Ovče Pole
RK Borec
Senior clubs
1997–2000
2000–2002
2002–2007
2007–2010
2010
2010–2011
2011–2013
2013–present		 RK Pelister
RK Zagreb
MVM Veszprém
RK Zagreb
Al Sadd SC
BM Ciudad Real
BM Atlético Madrid
FC Barcelona
National team
1999– Macedonia 160 (1203)
Kiril Lazarov during a game

Kiril Lazarov (Macedonian: Кирил Лазаров) (born 10 May 1980) is a Macedonian handball player who currently plays for FC Barcelona. He is also the captain of the Macedonia national handball team.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

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

Clubs

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 Lazarov is also a handball player for the national team.

References

  1. ↑ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ↑ ehfCL.com Lazarov: It's all about the team
  3. ↑ http://www.handball-planet.com/ Kiril Lazarov scores 1000 goals in EHF Champions League!
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.