Gábor Ancsin[1] (born 27 November 1990) is a Hungarian handball player for Tatabánya KC and the Hungarian national team.

Gábor Ancsin
Personal information
Born (1990-11-27) 27 November 1990 (age 33)
Békéscsaba, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Height 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Tatabánya KC
Number 27
Youth career
Years Team
2002–2004
Kétsopronyi Rákóczi SE
2004–2005
Békési FKC
2005–2007
Dunaferr SE
Senior clubs
Years Team
2007–2009
Dunaferr SE
2007–2009
Alba Regia KSE (loan)
2009–2011
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2009–2011
TSG Friesenheim (loan)
2011–2016
SC Pick Szeged
2016–2019
Telekom Veszprém
2018–2019
Ferencvárosi TC (loan)
2019–2024
Tatabánya KC
2024–
Ferencvárosi TC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–
Hungary 152 (338)

Career edit

Club edit

Ancsin made his senior debut in the Hungarian top division for Dunaferr SE in 2007. His talent was spotted soon and teams from Spain and Germany showed interesting in signing him. Finally, he chose Rhein-Neckar Löwen and moved to the Mannheim-based team in 2009.[2] Gábor was sent immediately on loan to second division side TSG Friesenheim by his club, with them he celebrated promotion to Handball-Bundesliga at the end of the season. The right back spent the next season by Frisenheim as well, however, the team did not manage to maintain its top division membership. In May 2011 the officials of Löwen and SC Pick Szeged announced that Ancsin joins the Hungarians on a two-year deal, during which period the German team have buy-out option.[3] Ancsin finally remained a player of SC Pick Szeged until 2016, after which he was certified to the multiple Hungarian champion, Telekom Veszprém.[4] After a period of neglect in Veszprém, he proved his loan to Ferencvárosi TC.[5] He found himself here, played a lot and finished 3rd on the scoreboard with 144 goals, after that he was confirmed in the 3rd best Hungarian team for Grundfos Tatabánya KC.

National team edit

In 2008, he was a member of the 12th Hungarian team at the Youth European Championship. As a member of the junior national team, he participated in the 2011 Junior World Championship where the Hungarian team became the 17th. At the age of 19, on March 20, 2009, he made his debut in the adult team in Vienna in the Hungary-Tunisia match 31-29 (He scored 3 goals).[6] As a member of the Hungarian national team, he participated in the 2012 European Championships (8th place, 6 matches / 4 goals), the 2013 World Championship (8th place, 7 matches / 7 goals), the 2014 European Championships (8th place, 5 matches / 19 goals), the 2016 European Championships (12th place, 6 matches / 13 goals), the 2017 World Championship (7th place, 7 matches / 9 goals), the 2018 European Championships (14th place, 3 matches / 4 goals), the 2019 World Championship (10th place, 4 matches / 4 goals), the 2021 World Championship (5th place, 7 matches / 19 goals).

Honours edit

Club edit

Dunaferr SE
Alba Regia KSE
TSG Friesenheim
MOL-Pick Szeged
Telekom Veszprém
Grundfos Tatabánya KC

Individual edit

  • Hungarian Youth Handballer of the Year: 2008[7]
  • Hungarian Junior Handballer of the Year: 2011[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "GÁBOR ANCSIN - Career & Statistics | EHF".
  2. ^ "Dunaújvárosból erősített a BL-elődöntős" [The CL-semi-finalist strengthened from Dunaújváros] (in Hungarian). kezilabda.hu. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Ancsin verlässt die Löwen Richtung Ungarn" [Ancsin leaves the Lions to Hungary] (in German). Focus Online. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Ancsin Gábor Veszprémbe igazolt!".
  5. ^ "Ancsin Gábor az FTC-hez igazol".
  6. ^ "Kétgólos győzelem a Samsung-kupa nyitányán Tunézia ellen - NSO". 20 March 2009.
  7. ^ Cívishír. "Hornyák Dóra az év legjobbja!".
  8. ^ "Mikler az Év kapusa, Sulc az Év légiósa, Ancsin az Év junior játékosa" (in Hungarian). Pick Szeged official website. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

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