Gergely Harsányi

The native form of this personal name is Harsányi Gergely. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Gergely János Harsányi (born 3 May 1981) is a Hungarian handballer, who retired from professional handball in 2018^[1] and currently plays for Tatai AC in the Hungarian second division.

Gergely Harsányi
Personal information
Full name	Gergely János Harsányi
Born	(1981-05-03) 3 May 1981 (age 43) Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Right Wing
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1999	Nyíregyházi KC
1999–2007	PLER KC
2007–2008	Frisch Auf Göppingen
2008–2009	PLER KC
2009	Ferencvárosi TC
2010–2018	Grundfos Tatabánya KC
2018–2020	Tatai AC
2020–2022	Komárom VSE
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2017	Hungary	179	(399)

Career

Harsányi started his professional career at his hometown club Nyíregyházi KC, before moving to PLER KC. He spent a decade with the Pestszentlőrinc-based team and captured a Hungarian Cup bronze in 2007. In the 2007–2008 season, he played handball in the German Bundesliga, Frisch Auf Göppingen, and then returned to PLER KC after 1 season. He signed to Ferencvárosi TC in the summer of 2009, however, after financial difficulties with the club were revealed, Harsányi was transferred to Tatabánya-Carbonex KC in the winter break to ease the growing troubles at the club.^[2] He retired from professional handball in 2018.

His first major international tournament was the 2004 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed fourth.^[3] He participated on two European Championship (2006, 2012), four World Championships (2009, 2011, 2013, 2017) and two Olympics (2004 and 2012).^[4]

Achievements

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I:
  • Bronze Medallist: 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Magyar Kupa:
  • Bronze Medallist: 2007

Individual awards

• Golden Cross of the Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2012)

References

1. "Befejezte: Harsányi Gergely visszavonul" (in Hungarian). m4sport.hu. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
2. "Harsányi elhagyta a Ferencvárost" (in Hungarian). Sportfórum. 14 January 2010. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gergely Harsány". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
4. "Magyarok a férfi világbajnokságokon, érmesek" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport Online. Retrieved 31 January 2011.

External links

• Gergely Harsányi player profile at Tatabánya-Carbonex KC at the Wayback Machine (archived 21 July 2011)
• Gergely Harsányi career statistics at WorldHandball at the Wayback Machine (archived 31 May 2012)
• Gergely Harsanyi at the European Handball Federation (former profile)
• Gergely Harsányi at Olympedia
• Gergely Janos Harsanyi at Olympics.com
• Gergely Janos Harsanyi at Olympic.org (archived)