Huba Vajda Explained

Huba Vajda
Birth Date:5 March 2000
Birth Place:Győr, Hungary
Nationality:Hungarian
Height:1.93 m
Position:Pivot
Currentclub:Győri ETO-UNI FKC
Clubnumber:78
Youthyears1:2014–2015
Youthclubs1:SZESE Győr
Youthyears2:2015–2018
Youthclubs2:Balatonfüredi KSE
Years1:2018–2023
Clubs1: Balatonfüredi KSE
Years2:2020–2022
Clubs2: Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs (loan)
Years3:2023–2024
Clubs3: MOL-Tatabánya KC
Years4:2024–
Clubs4: Győri ETO-UNI FKC
Nationalyears1:2020–
Nationalteam1:Hungary
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:3

Huba Vajda (born 5 March 2000) is a Hungarian handball player who plays for Győri ETO-UNI FKC and the Hungarian national team.

Career

Club

Huba started his career at SZESE Győr. He has played in Balatonfüredi KSE since the beginning of the 2015/16 season. He made his debut in Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 2018/19 season, scoring 6 goals in 8 games. He played 5 matches in the 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons of the EHF Cup for Balatonfüredi KSE. From 2020 to 2022, he was loaned to the Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs team.[1] In 2022, the team reached the final of the Hungarian Cup, but were defeated there by Telekom Veszprém. Huba scored 3 goals in the final.[2] He returned to Balatonfüredi KSE for the 2022/23 season. He played here in the EHF European League. He scored 5 goals in 7 games. In the summer of 2023, he transferred to the No. 3 Hungarian team, MOL-Tatabánya KC.[3] From the summer of 2024, he will continue his career at Győri ETO-UNI FKC, which has a long history and returned to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I after a long time.[4]

National team

He was 10th with the Hungarian team at the 2018 Youth European Championship. He was 5th with the Hungarian team at the 2019 World Youth Championship. He made his debut in the Hungary men's national handball team on November 4, 2020, in the Eurocup match against the Spain men's national handball team: Hungary-Spain 32–29.[5] (scored 1 goals). He was included in the large squad of the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship,[6] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was also a member of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship squad,[7] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.

Honours

Club

Balatonfüredi KSE

2019

Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs

2022

MOL Tatabánya KC

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kézilabda: Vajda Huba beleérne az NB I-be a Veszprémi KKFT-ben . 16 August 2020 .
  2. Web site: MAGYAR KUPA - Férfi - Négyes döntő - Mérkőzések .
  3. Web site: Férfi kézi NB I: Riválistól igazolt válogatott beállót a Tatabánya . 8 June 2023 .
  4. https://gyorietouni.hu/2024/04/30/uros-vilovski-es-vajda-huba-nyartol-zold-feherben/
  5. Web site: Az Eb-címvédő Spanyolország legyőzésével nagy skalpot szerzett a férfi kéziválogatott . 4 November 2020 .
  6. Web site: Férfi kézilabda: Gulyás István bő keretet hirdetett a vb-re . 11 December 2020 .
  7. https://www.eurohandball.com/media/awzc35ee/men-s-ehf-euro-2022-official-squad-list.pdf
  8. Web site: 2016. év Kézilabdázói. January 16, 2017.