Robin Molnár Explained

Robin Molnár
Birth Date:1 February 2004
Birth Place:Győr, Hungary
Nationality:Hungarian
Height:1.94 m
Position:Left wing
Currentclub:NEKA
Clubnumber:88
Youthyears1:2014–2017
Youthclubs1:Győri FKKA
Youthyears2:2017–2018
Youthclubs2:SZESE Győr
Youthyears3:2018–2021
Youthclubs3:NEKA
Years1:2021–2023
Clubs1: SC Pick Szeged (loan)
Years2:2023–2025
Clubs2: NEKA
Years3:2025–
Clubs3: ONE Veszprém
Nationalyears1:2023–
Nationalteam1:Hungary
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:2

Robin Molnár (born 1 February 2004) is a Hungarian handball player who plays for NEKA and the Hungarian national team.

Career

Club

Robin started his career at Győri FKKA. In 2017, he transferred to SZESE Győr. Moved from Győr to Balatonboglár, the National Handball Academy (NEKA) in 2018. In 2021, he joined the SC Pick Szeged team on loan for 2 years. Here, in the 2021/2022 season, he played in the second team of SC Pick Szeged in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B. He made his debut in Nemzeti Bajnokság I in October 2022 in the first team of SC Pick Szeged.[1] In November 2022, he could also make his debut in the EHF Champions League against RK Celje. At the end of the season, he won the silver medal with SC Pick Szeged in both the championship and the cup behind Telekom Veszprém. After two seasons spent on loan in Szeged, he is in NEKA's Nemzeti Bajnokság I team from the 2023/24 season.[2] In the spring of 2024, NEKA won a bronze medal in the cup to a huge surprise.[3] In the fall of 2024, it was announced that he would join the ONE Veszprém team for 2 years from the summer of 2025.[4]

National team

He was 4th with the Hungarian team at the 2022 Youth European Championship. At the age of 19, on April 27, 2023, he made his debut in the senior national team in Klaipėda in the Lithuania-Hungary men's European qualifying match 31-46 (he scored 2 goals).[5] He was 11th with the Hungarian team at the 2023 World Youth Championship. He was included in the large squad of the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship,[6] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He was included in the large squad of the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship,[7] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.

Honours

Club

Pick Szeged
NEKA

Notes and References

  1. https://www.utanpotlassport.hu/2023/09/15/kellenek-a-pofonok-is-molnar-robin
  2. https://www.delmagyar.hu/helyi-sport/2023/05/a-pick-szeged-jatekosa-visszater-korabbi-csapatahoz
  3. https://nb1.neka.hu/fantasztikus-bronzerem-a-magyar-kupaban
  4. https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/2024/11/valogatott-kezissel-erosit-a-veszprem
  5. Web site: Az alaposan megfiatalított válogatott 46 gólt dobott Litvániában -. April 27, 2023. NSO.hu.
  6. Web site: Férfi kézi-vb: Chema Rodríguez kapitány bő keretet hirdetett - NSO. November 29, 2022. NSO.hu.
  7. Web site: Men's EHF EURO 2024 Official Squad Lists . European Handball Federation.