Petar Topic
Personal information
Born (1991-12-30) 30 December 1991
Split, Croatia
Nationality Croatian / Hungarian
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club MOL Tatabánya KC
Number 11
Senior clubs
Years Team
2010–2013
 Croatia RK Kastela
2013
 North Macedonia RK Metalurg Skopje
2013–2015
 Croatia RK Poreč
2015–2016
 North Macedonia RK Pelister Bitola
2016–2017
 Hungary Váci KSE
2017–2022
 Hungary Balatonfüredi KSE
2022–
 Hungary MOL Tatabánya KC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–
 Hungary 15 (41)

Petar Topic (born 30 December 1991) is a Croatian-Hungarian handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC and for the Hungarian national team.

Career

Club

At the beginning of his career, he played in the Croatian club RK Kastela. Here he made his debut in the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in the 2010–2011 season. In the summer of 2013, he transferred to the Macedonian Handball Super League team RK Metalurg Skopje, which he left again in November and returned to the Croatian Premier League with RK Poreč. With this, he participated in the 2013-14 EHF Cup. In 2015, he signed for RK Pelister Bitola. In the 2016–17 season, he moved to Hungary to the Váci KSE team. He then played for Balatonfüredi KSE for five years, with which he played in the EHF Cup. He has been playing in the MOL Tatabánya KC team since 2022.[1] In February 2023, he suffered a rupture of the Achilles tendon in the match against Csurgói KK.[2] After an 8-month absence, he returned to the field in the MOL Tatabánya KC-Ferencvárosi TC match, where MOL Tatabánya KC won 29-24, Petar scored 3 goals.[3]

National team

In October 2020, he received Hungarian citizenship,[4] thus becoming a player of the Hungarian national team. He played for the Hungarian national team for the first time at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship: Hungary-Cape Verde 34–27 on January 15, 2021 (scored 1 goals).[5] He scored 2 goals in 2 matches at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship. He was a member of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship squad,[6] he played in all three matches of the Hungarian national team at the European Championship, scoring 6 goals. He was included in the large squad of the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship,[7] 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,[8] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.

Honours

Club

Balatonfüredi KSE
MOL Tatabánya KC

References

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