Dragan Pechmalbec

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Dragan Pechmalbec
Personal information
Born (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 28)
Cahors, France
Nationality Serbian-French
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Telekom Veszprém
Number 46
Youth career
Years Team
2009–2012
CPB Rennes
2012–2016
HBC Nantes
Senior clubs
Years Team
2016–2022
HBC Nantes
2022–
Telekom Veszprém
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018
France 3 (0)
2021–
Serbia 23 (66)

Dragan Pechmalbec (born 5 January 1996) is a French-born Serbian handball player for Telekom Veszprém and the Serbia national team. He has a French father and a Serbian mother.[2]

Career[edit]

Pechmalbec began his career in his birth country, France. He shot to prominence with HBC Nantes, where he won the Coupe de France in 2017, in a victory in the final over Montpellier Handball. He was also a runner-up three times in the French top division, and once in the 2017–18 EHF Champions League.[3] Despite making his debut for France, he declared for the Serbia national team in 2021, making his debut for them that year.[4] He has played for Serbia at the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dragan PECHMALBEC". IHF.info. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. ^ "PECHMALBEC: 'THESE THREE GAMES MEAN SO MUCH TO ME'". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  3. ^ "PECHMALBEC: "WE CANNOT BE UNFOCUSED FOR JUST ONE SECOND"". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Dragan Pechmalbec to play for Serbia!". handball-planet.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  5. ^ "SERBIA POWER THROUGH TO MAIN ROUND WITH TWO POINTS". IHF.info. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  6. ^ "SQUAD LISTS FOR MEN'S EHF EURO 2024 CONFIRMED". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.