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Kiril Lazarov
Personal information
Born (1980-05-10) 10 May 1980 (age 44)
Sveti Nikole, SR Macedonia
Nationality Macedonian
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club FC Barcelona
Number 77
Kiril Lazarov during a game

Kiril Lazarov (Template:Lang-mk) (born 10 May 1980) is a Macedonian handball player who currently plays for FC Barcelona. He is also the captain of the Macedonia national handball team.[1]

Biography

Lazarov was top scorer of the EHF Champions League two times with MVM Veszprém and RK Zagreb. In 2011–12, he was top scorer for Velux EHF Final 4 runner-up Atlético Madrid.[2]

On 29 January 2009, Lazarov became world record-holder for the number of goals scored in one World Championship. In nine games he scored 92 goals for the Macedonia national team at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship that took place in Croatia. On 24 March 2009, Kiril Lazarov was awarded the Medal for Service to the Country by the then-president of the Republic of Macedonia Branko Crvenkovski in acknowledgement of his sport achievements and his contribution to developing and popularizing sport in Macedonia as well as promoting the country abroad.

On 27 January 2012, Lazarov became both the European and World record-holder for scored goals in a single championship by scoring 61 goals in 7 games at the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship.

On 4 October 2015, with his fifth goal in a match against PICK Szeged, Lazarov became the first player in the history of the EHF Champions League to break the 1000 goals barrier and helped Barcelona win 30:28.[3]

On 29 May 2016, Lazarov was voted as The Best Right Back of Champions League All-star team.

Clubs

Results

Lazarov has won 15 national championships and the same number of national cup tournaments for five different clubs. In international club tournaments his best results are two runners-up.

Personal life

Lazarov has been married to his wife Ljubica since June 2006. They have two children, a boy named Blagojče and a girl named Lana. His brother Filip Lazarov is also a handball player for the national team.

References

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ ehfCL.com Lazarov: It's all about the team
  3. ^ http://www.handball-planet.com/ Kiril Lazarov scores 1000 goals in EHF Champions League!
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