Benedek Éles
Personal information
Born (1999-09-06) 6 September 1999
Veszprém, Hungary
Nationality Hungarian
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Left Back
Club information
Current club Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs
Number 19
Youth career
Years Team
2013–2016
MKB-MVM Veszprém
Senior clubs
Years Team
2016–2023
Hungary Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs
2023–
Germany GWD Minden

Benedek Éles (born 6 September 1999) is a Hungarian handball player who plays for GWD Minden.

Career

Club

Benedek started his career in MKB-MVM Veszprém, the top Hungarian club.[1] From there he transferred to Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs, another Veszprém team founded by his father, József Éles. With Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs, he was promoted to the Hungarian first-class championship in 2020. In 2022, the team reached the final of the Hungarian Cup, but were defeated there by Telekom Veszprém. Benedek scored 4 goals in the final.[2] Thanks to the silver medal, they were able to start in the 2022–23 EHF European League. Benedek scored 63 goals in 10 matches in the EHF European League group stage. Thanks to this, the European Handball Federation (IHF) selected Benedek as the Top 3 best rookie of the EHF European League.[3] In May 2023, the German GWD Minden announced that Benedek would join their team for 2 years from the summer.[4] At the end of the season, GWD Minden was relegated from Handball-Bundesliga, so Benedek started the 2023/24 season in 2. Handball-Bundesliga. 2023 On November 24 against TV Großwallstadt, he suffered a serious knee injury and tore his cruciate ligament.[5] Until his injury, he scored 40 goals in 2. Handball-Bundesliga in 13 league matches.

National team

He was included in the large squad of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship,[6] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad.

Personal life

His father, József Éles, is a former legendary national handball player who played in the Hungarian national handball team.

Honours

Club

Veszprém KKFT Felsőörs

References

  1. "Kézi Akadémia". www.keziakademia.hu.
  2. "MAGYAR KUPA - Férfi - Négyes döntő - Mérkőzések". www.kezilabda-kupa.hu.
  3. "Who shone in the first part of the season?". ehfel.eurohandball.com.
  4. Minden, G. W. D. "GWD verpflichtet ungarischen Mittelmann . GWD Minden".
  5. "Férfi kézilabda: Elszakadt Éles Benedek térdszalagja - NSO". 27 November 2023.
  6. https://www.eurohandball.com/media/awzc35ee/men-s-ehf-euro-2022-official-squad-list.pdf
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