Tamás Papp (handballer)

Tamás Papp (born 11 November 2002) is a Hungarian handball player who plays for MOL Tatabánya KC and the Hungary national team.

Tamás Papp
Personal information
Born	(2002-11-11) 11 November 2002 (age 22) Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	MOL Tatabánya KC
Youth career
Years	Team
2014–2016	Budapest Kézilabda KFT
2016–2017	PLER-Budapest
2017–2018	NEKA
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2018–2023	NEKA
2023–2025	Csurgói KK
2025–	MOL Tatabánya KC
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2025–	Hungary	1	(5)
Medal record Junior World Championship 2023 Germany/Greece

Career

Club

Tamás started his career in Budapest Kézilabda KFT. From there he transferred to the PLER-Budapest team. Moved from PLER-Budapest to Balatonboglár, the National Handball Academy (NEKA) in 2017. He made his debut in the first team in NEKA in 2018, and in that season he scored 7 goals in 7 matches in the then still Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B team. In 2021, NEKA was promoted to the first division,^[1] Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Tamás scored 67 goals in the season. After 6 years at NEKA, it was announced in March 2023 that he will continue his career in Csurgói KK from the summer.^[2] In the summer of 2025, he transferred to MOL Tatabánya KC.^[3]

National team

He was 9th with the Hungarian team at the 2021 Youth European Championship. As a member of the junior national team, he participated in the 2022 Junior European Championship where the Hungarian team became the 5th.^[4] He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal.^[5] The captain of the Hungarian national team, Chema Rodríguez, also noticed his performance, who invited him to practice with the national team from September 30 to October 4, 2024.^[6] He was included in the large squad of the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship,^[7] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He made his debut for the Hungarian men's adult national team on May 7, 2025 in Hlohovec, in a European Championship qualifying match against Slovakia, where the Hungarian national team defeated the Slovak national team 39-24. Tamás scored 5 goals in the match.^[8]

Honours

National team

• Junior World Championship:
  •  Silver: 2023

Club

NEKA

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B
  •  Gold: 2021