3. Kiril Lazarov (in Macedonian: Кирил Лазаров)
who was born on the 10th of May 1980, is Macedonian
handball player who plays for Barcelona. He is the
captain of the Macedonian national handball team as
well. He holds the record for scoring the most goals
at one World Men’s Handball Championship . He is
also the best scorer of all times in the Champions
League. Because of his strength he is considered one
of the best handball scorers of all times.
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Biography
4. Name and surname Kire Lazarov
Born 10 May 1980 Sveti Nikole
Nacionality Macedonian
Height 1,93
Weight 98kg
Playing position Right back
Personal data
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5. When he was 17
years old he met his
future wife Ljubica,
who was born in
Gostivar. They got
married in June 2006
after their long
relationship, and now
they have two
children, a son
Blagojche and a
daughter Lana. His
brother Filip Lazarov
is a famous
Macedonian handball
player, too.
Photos with
the family
The Family
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6. Kire with his wife
Kire with his brother Filip
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7. Lazarov is the captain of the Macedonian national handball team and
plays on the position of right back. He is also the best scorer of all
times in the history of the World Handball Championships.
During his career, Lazarov played for many handball teams across
Europe such as:.
HC Ovche Pole (1991-1994)
HC Borec Veles (1994-1997)
HC Pelister (1997-2000)
HC Zagreb (2000-2002)
HC Vesprem (2002-2007)
HC Zagreb (2007-2010)
Atletico Madrid BM (2010-2013)
HC Barcelona (2013 – now)
Professional career
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8. In 2010 Lazarov signed a
contract with the team
Atletico Madrid from Spain
for the amount of 125.000
euro. In 2013 he went to
play for “Barcelona”.
In January 2015 the
Croatian media published
the information that
Lazarov’s annual salary in
“Barcelona” was 450.000
euro and that he is the
third best paid handball
player in the world after
Domagoj Duvnjak and
Nikola Karabatich. In
February 2015 he signed
another contract with
Barcelona for the next two
years till the end of the
playing season in
2016/2017.
Career
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9. World Men’s Handball
Championship 2009
European Men’s Handball
Championship 2012
European Men’s Handball
Championship 2014
World and European Championships
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10. On the 29th
of January 2009
Lazarov scored 92
goals and set a
new world record
on the World
Handball
Championship
that took place in
Croatia. He broke
the world record
set by the Korean
player Kjung- Sin
Juna on the
World Handball
Championship
that took place in
Iceland where he
scored 86 goals.
World Men’s Handball Championship 2009
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11. On the 27th of January
2012 Lazarov set another
record as the best scorer
at the European Men’s
Handball Championship
2012 which took place in
Serbia , where he scored
62 goals and broke the
record from 2002 set by
the Icelander Olafur
Stefanson and the
Swedish Stefan Lovgren at
the European Handball
Championship in Sweden
where they scored 57
goals.
European Men’s Handball Championship 2012
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12. At the opening of the Championship the Macedonian national team lost
the game against Denmark with 21-29 where Lazarov only scored 7
goals but two days later at the game against the Czech team which
ended 24-24 , he was the best scorer once more scoring 12 goals
which is half of the total goals scored by his team.
At this game he was announced to be the best handball player in the
Macedonian national team. At the whole European Championship
Lazarov scored 38 goals in 5 matches ( on the last match against Spain
he did not play).
European Men’s Handball Championship 2014
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