Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez

Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez (born 22 August 1990) is a Spanish-Hungarian handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC and for the Hungary national team.

Career

At the beginning of his career, he played handball for Academia Octavio and BM Ciudad Encantada before moving to Naturhouse La Rioja. Here, in the 2012–2013 season, he was able to make his debut in the EHF Cup, and later played in the EHF Champions League. In 2013, Atlético Madrid would have signed him, but the team went bankrupt, so Pedro remained a Naturhouse La Rioja player.^[1] In the summer of 2016, he transferred to MOL-Pick Szeged^[2] in the Hungarian league, with whom he won the league title in the 2017–2018 season and the Hungarian Cup in the 2018–19 season. From the summer of 2019, he will continue his career in the Balatonfüredi KSE team.^[3] He spent three seasons with the Balatonfüredi KSE team, then transferred to MOL Tatabánya KC before the 2022–2023 season.^[4]

He made his debut in the Spain men's national handball team at a preparatory tournament in Poland.^[5] Made his debut in the Spain men's national handball team on November 7, 2015: Spain-Sweden 32:27 (scored 3 goals). Because of the excellent Spanish right wingers, he was not considered for the Spain men's national handball team, so when he received Hungarian citizenship,^[6] he became a player of the Hungary men's national handball team.^[7] He played for the Hungarian national team for the first time at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship: Hungary-Uruguay 44–18 on January 17, 2021 (scored 3 goals).^[8] He scored 7 goals in 4 matches at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship. He was a member of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship squad,^[9] he played in all three matches of the Hungarian national team at the European Championship, scoring 9 goals. He also participated in the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Hungary men's national handball team. (8th place, 9 matches / 21 goals). He was included in the large squad of the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship,^[10] but in the end he will not become a member of the narrow squad. He also participated in the 2024 Paris Olympics, where the Hungarian team finished 10th (3 matches / 2 goals).