Tamás Papp (born 11 November 2002) is a Hungarian handball player who plays for MOL Tatabánya KC and the Hungary national team.
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, 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. In the summer of 2025, he transferred to MOL Tatabánya KC. In 2026, the team reached the final of the Hungarian Cup, but were defeated there by ONE Veszprém. Tamás scored 2 goals in the final.https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/2026/04/siman-nyert-a-dontoben-32-alkalommal-magyar-kupa-gyoztes-a-veszprem-ferfi-kezilabdacsapata
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. He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal. 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. He was included in the large squad of the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship,https://mksz.hu/cikk/6696 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.https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/2025/05/siman-gyozott-szlovakia-ellen-es-csoportelsokent-kijutott-az-eb-re-a-magyar-ferfi-kezivalogatott He was included in the large squad of the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship,https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/2025/12/ferfi-kezi-eb-megvan-a-mieink-bo-kerete-mikler-nem-lesz-ott-a-tornan end he will become a member of the narrow squad.https://mksz.hu/cikk/8369 He finished 10th with the national team at the European Championship, scoring 0 goals in 2 matches.
Honours National team Junior World Championship: : 2023
Club
NEKA Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B : 2021
MOL Tatabánya KC EHF European Cup: : 2026 Nemzeti Bajnokság I: : 2026 Magyar Kupa : 2026
References
External links Tamás Papp at EHF Tamás Papp at MKSZ Tamás Papp at Handball Base