Dragan Pechmalbec
{{Short description|Serbian handball player (born 1999)}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=January 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Dragan Pechmalbec
| image = File:Dragan Pechmalbec 20171214.jpg
| nationality = French/Serbian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|1|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cahors, France
| position = Pivot
| currentclub = ONE Veszprém
| clubnumber = 46
| youthyears1 = 2009–2016
| youthclubs1 = CPB Rennes
| years1 = 2016–2022
| clubs1 = HBC Nantes
| years2 = 2022–
| clubs2 = ONE Veszprém
| nationalyears1 = 2018
| nationalteam1 = France
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2021–
| nationalteam2 = Serbia
| nationalcaps2 = 23
| nationalgoals2 = 66
}}
Dragan Pechmalbec (born 5 January 1996) is a French-born Serbian handball player for ONE Veszprém and the Serbia national team.
He has a French father and a Serbian mother.{{cite web |title=PECHMALBEC: ‘THESE THREE GAMES MEAN SO MUCH TO ME’ |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/pechmalbec-these-three-games-mean-so-much-to-me/ |website=eurohandball.com |access-date=29 January 2024}}
Career
Pechmalbec began his career in his birth country, France. He shot to prominence with HBC Nantes, where he won the Coupe de France in 2017, in a victory in the final over Montpellier Handball. He was also a runner-up three times in the French top division, and once in the 2017–18 EHF Champions League.{{cite web |title=PECHMALBEC: "WE CANNOT BE UNFOCUSED FOR JUST ONE SECOND" |url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/pechmalbec-we-cannot-be-unfocused-for-just-one-second/ |website=eurohandball.com |access-date=29 January 2024}} Despite making his debut for France, he declared for the Serbia national team in 2021, making his debut for them that year.{{cite web |title=Dragan Pechmalbec to play for Serbia! |url=https://www.handball-planet.com/dragan-pechmalbec-to-play-for-serbia/ |website=handball-planet.com |access-date=29 January 2024}} He has played for Serbia at the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship.{{cite web |title=SERBIA POWER THROUGH TO MAIN ROUND WITH TWO POINTS |url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/serbia-power-through-main-round-two-points |website=IHF.info |access-date=29 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=SQUAD LISTS FOR MEN'S EHF EURO 2024 CONFIRMED |url=https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/news/en/squad-lists-for-men-s-ehf-euro-2024-confirmed/ |website=ehfeuro.eurohandball.com |access-date=29 January 2024}}
References
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{{Serbia squad 2024 European Men's Handball Championship}}
Category:Serbian male handball players
Category:21st-century Serbian sportsmen
Category:French male handball players
Category:Sportspeople from Cahors
Category:Sportspeople from Ille-et-Vilaine
Category:French people of Serbian descent
Category:Serbian people of French descent
Category:French expatriate handball players in Hungary