Kiril Lazarov

Kiril Lazarov
Personal information
Born	(1980-05-10) 10 May 1980 (age 44) Sveti Nikole, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Macedonian
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	North Macedonia & RK Alkaloid (manager)
Youth career
Years	Team
1991–1994	RK Ovče Pole
1994–1995	RK Borec
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1995–1997	RK Borec
1997–2000	RK Pelister
2000–2002	RK Zagreb
2002–2007	MKB Veszprém
2007–2010	RK Zagreb
2010	Al Sadd SC
2010–2011	BM Ciudad Real
2011–2013	BM Atlético Madrid
2013–2017	FC Barcelona
2017–2022	HBC Nantes
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2022	North Macedonia	236	(1728)
Teams managed
2021–	North Macedonia
2022–	RK Alkaloid

Kiril Lazarov (Macedonian: Кирил Лазаров, born 10 May 1980) is a retired Macedonian professional handball player and current coach of the North Macedonia national handball team and RK Alkaloid, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.^[1][2]

Lazarov holds the record for most goals scored in a single World Men's Handball Championship (92). He is also the all-time top scorer in the EHF Champions League and the only player to have scored more than 1,300 goals. He is third on the all-time list of players by number of international goals scored and has the highest ratio of goals scored per match.