Dániel Sztraka

Dániel Sztraka
Dániel Sztraka
Personal information
Born	24 November 2003 (age 21); Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Central Back
Club information
Current club	PLER-Budapest
Number	19
Youth career
Years	Team
2014–2017	Kézilabda Utánpótlás KFT
2017–2021	PLER-Budapest
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2021–2022	PLER-Budapest
2022–2024	NEKA
2024–	MOL-Tatabánya KC
2024–	→ PLER-Budapest (loan)
Medal record
Junior World Championship

Dániel Sztraka (born 24 November 2003) is a Hungarian handball player who plays for PLER-Budapest.

Career

Club

Dániel started his career in Kézilabda Utánpótlás KFT. From there he transferred to the PLER-Budapest team. He played here for the first time in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/B in the 2021/2022 season, scoring 65 goals in 20 games. In the summer of 2022, he signed for the first-class NEKA team.^[1]^[2] He made his debut in Nemzeti Bajnokság I in the 2022/23 season, scoring 84 goals in 24 games. In the spring of 2024, NEKA won a bronze medal in the cup to a huge surprise.^[3] He was signed by MOL-Tatabánya KC in the summer of 2024, but he was immediately loaned to the PLER-Budapest team.^[4]

National team

As a member of the junior national team, he participated in the 2022 Junior European Championship where the Hungarian team became the 5th.^[5] He participated in the 2023 Junior World Championship, where Hungary won the silver medal.^[6] 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.^[7]