Annamária Ilyés

Personal information
Born	July 9, 1980 Odorheiu Secuiesc, SR Romania
Nationality	Hungarian, Romanian
Playing position	Left Back
Nickname	Ani, Nusi, Eve[1]
Club information
Current club	SG BBM Bietigheim
Number	10
Senior clubs
0000–2003 2003–2005 2005–2007 2007–2008 2008–2010 2010–2013 2013–	U Cluj-Napoca HCM Baia Mare Váci NKSE Kiskunhalas NKSE Ferencvárosi TC HSG Blomberg-Lippe TusSies Metzingen SG BBM Bietigheim
National team
2006–	Romania Hungary	8

Annamária Ilyés (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɒnːɒmaːriɒ ˈijeːʃ]; born 9 July 1980)^[2] is a Hungarian-Romanian international handballer who plays for German top division club SG BBM Bietigheim.

Career

Club

Born in Odorheiu Secuiesc in the Communist Romania into an ethnic Hungarian family, Ilyés began her career in her hometown club before moving to Universitatea Cluj-Napoca and later to HCM Baia Mare. She left Romania in 2003 and signed to the Hungarian championship to play for Váci NKSE. In 2005 Ilyés switched to Kiskunhalas NKSE and another two years later to Ferencvárosi TC, winning a league bronze with the latter one.

Since 2008 Ilyés plays in Germany, enjoying the most successful period of her career. Between 2008 and 2010 she played for HSG Blomberg-Lippe, with them she reached the semifinals of the EHF Challenge Cup in 2009, where they fell short to Handball Cercle Nîmes by a single goal (47–48 on aggregate).^[3]

In 2010 Ilyés was signed by German second division side TusSies Metzingen. She became top scorer of the second division both in 2011 and 2012 and was also chosen the best player of the season by the league coaches and journalists in 2012, helping her team to promotion in that year.^[4] Although Ilyés was one of the best players of her team in the next season as well, Metzingen suffered during its first top division year and secured its place for the coming season only with two rounds remaining.^[5] As it was announced already in March 2013, Ilyés switched to league rivals SG BBM Bietigheim for the next season.^[6]

International

A Romanian international since her youth, Ilyés chose Hungary over Romania.^[7] Ilyés eventually only earned 8 caps for Romania^[8] before declared for Hungary in 2004.^[7] She obtained the Hungarian citizenship in October 2006,^[9] subsequently she was called up to play for the Hungarian B national team.^[10]

Individual awards

• Top Scorer of the Bucharest Trophy: 2014 (23 goals)^[11]

Personal life

Her mother, Magdalena Mikloş was silver medalist at the 1973 World Women's Handball Championship, while her brother, Ferenc Ilyés, is also a handball player.^[12]

References

1. "Annamária Ilyés Bio" (in German). SG BBM Bietigheim official website. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
2. "Annamária Ilyés Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
3. "BL-döntőt ért a győri Görbicz- és Pálinger-fesztivál" (in Hungarian). Origo. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
4. "Bármikor visszatérnék Székelyudvarhelyre" (in Hungarian). Székelyhon. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
5. "Kivívta a bentmaradást a Metzingen" (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
6. "Annamaria Ilyes nach Bietigheim" (in German). Südwest Presse. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
7. "Ilyés Annamária: ha hívnának sem jönnék a román válogatottba" [Annamária Ilyés: I would not go to the Romanian national team even if they would call me]. Udaverhelyi Híradó (in Hungarian). Krónika. 28 June 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
8. "TusSies können sich Ilyes leisten" (in German). Südwest Presse. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
9. "Ilyés: Van bennem erő" (in Hungarian). Handball.hu. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
10. "Két halasi játékos kapott meghívót a B-válogatottba" (in Hungarian). BAON. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
11. ""Baia Mare Champions Trophy", the final day". baiamarechampionstrophy.ro. 17 August 2014.
12. "Ha újrakezdeném, akkor is a kézilabdát választanám" (in Hungarian). Székelyhon. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2014.