Pedro Rodríguez Álvarez (born 22 August 1990) is íguezÁa Spanish-Hungarian handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC and for the Hungarian national team.
Career
Club
At the beginning of his career, he played handball for Academia Octavio and BM Ciudad Encantada before moving to Naturhouse La Rioja. Here, in the 2012–2013 season, he was able to make his debut in the EHF Cup, and later played in the EHF Champions League. In 2013, Atlético Madrid would have signed him, but the team went bankrupt, so Pedro remained a Naturhouse La Rioja player. In the summer of 2016, he transferred to MOL-Pick Szeged in the Hungarian league, with whom he won the league title in the 2017–2018 season and the Hungarian Cup in the 2018–19 season. From the summer of 2019, he will continue his career in the Balatonfüredi KSE team. He spent three seasons with the Balatonfüredi KSE team, then transferred to MOL Tatabánya KC before the 2022–2023 season.
National team
He made his debut in the Spain men's national handball team at a preparatory tournament in Poland. Made his debut in the Spain men's national handball team on November 7, 2015: Spain-Sweden 32:27 (scored 3 goals). Because of the excellent Spanish right wingers, he was not considered for the Spain men's national handball team, so when he received Hungarian citizenship, he became a player of the Hungary men's national handball team. He played for the Hungarian national team for the first time at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship: Hungary-Uruguay 44–18 on January 17, 2021 (scored 3 goals). He scored 7 goals in 4 matches at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship. He was a member of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship squad, he played in all three matches of the Hungarian national team at the European Championship, scoring 9 goals. He also participated in the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Hungary men's national handball team. (8th place, 9 games / 21 goals).
Honours
Club
Naturhouse La Rioja
Liga ASOBAL: : 2014, 2015, 2016 : 2013 Copa del Rey: : 2013 Copa ASOBAL: : 2016 Supercopa de España: : 2014
MOL-Pick Szeged
Nemzeti Bajnokság I: : 2018 : 2017, 2019 Magyar Kupa: : 2019 : 2017, 2018
Balatonfüredi KSE
Nemzeti Bajnokság I: : 2022 Magyar Kupa: : 2021
MOL Tatabánya KC
Nemzeti Bajnokság I: : 2023