Mikita Vailupau

Belarusian handball player

Nikita Vailupau
Personal information
Born	(1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 28) Vitebsk, Belarus
Nationality	Belarusian
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Club information
Current club	Telekom Veszprém
Number	55
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2012–2014	Dinamo Minsk
2014–2019	SKA Minsk
2019–2022	HC Meshkov Brest
2022–	Telekom Veszprém
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–	Belarus	51	(230)

Nikita Vailupau (Belarusian: Nікіта Юр’евіч Вайлупаў, born 30 July 1995) is a Belarusian handball player for Telekom Veszprém and the Belarusian national team.

Club career

Vailupau started to play handball in Vitebsk. He played for SKA Minsk in 2014-2019. In 2019, Vailupau signed 3-year contract with HC Meshkov Brest.^[1]

On 3 October 2019 Vailupau scored 20 goals in SEHA League match against RK Metaloplastika. It's a record for the goals in one match of SEHA League.^[2]

On 5 November Vailupau scored 14 goals in the away match of SEHA League against RK Eurofarm Pelister from North Macedonia (35:32). On 23 November Mikita scored 12 goals after 12 shots in a match in the EHF Champions League against RK Vardar (31:22), becoming the best goalscorer of the match.

International career

On 25 October 2018 Mikita scored game high 6 goals in Euro 2020 qualification match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Minsk (29:30).

Achievements

SEHA League
- Gold: 2022
Belarusian First League
- Gold: 2020, 2021, 2022
Hungarian First League
- Gold: 2023
Hungarian Cup
- Gold: 2023, 2024

References

^ "Гандбол. Чемпионат Беларуси. Никита Вайлупов перешел в БГК". Pressball. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ "Record-breaking match for youngster Mikita Vailupau". SEHA League. Retrieved 4 October 2019.