Kiril "Kire" Lazarov (Macedonian: Кирил „Кире“ Лазаров, born 10 May 1980) is a Macedonian former 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).
Lazarov was the top scorer of the EHF Champions League two times with MKB Veszprém and RK Zagreb.
In nine games he scored 92 goals for the Macedonia national team at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship that took place in Croatia.
On 24 March 2009, Kiril Lazarov was awarded the Medal for Service to the Country by the then-president of the Republic of Macedonia Branko Crvenkovski in acknowledgment of his sport achievements and his contribution to developing and popularizing the sport in Macedonia as well as promoting the country abroad.