Maja Sokač
Appearance
Maja Sokač | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born |
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | 31 May 1982||
Nationality | Croatian | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Left wing | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Ankara Yenimahalle | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
1996–2004 | Split Kaltenberg | ||
2004 | ŽRK Lokomotiva | ||
2004–2011 | Podravka | ||
2011–2012 | SD Itxako | ||
2012–2014 | RK Zaječar | ||
2014–2016 | ŽRK Vardar | ||
2016- | Ankara Yenimahalle | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Croatia | 159[1] | (428) |
Maja Sokač (née Zebić; born 31 May 1982)[2] is a Croatian handballer playing in the left wing position for the Croatian national team and Ankara Yenimahalle.
Club career
[edit]Sokač started to play handball in Croatian club Sinj. In 1996, she joined senior team of Split Kaltenberg who competed in first Croatian league. In 2004, she joined Lokomotiva Zagreb, and same season she transferred to Podravka Vegeta. Besides winning many Croatian Championship and Croatian Cup trophies, she played in Cup Winners' Cup finals in 2005 and EHF Cup finals in 2006. In Champions League she played 44 matches and scored 131 goals. In the 2011/2012 season Sokač played for Spanish Champions and Champions League runners-up SD Itxako.
Trophies
[edit]- Spanish Supercup
- Gold: 2008/2009
- Women's Regional Handball League
- Gold: 2008/2009
- Silver: 2009/2010, 2010/2011
- Croatian Championship
- Gold: 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011
- Croatian Cup
- Gold: 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011
References
[edit]- ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ^ "Maja Sokač". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
External links
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Categories:
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Croatian female handball players
- Olympic handball players for Croatia
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Handball players from Split, Croatia
- Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Croatia
- Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- RK Podravka Koprivnica players
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Croatian expatriate handball players in Spain
- Expatriate handball players in North Macedonia
- Expatriate handball players in Turkey
- Croatian handball biography stubs