Marko Grgić (handballer)
| Marko Grgić | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Grgić in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
11 September 2003 Eisenach, Germany | ||
| Nationality | German | ||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | ThSV Eisenach | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2022 | HG Saarlouis | ||
2022– | ThSV Eisenach | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Germany | 12 | (24) |
Medal record | |||
Marko Grgić (born 11 September 2003) is a German handball player who plays for ThSV Eisenach and the German national team.
Club career
[edit]Grgić played for HG Saarlouis in the 3rd league until 2022. In 2022 he moved to the second division club ThSV Eisenach.[1][2] With Eisenach he was promoted to the Bundesliga in 2023.
International career
[edit]Grgić was called up to the extended squad of the German national team for a training course in May 2024 and made his first appearance in a friendly against Sweden on 12 May 2024.[3][4] He scored his first goal for the national team in his second game a month later in a friendly against France in preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5]
Personal life
[edit]His father Danijel Grgić is a former Croatian national handball player who played for ThSV Eisenach from 2003 to 2005.[1] His German mother Ina played in the top league for TSG Ruhla during this time.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "ThSV verpflichtet gebürtigen Eisenacher Marko Grgic" (in German). LIQUI MOLY HBL. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ handball-world. "Marko Grgic vom ThSV Eisenach: "Fühle mich im linken Rückraum wohler"" (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- ^ "Handball-Nationalmannschaft: Alfred Gislason nominiert 18 Spieler für Brückenlehrgang" (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Deutschland verliert nach schwacher erster Halbzeit in Schweden". handball-world.news. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Marko Grgic überzeugt beim Testspielsieg der deutschen Nationalmannschaft über Frankreich!" (in German). 13 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Chronik der TSG Ruhla".
External links
[edit]- Marko Grgić at the International Handball Federation
- Marko Grgić at the European Handball Federation
- Marko Grgić at Team Deutschland (in German)
- Marko Grgić at Olympics.com
- Marko Grgić at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- 2003 births
- Living people
- People from Eisenach
- German people of Croatian descent
- German male handball players
- Handball-Bundesliga players
- Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Germany
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Sportspeople from Thuringia