Mateo Maraš
| Mateo Maraš | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
17 December 2000 Split, Croatia | ||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right Back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | MOL Tatabánya KC | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2018–2021 | RK Balić-Metličić | ||
2020–2021 | → RK Eurofarm Pelister | ||
2021–2022 | RK Eurofarm Pelister | ||
2022– | MOL Tatabánya KC | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Croatia | 25 | (36) |
Mateo Maraš[1] (born 17 December 2000) is a Croatian handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC and for the Croatian national team.
He represented Croatia at the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.[2]
Career
[edit]Club
[edit]Mateo started his career in the RK Balic-Metlicic team from Split. From there he was confirmed by the Macedonian RK Eurofarm Pelister in 2020.[3] There were other offers as well: from RK Zagreb, RK Celje, Ademar León and Fenix Toulouse Handball, but he decided on Pelister's offer. He spent 2 years here, and then the Hungarian front team signed a contract with MOL Tatabánya KC, who bought him from Pelister.[4]
National team
[edit]On April 28, 2021, he played for the first time in the Croatia men's national handball team against Slovakia and scored 4 goals. He represented Croatia at the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.[2] He was included in the large squad of the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[5] He also participated in the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Croatia men's national handball team. (11th place, 5 matches / 9 goals). He was included in the large squad of the men's handball team participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics[6], but in the end he was not included in the traveling team.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- RK Eurofarm Pelister
- Macedonian Handball Super League
Silver: 2021, 2022
- Macedonian Handball Cup
- Silver: 2021, 2022
- Macedonian Handball Super Cup
Gold: 2021
- MOL Tatabánya KC
References
[edit]- ^ "MATEO MARAŠ - Career & Statistics | EHF". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ^ a b "Men's EHF EURO 2022 Official Squad Lists" (PDF). Euro Handball.
- ^ "Mateo Maraš i zvanično Pelisterov, potpisan ugovor na dve godine". Balkan-Handball.com (in Serbian). 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ^ Спасоски, Зоран (2022-03-04). "Marash is leaving E. Pelister, from next season will play for Tatabanja - Free Press". Слободен печат. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ^ Cabraja, Jozo. "Seniori: Širi popis za Svjetsko prvenstvo 2023. | HRS" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-03-26.
- ^ https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/7544bd28-fc48-447d-a35c-e3c846a00bd2/pdf/Provisional/CRO.pdf
External links
[edit]- Mateo Maraš at EHF (in English)
- Mateo Maraš at MKSZ (in Hungarian)
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