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Mateo Maraš

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Mateo Maraš
Personal information
Born (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 24)
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

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Club

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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

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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

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Club

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RK Eurofarm Pelister
MOL Tatabánya KC

References

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  1. ^ "MATEO MARAŠ - Career & Statistics | EHF". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  2. ^ a b "Men's EHF EURO 2022 Official Squad Lists" (PDF). Euro Handball.
  3. ^ "Mateo Maraš i zvanično Pelisterov, potpisan ugovor na dve godine". Balkan-Handball.com (in Serbian). 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Cabraja, Jozo. "Seniori: Širi popis za Svjetsko prvenstvo 2023. | HRS" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  6. ^ https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/7544bd28-fc48-447d-a35c-e3c846a00bd2/pdf/Provisional/CRO.pdf
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