Croatian handball player (born 2000)
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
Club
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
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
Club
- RK Eurofarm Pelister
- MOL Tatabánya KC
References
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