Mateo Maraš[1] (born 17 December 2000) is a Croatian handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC and for the Croatian national team.

Mateo Maraš
Personal information
Born (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 23)
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)

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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