Michele Skatar
Michele Skatar (born December 30, 1985) is a Croatian naturalized Italian handball player, a member of Italy men's national handball team and French club Soultz Bollwiller Handball, runner-up in the EHF Cup (2013). Skatar played for professional teams in Croatia, Italy, Germany and France. At international level, he represented the Italian national team on 135 occasions, scoring 574 goals. He earned his first cap against Turkey on December 27, 2004 and took part in the Mediterranean Games four times consecutively (2005, 2009, 2013 and 2018) with Italy. Skatar won the Capocannoniere (Serie A top goalscorer) award during the 2005–06 season and became the first Italian ever to play in the German Handball-Bundesliga and to reach a European Cup final. He is the younger brother of poet and sports agent Daniel Skatar.
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Michele Skatar (2014) | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Michele Skatar | ||||||||||||
Born |
Koper, SFR Yugoslavia | December 30, 1985||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
Playing position | Right Back | ||||||||||||
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Number | 33 | ||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||
1999–2004 |
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2004–2006 |
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2006–2007 |
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2007–2009 |
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2009–2010 |
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2010–01/14 |
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01/14–07/14 |
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2014–2016 |
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2016–2017 |
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2017–2020 |
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2020– |
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National team 1 | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
2004- | Italy | 135 | (574) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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1 National team caps and goals correct as of January 12, 2020 (UTC) |
Honours
Club
EHF Cup
- Runner-up: 2012-13
Croatian Handball Cup
- Runner-up: 2002-03
Individual
References
- https://handnews.fr/2020/proligue-pontault-angers-et-besancon-peaufinent-leur-effectif/
- https://www.handzone.net/asp.net/main.news/news.aspx?id=64859
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170123212352/http://www.figh.it/euro-2020-qualificazione-2a-fase-italia-55864
- http://www.handzone.net/asp.net/main.news/news.aspx?id=62428
- http://www.handzone.net/asp.net/main.news/news.aspx?id=62279
- https://www.pallamanoitalia.it/mercato-lazzurro-michele-skatar-al-montelimar-32669/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170305040246/http://www.figh.it/pronostico-rispettato-austria-44956
- http://handnews.fr/2013/lnh-transferts-michele-skatar-rejoint-la-bretagne/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070845/http://www.handballcarpi.it/terraquilia-handball-carpi-ingaggia-michele-skatar/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160609190234/http://www.figh.it/m-mersin-2013-impresa-italia-e-semifinale-19247
- http://www.olimpiazzurra.com/2013/05/pallamano-michele-skatar-secondo-con-il-suo-nantes-in-ehf-cup/
- https://www.pallamanoitalia.it/michele-skatar-un-italiano-in-finale-di-ehf-cup-25251/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202825/http://www.handseven.fr/A-Hamad-dans-le-7-majeur-de-la-D2-_a1315.html
- http://ricerca.gelocal.it/ilpiccolo/archivio/ilpiccolo/2006/05/29/SP_15_TITI.html?ref=search
- http://ricerca.gelocal.it/ilpiccolo/archivio/ilpiccolo/2006/04/06/NZ_38_SKAT.html?ref=search
- http://ricerca.gelocal.it/ilpiccolo/archivio/ilpiccolo/2006/06/03/NZ_32_MANO.html?ref=search