Petar Metličić
Petar Metličić (born 25 December 1976 in Split) is a former Croatian handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team[1] from 2006 to 2009 after the departure of Slavko Goluža.[2] He won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens[3][4] as well as the 2003 World Handball Championship in Portugal.
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Born |
Split, SFR Yugoslavia | 25 December 1976||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Right back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
– | RK Split | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1998 | RK Brodokumer Split | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2002 | Metković Jambo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | CB Ademar León | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2010 | Ciudad Real | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | RK Pivovarna Laško Celje | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Montpellier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2009 | Croatia | 175 | (471) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Croatia (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At club level he played in the top tier in Croatia, Spain, Slovenia and France. He has won the EHF Champions League three times with BM Ciudad Real and the EHF Champions Trophy twice as well as the IHF Super Globe, EHF Cup Winner's Cup with CB Ademar León and the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo.
In September 2007 he opened alongside Ivano Balić the handball academy Balić-Metličić. Metličić is also a coach in the academy.[5]
Since February 2015 he's been the assistant coach of Croatia.[6]
Honours
Player
- Split
- Croatian First A League
- Runner up (2): 1996-97, 1997–98
- Croatian First B League - South
- Winner (1): 1994-95
- Metković
- Croatian First League
- Winner (1): 2001-02 (Revoked)
- Croatian First A League
- Winner (3): 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000–01
- Croatian Cup
- Winner (2): 2001, 2002
- EHF Cup
- Winner (1): 2000
- Finalist (1): 2001
- Ademar Leon
- EHF Cup Winner's Cup
- Winner (1): 2005
- Supercopa ASOBAL
- Finalist (1): 2003
- Ciudad Real
- Liga ASOBAL
- Copa del Rey
- Copa ASOBAL
- Winner (3): 2006, 2007, 2008
- Finalist (1): 2010
- Supercopa ASOBAL
- Winner (1): 2008
- Finalist (2): 2009, 2010
- EHF Champions League
- EHF Champions Trophy
- Winner (2): 2006, 2008
- IHF Super Globe
- Pivovara Laško Celje
- 1. NLB Leasing liga
- Runner up (1): 2011-12
- Slovenian Cup
- Winner (1): 2012
- Montpellier
- LNH Division 1
- Runner up (1): 2012-13
- Coupe de la France
- Winner (1): 2013
- Individual
- Best Croatian handball player by Sportske novosti & CHF - 2003
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 2004
Orders
References
- "Croatia" Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine – European Handbal Federation (Retrieved on January 25, 2008)
- "Petar Metličić - legendarni kapetan zlatne generacije". gol.dnevnik.hr.
- Profile: "Petar Metlicic" Archived 25 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 25, 2008)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Petar Metličić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- "O klubu". www.balicmetlicic.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- "Babić je novi izbornik hrvatskih rukometaša". sport.hrt.hr.
- "Petar Metličić biografija". hoo.hr (in Croatian).
External links
- Stats
- Best Croatian handball players, coaches and referee's
- Petar Metličić at Olympedia
- Petar Metličić at the Olympic Channel
- Petar Metličić at the International Olympic Committee
- Petar Metličić at the Croatian Olympic Committee (also available in Croatian)
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Slavko Goluža 5 |
Captain of Croatia 2006-2009 |
Succeeded by Igor Vori 7 |