Ivan Pešić (handballer)

Ivan Pešić (born 17 March 1989) is a Croatian handball goalkeeper for HBC Nantes and the Croatian national team.[1]

Ivan Pešić
Personal information
Born	(1989-03-17) 17 March 1989 Rijeka, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	HBC Nantes
Youth career
Team
	RK Senj
2004–2006	RK Zamet
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2004–2006	RK Zamet II
2006–2008	RK Zamet
2008–2009	MVM Veszprém KC
2009–2012	RK Zagreb
2012–2013	RK Maribor Branik
2013–2021	HC Meshkov Brest
2021–2022	TVB 1898 Stuttgart
2022–	HBC Nantes
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–	Croatia	44	(1)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Team Youth World Championship 2007 Bahrain European Youth Championship 2006 Estonia

Sep. 24, 2017

The first few years as a player played Pešić in his hometown Rijeka in RK Zamet and with production license in Croatian second division club RK Senj. He then played for the Hungarian club MKB Veszprém KC, with which he won in the 2008/09 season, league and cup, as well as the Croatian first division club RK Zagreb, with whom he won three times the double. In 2012 he joined the Slovenian club RK Maribor Branik . After one season, he signed with the Belarusian club HC Meshkov Brest, with whom he again champion and cup winner was, 2014.

At a dance hall in February 2009 some hungarians people attacked Pešić and teammate Marin Cozma with a knife. Pešić was so badly injured by a knife that he had to remove a kidney.[2] His teammate Marian Cozma died after two stab wounds to the heart, another colleague, Žarko Šešum, suffered skull fractures due to heavy kicks to the head.[3]

Even though Pešić was an unseen substitute at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia he still won a medal.

Pešić has played for Croatia at the 2011 World Championship, 2013 Mediterranean Games and has recently been called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification tournament[4]