Petar Metličić

Petar Metličić (born 25 December 1976) is a Croatian former 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 at the 2003 World Championship in Portugal.

Petar Metličić
Personal information
Born (1976-12-25) 25 December 1976
Split, SFR Yugoslavia
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 Brodomerkur Split
1998–2002
 RK Metković Jambo
2002–2005
 CB Ademar León
2005–2010
 BM 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
Men's handball
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Portugal Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Tunisia Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Croatia Team
Statoil World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2006 Sweden & Germany Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2008 Norway Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis Team

At club level he played in the top tier in Croatia, Spain, Slovenia and France. He has won the EHF Champions League three times and the EHF Champions Trophy twice with BM Ciudad Real as well as the IHF Super Globe and EHF Cup Winner's Cup with CB Ademar León, and the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo.

In September 2007 he opened, alongside his former colleague Ivano Balić, the "Balić-Metličić" handball academy. Metličić is also a coach in the academy.[5]

From February 2015 to January 2017 he served as an assistant coach to Željko Babić in the Croatia men's team.[6]

Honours

Player
Brodomerkur Split
Metković Jambo
Ademar Leon
Ciudad Real
Pivovarna Laško Celje
Montpellier
Individual

Orders

References
  1. "Croatia" Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine – European Handbal Federation (Retrieved on January 25, 2008)
  2. "Petar Metličić - legendarni kapetan zlatne generacije". Gol.hr.
  3. Profile: "Petar Metlicic" Archived 25 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 25, 2008)
  4. 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.
  5. "O klubu". www.balicmetlicic.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. "Rukometna reprezentacija dobila novog izbornika!" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. "Petar Metličić biografija". hoo.hr (in Croatian).
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