Damir Bičanić

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Damir Bičanić (2017)

Damir Bičanić (born June 29, 1985 in Vukovar , SR Croatia , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a former Croatian handball player . He is 1.95 m tall.

Player career

Damir Bičanić was able to book his first international play with the Croatian handball club of RK Osijek Elektromodul in the 2004/05 EHF Cup season. There was a club change to RK Medveščak Zagreb and then to RK Zagreb . With this team, Bičanić first took part in the EHF Challenge Cup season 2005/06, and then again played internationally with RK Zagreb in the competition for the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in the 2006/07 season. This was also followed by stakes in the 2007/08 EHF CL season. Damir Bičanić moved in the handball season 2008/09 to the Spanish handball club of Ademar León and was used at the Spanish handball club in the EHF CL season 2008/09.

In the summer of 2010 he joined the French first division club Chambéry Savoie HB . In summer 2017 he returned to RK Zagreb. Bičanić plays in the position of a left backcourt player and wears jersey number 77. The 91-time national player (165 goals) is in the squad of the Croatian men's handball team . In the summer of 2012, Bičanić took part in the Olympic Games in London , where he won the bronze medal.

At the end of the 2019/20 season, Damir Bičanić announced his retirement, but will remain with the RK Zagreb club as "Director for international relations and association contacts" in a new management position.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ archiv.thw-handball.de: Opponents Chambery Savoie HB - 2010/2011 season , accessed on September 2, 2019
  2. ↑ www.handball-world.news: Zagreb brings veterans back from Chambery , accessed on May 26, 2017
  3. ↑ ihf.info: Croatia , accessed on December 26, 2018
  4. ↑ www.london2012.com: Croatia - Team Rosters , accessed on August 19, 2012
  5. ↑ handball-world: Damir Bicanic: End of career and new job in the management of RK Zagreb , accessed on May 16, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Bičanić, Damir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian handball player
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Vukovar , SR Croatia