Ivano Balić
Ivano Balić on August 22, 2009 at the Schlecker Cup |
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| Player information | |
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| birthday | April 1, 1979 |
| place of birth |
Split , Yugoslavia.svg){kind=small}
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| citizenship |
 Croatian
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| height | 1.90 m |
| Playing position | Back center |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | Career ended |
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| -2001 |
RK Split
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| 2001-2004 |
RK Metković
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| 2004-2008 |
 Portland San Antonio
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| 2008–2012 |
RK Zagreb
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| 2012-2013 |
Atlético Madrid
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| 2013-2015 |
 HSG Wetzlar
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| National team | |
| Games (goals) | |
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Croatia
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198 (535) |
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Status: national team August 12, 2012 |
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Ivano Balić (born April 1, 1979 in Split , SR Croatia , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a former Croatian handball player . The central backcourt player was elected world handball player in 2003 and 2006 . Journalists dubbed him either “ Ronaldinho des handball” or “Mozart des handball”, was known for his concealed forearm throws and passes without eye contact, was the only national player to date to be voted MVP at a major handball event five times in a row and is widely accepted as one of the best players in handball history.
Career
Ivano Balić began his sporting career with basketball ; For many years he trained at Jugoplastika Split . However, he decided to play handball and began his career at the RK Split club . His second station was from 2001 RK Metković , then the second strongest club in the Croatian handball league. In the 2001/02 season he won the Croatian Cup and the championship, but this was subsequently awarded to the RK Zagreb . From Metković he moved to the Spanish club Portland San Antonio in 2004 . With the men from Pamplona he won the Spanish championship in 2005 and was in the final of the EHF Champions League in 2006 . In 2008 he returned to Croatia, where he joined series champion RK Zagreb. With the team he won the Croatian championship and the cup four times from 2009 to 2012. His contract with RK Zagreb expired at the end of June 2012.
Shortly before the start of the 2012/13 season, he joined Atlético Madrid , with whom he won the Super Globe and the Spanish King's Cup in 2012 . After Atlético Madrid filed for bankruptcy in the summer of 2013, Balić moved to the German Bundesliga club HSG Wetzlar in August 2013 . His contract was extended for one year to June 2015 in May 2014. He ended his career after the 2014/15 season.
Since July 1st, 2015 he has been working for the Croatian handball association as coordinator for Croatian men's handball.
National team
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Balić was the head of the team in attack as the leading player. From 2003 to 2012 he reached at least the semifinals with the Croatian national team in ten international championships. He was not called up for the 2013 World Cup. By August 12, 2012 Balić played 198 international matches in which he scored 535 goals.
successes
- in the club
- Croatian champion 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
- Croatian Cup Winner 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012
- Spanish champion 2005
- Spanish Royal Cup winner 2013
- Super Globe 2012
- in the national team
- World Cup in Portugal 2003 : 1st place (gold)
- European Championship in Slovenia 2004 : 4th place
- Olympic Games in Athens 2004 : 1st place (gold)
- World Cup in Tunisia 2005 : 2nd place (silver)
- EM in Switzerland 2006 : 4th place
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EM in Norway 2008 : 2nd place (silver)
- Top scorer together with Lars Christiansen and Nikola Karabatić
- World Cup in Croatia 2009 : 2nd place (silver)
- EM in Austria 2010 : 2nd place (silver)
- EM in Serbia 2012 : 3rd place (bronze)
- Olympic Games in London 2012 : 3rd place (bronze)
Awards
- Balić was elected world handball player in 2003 and 2006 .
- He is the only handball player who has been voted MVP ( Most Valuable Player ) five times in a row at a major handball event :
- At the European Championship in Norway in 2008 he was voted the tournament's best playmaker
Bundesliga record
| season | society | Division | Games | Gates | 7 meters | Field gates |
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| 2013/14 | HSG Wetzlar | Bundesliga | 23 | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| 2013-2014 | total | Bundesliga | 23 | 40 | 0 | 40 |
Web links
- Ivano Balić in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Ivano Balić in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ European Handball Federation - Ivano Balic / Player. Retrieved July 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Neue Zürcher Zeitung ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Alexandra Gross: As if Ronaldinho suddenly played for SC Freiburg . ( Morgenpost.de [accessed on January 17, 2018]).
- ↑ Last handball game for world star Balic. In: Sueddeutsche.de. June 4, 2015, accessed August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Handball Ronaldinho wants revenge against Denmark. In: Bild.de. January 26, 2008, accessed January 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Ivano Balic voted best male player ever. In: IHF.info. August 12, 2010, accessed January 30, 2018 .
- ↑ Björn Pazen: Ivano Balic, the MVP of all MVPs. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation (EHF), November 6, 2013, accessed on June 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Croatian superstjerne er transfer-fri ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Balic returns to Spain
- ↑ handball-world.com: All question marks removed - Balić presented on August 13, 2013, accessed on August 13, 2013
- ↑ www.handball-world.com Ex-world handball player Balic extends contract in Wetzlar by one year from May 22, 2014, accessed on May 22, 2014
- ↑ www.handball-world.com Wetzlar confirms the end of Balic's career on January 28, 2015, accessed on January 28, 2015
- ↑ www.handball-world.com Croatia reaches agreement with Balic on new office from February 11, 2015, accessed on February 11, 2015
- ↑ ihf.info London 2012: Official Results Book (PDF, 4.3 MB) accessed on May 22, 2014
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Balić, Ivano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Split , SR Croatia , SFR Yugoslavia |