Luka Cindrić

Luka Cindrić

Luka Cindrić (2014)
Player information
birthday	5th July 1993
place of birth	Ogulin , Croatia
citizenship	Croatian
height	1.85 m
Playing position	Back center
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	FC Barcelona
Jersey number	25th
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
2004–0000	RK Ogulin
0000-0000	RK Senj
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
2012–1 / 2014	HRK Karlovac
1 / 2014–2015	RK Metalurg Skopje
2015-2018	RK Vardar Skopje
2018-2019	KS Kielce
2019–	FC Barcelona
National team
Debut on	April 5, 2014 in Lausanne
against	Sweden
	Games (goals)
Croatia	59 (139)
As of January 9, 2020

Luka Cindrić (born July 5, 1993 in Ogulin , Croatia ) is a Croatian handball player . Cindrić is mostly used on the back center .

The 1.85 m tall and 90 kg heavy right-hander made his debut in 2012 with HRK Karlovac in the Croatian Premijer Liga and took part in the EHF Challenge Cup 2013/14. In his first season 2012/13 he scored 243 goals in 33 games (38 of them by seven meters ) and was the top scorer. In his second season he was successful in 15 games 131 (31) times. In January 2014 he moved to the Macedonian club RK Metalurg Skopje , with whom he reached the quarter-finals in the EHF Champions League 2013/14 and won the Macedonian championship in 2014. For the 2015/16 season he moved to RK Vardar Skopje . In 2016 and 2017 he won the Macedonian Cup, in 2016 and 2017 the championship and in 2017 the EHF Champions League. In the 2018/19 season, Cindrić played for the Polish club KS Kielce , with whom he won the Polish championship and the Polish cup. In the summer of 2019 he moved to the Spanish first division club FC Barcelona . With Barcelona he won the Spanish championship in 2020.

With the Croatian junior selection, Luka Cindrić finished fourth at the U-21 World Cup in 2013 . Cindrić made his debut in the Croatian national team on April 5, 2014 against Sweden . So far, he has played 59 international matches in which he scored 139 goals.

Web links

• Luka Cindrić on the RK Vardar Skopje website
• Luka Cindrić in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ livecache.sportresult.com: Croatia , accessed on January 14, 2020
2. ↑ www.rukometstat.com Najbolji strijelci (broj golova) accessed on March 31, 2014
3. ↑ www.rukometstat.com Statistics: Luka Cindrić accessed on March 31, 2014
4. ↑ www.balkan-handball.com: TOP 20 najboljih transfera 2015/2016: Lauge lider, tu su Đukić, Stanić, Cindrić, Simić i Cupara , accessed on October 21, 2016
5. ↑ sportowefakty.wp.pl: Oficjalnie: Luka Cindrić oficjalnie w Vive Tauronie Kielce! To transferowy hit! , accessed June 7, 2017
6. ↑ handball-world.news: FC Barcelona secures playmaker from Kielce , accessed on June 21, 2019
7. ↑ www.ihf.info Team Roster Croatia (PDF, 70 kB) accessed on February 21, 2014
8. ↑ liveticker.handball.ch Croatia-Sweden accessed on April 10, 2014