Marko Kopljar

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Marko Kopljar, on August 20, 2012 at the EVFH-Cup in Ehingen.

Marko Kopljar (born February 12, 1986 in Požega , SR Croatia , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a Croatian national handball player. His body length is 2.10 m, his body weight is around 98 kilograms. He currently plays for the German club Füchse Berlin .

Athletic career

Kopljar ​​began his professional career at the Croatian handball club RK Zagreb . For the first time internationally he played for RK Zagreb in the Cup Winner's Cup competition of the 2004/05 season; Then in 2005/06 in the EHF Challenge Cup competition. In the 2006/07 season he again took part in the Cup Winner's Cup competition with RK Zagreb . In the EHF Champions League competitions Kopljar ​​played for RK Zagreb in the 2007/08 , 2008/09 , 2009/10 , 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons . The backcourt player moved to the French first division club Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2012 . With Paris he won the championship in 2013 and 2015 and the French Cup in 2014 and 2015. On October 15, 2014 Kopljar received in a game against Chambery Savoie HB the red card after his opponent Benjamin Gille bite. He was then suspended for six months (including four months on probation). From summer 2015 he played for the Spanish first division club FC Barcelona . With Barcelona he won the Spanish championship in 2016. In the 2016/17 season Kopljar ​​was under contract with the Hungarian club Telekom Veszprém , with whom he won the Hungarian championship and the Hungarian cup. He then moved to the German club Füchse Berlin . With Füchsen Berlin, he won the EHF Cup in 2018 .

Marko Kopljar ​​has played 147 international matches for the Croatian national team so far , in which he scored 305 goals. He was voted third at the 2012 European Championships and as the best right back player in the " All-Star Team ". In the summer of 2012 Kopljar ​​took part in the Olympic Games in London , where he won the bronze medal with the Croatian team. He also took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

Web links

Commons : Marko Kopljar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.tv3sport.dk: Se scandalebilledet: Croatian stjerne “hylder” Suarez - bider modstander ( Memento from June 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 16, 2014
  2. ↑ www.handball-world.com: LNH blocks Parisian Kopljar ​​and Nantes coach Anti , accessed on November 13, 2014
  3. ↑ handball-world.com: Barcelona with four personnel decisions , accessed on June 12, 2015
  4. ↑ handball-world.com: Veszprem recruits Croatian national players from Barcelona , accessed on June 17, 2016
  5. ↑ fuechse.berlin: Tönnesen changes to KC Veszprém - foxes get Kopljar . , March 17, 2017; accessed on March 18, 2017
  6. ↑ ihf.info: Croatia , accessed on January 4, 2017
  7. ↑ www.london2012.com: Croatia - Team Rosters , accessed on August 4, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Kopljar, Marko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian handball player
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Požega , SR Croatia , SFR Yugoslavia