Nikša Kaleb

Nikša Kaleb

Player information
birthday	March 9, 1973
place of birth	Metković , SFR Yugoslavia
citizenship	Croatian
height	1.83 m
Playing position	Left winger
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-2004	RK Metković Jambo
2004-2008	RK Zagreb
National team
	Games (goals)
Croatia	79 (152)
Status: national team January 1, 2008

Nikša Kaleb (born March 9, 1973 in Metković ) is a former Croatian handball player .

Nikša Kaleb, who last played for the Croatian series champion RK Zagreb and ran for the Croatian men's national handball team, was mostly used on the left wing .

Nikša Kaleb started playing handball at RK Metković Jambo in his hometown. Here he also made his debut in the Croatian first division. Although he never managed with his club to get past series champion RK Zagreb in the championship, he won the Croatian Cup in 2000 and 2001 and the EHF Cup in 2000 ; In 2001 he moved into the final of this competition again. In 2004, however, he gave in to the courtship of the serial master Zagreb and moved to the capital city. With the RK Zagreb he won the national championship and the cup in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2008, Kaleb ended his career.

Nikša Kaleb has played over 79 international matches for the Croatian men's handball team in his active career . With his country he was world champion at the men's handball world championship in Portugal in 2003 , and Olympic champion at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He also took part in the men's handball world championship in Germany in 2007 , but only finished 5th with Croatia. At the European Handball Championship in Norway in 2008 , he was runner-up with his country.

Web links

• Niksa Kaleb in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Kaleb on the website of the Croatian Handball Federation