Mile Uzelac
| Milan Uzelac | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Milan Uzelac | ||
| Born |
30 September 1978 Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Line player | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Zamet | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1991-1995 | RK Kvarner | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1993-1995 | RK Kvarner | ||
1995-1996 | RK Zamet | ||
1996-1999 | RK Pećine | ||
1997-2017 | RK Zamet | ||
loan | → RK Gold Klub | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Croatia U-18 | |||
| Croatia U-19 | |||
| Croatia U-21 | |||
Milan Uzelac (born 30 September 1978, in Rijeka) is a Croatian handballer, who plays as line player for RK Zamet.[1]
Career
Mile started his career in RK Kvarner. At the age of 15 he played for the senior team of RK Kvarner and he played an important role in Kvarner getting promotion form 2. league to 1.B league. [2]
He spent a season in Zamet helping them win the league getting back in the Croatian First League and winning the Croatian U-19 Championship with players like Mirza Džomba and Renato Sulić. Next season he played for RK Pećine[3] in the 1.B league. The following two years he played both for Zamet and Pećine due to them being in separate leagues. [4]
Mile has spent nearly 20 years in Zamet being with the club in hard and good times. With Zamet he came to Croatian Cup finals three time losing twice to Zagreb and once to Metković Jambo.
He has played in European competitions EHF City Cup, EHF Cup Winners' Cup and EHF Cup throughout his career.
He was team captain of Zamet from 2003 to 2017 when he retired from handball alongside his long standing teammate Mateo Hrvatin.[5] He is marked for being the longest serving player in Zamet's history playing 21 full years for the club.
Honours
RK Kvarner
- 2. HRL - West
- Winner (1): 1993-94
RK Zamet
- Croatian First League
- Third (2): 1997-98, 1998-99
- 1.B HRL
- Winner (1): 1995-96
- Croatian U-19 Championship
- Winner (1): 1996
- Croatian Cup
- Finalist (3): 2000, 2001, 2012
References
- ^ "Milan Uzelac". rk-zamet.hr (in Croatian).
- ^ "Kvarner history". kvarner.com.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2016-03-23.
- ^ "50 years of Handball Club Pećine". radio.hrt.hr (in Croatian).
- ^ "Sports laws". zakon.hr (in Croatian).
- ^ "Egzodus u "Zametu": Uzelac i Hrvatin završavaju karijeru, Đurica i Lučin odlaze". novilist.hr (in Croatian).