Ivan Pešić (handballer)
| Ivan Pešić | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
17 March 1989 Rijeka, Croatia | ||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | HC Meshkov Brest | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
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Ivan Pešić (born 17 March 1989) is a Croatian handball goalkeeper for HC Meshkov Brest and the Croatia national team.
The first few years as a player played Pešić in his hometown Rijeka in RK Zamet and with production license in Croatian second division club RK Senj. He then played for the Hungarian club MKB Veszprém KC, with which he won in the 2008/09 season, league and cup, as well as the Croatian first division club RK Zagreb, with whom he won three times the double. In 2012 he joined the Slovenian club RK Maribor Branik . After one season, he signed with the Belarusian club HC Meshkov Brest, with whom he again champion and cup winner was, 2014.
Pešić has played for Croatia at the 2011 World Championship, 2013 Mediterranean Games and has recently been called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification tournament[1]
At a dance hall a hooligan attacked Pešić and teammate Marin Cozma with a knife. Pešić was so badly injured by a knife that he had to remove a kidney.[2] His teammate Marian Cozma died after two stab wounds to the heart, another colleague, Žarko Šešum, suffered skull fractures due to heavy kicks to the head.[3]
Honours
- Zamet
- Croatian Championship U-18 runner-up: 2008
- Veszprém
- Hungarian Premier League: 2008-09
- Magyar Cup: 2009
- Zagreb
- Dukat Premier League: 2009-10, 2010–11, 2011–12
- Croatian Cup: 2010, 2011, 2012
- Meshkov Brest
- Belarusian First League: 2013-14, 2014–15, 2015-16
- Belarusian Cup: 2014, 2015, 2016
- SEHA League runner-up: 2013-14, 2014–15
- Individual
- Dražen Petrović Award - 2007
References
- ^ "Roster for Summer Olympics 2016 Qualification" (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "POKAJANJE IZ ZATVORA 'Pešić je zbog mene ostao bez bubrega, sad mu želim dati svoj'" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Tragic incident of Veszprém handballers". EuroHandball. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Croatian male handball players
- Sportspeople from Rijeka
- Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players of Croatia
- RK Zamet players
- RK Zagreb players
- MKB Veszprém KC players
- Expatriate handball players
- Croatian expatriates in Hungary
- Croatian expatriates in Slovenia
- Croatian handball biography stubs
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games