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Marko Grgić (handballer)

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Marko Grgić
Grgić in 2024
Personal information
Born (2003-09-11) 11 September 2003 (age 21)
Eisenach, Germany
Nationality German
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club ThSV Eisenach
Number 17
Senior clubs
Years Team
–2022
HG Saarlouis
2022–
ThSV Eisenach
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024–
Germany 2 (4)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team

Marko Grgić (born 11 September 2003) is a German handball player who plays for ThSV Eisenach and the German national team.

Club career

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Grgić played for HG Saarlouis in the 3rd league until 2022. In 2022 he moved to the second division club ThSV Eisenach.[1][2] With Eisenach he was promoted to the Bundesliga in 2023.

International career

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Grgić was called up to the extended squad of the German national team for a training course in May 2024 and made his first appearance in a friendly against Sweden on 12 May 2024.[3][4] He scored his first goal for the national team in his second game a month later in a friendly against France in preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5]

Personal life

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His father Danijel Grgić is a former Croatian national handball player who played for ThSV Eisenach from 2003 to 2005.[1] His German mother Ina played in the top league for TSG Ruhla during this time.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "ThSV verpflichtet gebürtigen Eisenacher Marko Grgic" (in German). LIQUI MOLY HBL. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ handball-world. "Marko Grgic vom ThSV Eisenach: "Fühle mich im linken Rückraum wohler"" (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Handball-Nationalmannschaft: Alfred Gislason nominiert 18 Spieler für Brückenlehrgang" (in German). Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Deutschland verliert nach schwacher erster Halbzeit in Schweden". handball-world.news. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Marko Grgic überzeugt beim Testspielsieg der deutschen Nationalmannschaft über Frankreich!" (in German). 13 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Chronik der TSG Ruhla".
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