Mateo Maraš

Mateo Maraš[1] (born 17 December 2000) is a Croatian handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC and for the Croatian national team. He represented Croatia at the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.[2]

Mateo Maraš
Personal information
Born (2000-12-17) 17 December 2000
Split, Croatia
Nationality Croatian
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right Back
Club information
Current club MOL Tatabánya KC
Number 2
Senior clubs
Years Team
2018–2021
 RK Balic-Metlicic
2020–2021
 → RK Eurofarm Pelister
2021–2022
 RK Eurofarm Pelister
2022–
 MOL Tatabánya KC
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–
 Croatia 12 (20)

Career

Club

Mateo started his career in the RK Balic-Metlicic team from Split. From there he was confirmed by the Macedonian RK Eurofarm Pelister in 2020.[3] There were other offers as well: from RK Zagreb, RK Celje, Ademar León and Fenix Toulouse Handball, but he decided on Pelister's offer. He spent 2 years here, and then the Hungarian front team signed a contract with MOL Tatabánya KC, who bought him from Pelister.[4]

National team

On April 28, 2021, he played for the first time in the Croatia men's national handball team against Slovakia and scored 4 goals. He represented Croatia at the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.[2] He was included in the large squad of the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[5]

Honours

Club
RK Eurofarm Pelister
  • Macedonian Handball Super Cup
    •  Gold: 2021
MOL Tatabánya KC

References
  1. "MATEO MARAŠ - Career & Statistics | EHF". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  2. "Men's EHF EURO 2022 Official Squad Lists" (PDF). Euro Handball.
  3. "Mateo Maraš i zvanično Pelisterov, potpisan ugovor na dve godine". Balkan-Handball.com (in Serbian). 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  4. Спасоски, Зоран (2022-03-04). "Marash is leaving E. Pelister, from next season will play for Tatabanja - Free Press". Слободен печат. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  5. Cabraja, Jozo. "Seniori: Širi popis za Svjetsko prvenstvo 2023. | HRS" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-03-26.
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