Ivano Balić
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| Full name | Ivano Balić | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 April 1979 Split, Hrvatska |
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| Playing position | Center back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–2001 2001–2004 2004–2008 2008–2012 2012–2013 2013–2015 |
RK Split RK Metković Portland San Antonio RK Zagreb Atlético Madrid BM HSG Wetzlar |
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Ivano Balić (born 1 April 1979 in Split) is a former Croatian handballer, world and Olympic champion. Balić is widely considered by experts and fans to be the best handball player of all time.[1] He was voted 5 times in a row as the most valuable player in major international competitions,[2][3] and is one of only two handball players who received the IHF World Player of the Year award on two occasions (2003, 2006).[2][3] He played the 2014/15 season at the German team HSG Wetzlar but announced his retirement at the end of the season.
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Career
Before playing handball, Balić trained with the basketball club KK Split. He began his handball career with RK Split. Balić was a member of the Croatian national team that won the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship in Portugal. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2005 World Championship in Tunisia.
Balić was declared the IHF World Player of the Year in 2003 and 2006[2] as well as the best player in Croatia 2003. After playing for RK Metković he moved to Portland San Antonio. At the 2006 European Championship in Switzerland he was declared the tournament MVP. Even though Croatia won the 5th place on the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany, he was declared the tournament's MVP. In the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship he was the equal top scorer with 44 goals as he led Croatia to a silver medal and was also voted to the All-Star Team of the tournament. His playing position is centre back.
Honours
Club
Liga ASOBAL
Spanish Cup
Spanish Supercup
- 2005-06
EHF Champions League
- Runner-up: 2005-06
Croatian Cup
- 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Croatian League
- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
IHF Super Globe
- 2012
National
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship
Mediterranean Games
- Gold: 2001
Individual
- IHF World Player of the Year: 2003, 2006
- Croatian Sportsman of the year: 2007
- Best Male Handball Player Ever – fans poll[1]
See also
References
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for  CroatiaBeijing 2008 |
Succeeded by Venio Losert |
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| Preceded by | IHF World Player of the Year 2003 |
Succeeded by Henning Fritz |
| Preceded by | IHF World Player of the Year 2006 |
Succeeded by Nikola Karabatić |
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Split, Croatia
- Croatian handball players
- Olympic handball players of Croatia
- Olympic gold medalists for Croatia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia
- Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Liga ASOBAL players
- Franjo Bučar Award winners
- SDC San Antonio players
- RK Zagreb players
- HSG Wetzlar players
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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