Aleš Pajovič (born 6 January 1979) is a Slovenian retired

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player and current coach of the Austrian national team. He is best known for poking Petar Metličić in the eye at the

2004 European Men's Handball Championship The 2004 Men's European Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place from 22 January to 1 February 2004 in Slovenia in the cities of Ljubljana, Celje, Velenje and Koper. Venues Qualification :1 Bold indicates ...

semifinal match vs Croatia. He competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

and the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. He coached the Austrian team at the

2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted for the first time in three countries – Austria, Norway and Sweden – from 9 to 26 January 20 ...

.2020 European Men's Handball Championship squad
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* 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Celje Slovenian male handball players Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Olympic handball players of Slovenia Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball coaches of international teams Handball-Bundesliga players BM Ciudad Real players Liga ASOBAL players Slovenian handball coaches {{Slovenia-handball-bio-stub