Blaž Blagotinšek (born 17 January 1994) is a Slovenian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player who plays for

SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since formin ...

and the Slovenia national team.

Career

Club

Blagotinšek was a member of Slovenian club

RK Celje Rokometni klub Celje () or simply RK Celje, currently named Celje Pivovarna Laško () due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional handball club from Celje, Slovenia. They were the winners of the Champions League in the 2003–04 season, beco ...

until 2016, when he joined Hungarian team

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. In his last season with Celje, he scored 30 goals in the 2015–16 EHF Champions League.

National team

In 2012, at the age of 18, Blagotinšek was included in the Slovenia national team squad for the first time. He played in the qualifiers for the 2014 European Championship.

Honours

Individual

SEHA League The South East Handball Association League, or simply the SEHA League, is a regional men's club handball league in Southeast Europe, featuring teams from Croatia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovakia. Due to sponsorship reasons, the le ...

All-Star Team Best Defensive Player: 2019–20, 2020–21

References

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Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

* 1994 births Living people Slovenian male handball players 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Handball players from Celje Olympic handball players for Slovenia Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Slovenian expatriate handball players in Hungary Slovenian expatriate handball players in Germany Veszprém KC players Frisch Auf Göppingen players SG Flensburg-Handewitt players Handball-Bundesliga players {{Slovenia-handball-bio-stub