Filip Jícha (born 19 April 1982) is a former Czech

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 ...

er. He most recently played for Spanish handball team

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

. He also played for the Czech national team. Currently he is the head coach of his former club, German handball team

THW Kiel THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed t ...

. His biggest success as a coach has been winning the EHF Champions League with THW Kiel in the 2019-2020 season. He was included in the

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Hall of Fame in 2023.

Awards

* IHF World Handball Player of the Year: 2010Neagu and Jicha World Handball Players of the Year 2010
/ref> * EHF Hall of Fame in 2023.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jicha, Filip 1982 births Living people Czech male handball players Czech expatriate handball players in Germany Czech expatriate sportspeople in Spain THW Kiel players FC Barcelona Handbol players Liga ASOBAL players Handball players from Plzeň Czech handball coaches Expatriate handball players in Spain TBV Lemgo players Expatriate handball coaches Czech expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate handball players in Switzerland Handball-Bundesliga players 21st-century Czech sportsmen