Milan Uzelac (born 30 September 1978) is a

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, who plays as line player for

RK Zamet RK Zamet (Rukometni Klub Zamet) is a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian Premier Handball League and the Croatian Handball Cup. Although the club has not won any mayor trophies, it has ...

Career

Mile started his career in RK Kvarner. At the age of 15 he played for the senior team of RK Kvarner and he played an important role in Kvarner getting promotion form 2. league to 1.B league. He spent a season in Zamet helping them win the league getting back in the Croatian First League and winning the Croatian U-19 Championship with players like Mirza Džomba and

Renato Sulić Renato Sulić (born 12 November 1979 in Rijeka) is a Croatian handball player who currently plays for RK Zamet. Club career Sulić started his youth career in RK Trsat where very quickly he showed a great capability in playing handball. Soon he ...

. Next season he played for RK Pećine in the 1.B league. The following two years he played both for Zamet and Pećine due to them being in separate leagues. Mile has spent nearly 20 years in Zamet being with the club in hard and good times. With Zamet he came to

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finals three time losing twice to

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and once to Metković Jambo. He has played in

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competitions EHF City Cup, EHF Cup Winners' Cup and

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throughout his career. He was team captain of Zamet from 2003 to 2017 when he retired from

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 ...

alongside his long standing teammate

Mateo Hrvatin Mateo Hrvatin (born 15 August 1980 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian team handball, handballer, who played as left winger for RK Zamet, RK Zagreb, CO Zagreb and RK Crikvenica. He was selected by the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatian nat ...

. He is marked for being the longest serving player in Zamet's history playing 21 full years for the club.

Honours

RK Kvarner * 2. HRL - West **Winner (1): 1993-94 RK Zamet * Croatian First League **Third (2): 1997-98, 1998-99 * 1.B HRL **Winner (1): 1995-96 *Croatian U-19 Championship **Winner (1): 1996 *

**Finalist (3): 2000, 2001, 2012

References

External links

Eurohandball statsRukometni Klub Zamet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Uzelac, Mile 1978 births Living people Croatian male handball players Handball players from Rijeka RK Kvarner players RK Zamet players