Đorđe Cikuša Jeličić (born December 8, 2005, in

Bordils Bordils () is a village in the province of Girona in Catalonia, an autonomous community The autonomous communities () are the first-level administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with t ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

) is a Spanish

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 of Croatian descent who plays for

Montpellier Handball Montpellier Handball, formerly named Montpellier Agglomération Handball, is a professional handball club from Montpellier, France. Montpellier is the only French club to ever have won the EHF Champions League. History The team was founded as ...

and the Spanish national team. He started his senior career at

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 ...

, where he came up through the youth ranks. He joined them in 2018 from his hometown club Bordils.www.balkan-handball.com
„„NAŠA DECA, ŠPANSKI MAJSTORI“: Braća Cikuša osvojila Evropu!“, 17. August 2022, read 17. December 2022 He debuted for the senior team in the 2022–23 season, where he won the

Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of ...

with the club. With Barcelona he won the 2023-24 EHF Champions League. For the 2024–25 season he joined French team

on loan.montpellierhandball.com: ''Djordje Cikuša, nouvelle recrue pour la saison prochaine''
read 23. April 2024 On 2 November 2023 he debuted for the national team at the age of 17. He played in his first major international tournament at the

2025 World Men's Handball Championship The 2025 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 29th such event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It was held in Croatia, Denmark and Norway from 14 January to 2 February 2025. This edition marked the first time the world cha ...

at the age of 19.

Private life

His twin brother Petar Cikusa is also a professional handball player. They have shared many milestones in their respective career, such as joining Barcelona simultaneously and debuting for the Spanish national team in the same match. His father was formerly a professional handball player for

RK Bjelovar RK Bjelovar (Rukometni Klub Bjelovar) is a team handball club from Bjelovar, Croatia formed in 1955. The club currently competes in the Croatian Second League of Handball (North) and the Croatian Handball Cup. During Communist Yugoslavia, th ...

, and he is now their handball coach.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cikusa, Djordje 2005 births Living people Spanish male handball players Croatian male handball players Liga ASOBAL players FC Barcelona Handbol players Paris Saint-Germain Handball players Handball players from Catalonia 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish people of Croatian descent Spanish expatriate handball players in France Spanish twins