Đorđe Cikuša Jeličić (born December 8, 2005, in
Bordils,
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 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 with the club.
With Barcelona he won the
2023-24 EHF Champions League.
For the 2024–25 season he joined French team
Montpellier Handball 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 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, and he is now their handball coach.
References
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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