Ivan Martinović (born 6 January 1998) is a Croatian

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 for ONE Veszprém and the Croatia national team.

Career

Born in Austria, he began career in Vienna, where he won the 2018 Handball Liga Austria. He then made the move to the

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 to 2012, the league was sponsored by Toyota and was officially called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. In 2012 the Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) became t ...

in Germany, but was relegated with

VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the ...

. He made his national debut in 2019. Having spent three years with

TSV Hannover-Burgdorf TSV Hannover-Burgdorf is a handball club from Hannover, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History The team is known as DIE RECKEN. The origins of the club lie with the sports association Freie Turnerschaft Burgdorf, which ...

, he joined

MT Melsungen MT Melsungen is a German handball team from Melsungen, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. History From 1992 to 2005, the team played in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga and finished third twice (in 1997/98 and 2003/2004). In the 20 ...

, but arranged a transfer to

Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a professional handball club founded in 2002, based in Mannheim, Germany. The club competes in the German Handball-Bundesliga and continentally in EHF European League. Rhein-Neckar Löwen play their home games in SAP A ...

for the following season after the signing of

Dainis Krištopāns Dainis Krištopāns (born 27 September 1990) is a Latvian professional handball player for MT Melsungen and the Latvian national team. He is one of the tallest handball players in the world with 215 cm. His weight is 135 kg. He repre ...

. He played a leading role for

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

at the

2024 European Men's Handball Championship The 2024 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and the third to feature 24 national teams. It was hosted in Germany from 10 to 28 January 2024. The two opening games of the tournament were attended by ...

, but his tournament was cut short following an injury. With the Croatian national team he won the silver medal 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 ...

Individual awards

* Best right back of the

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Martinovic, Ivan Living people 1998 births Croatian male handball players 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Croatian expatriate handball players in Germany Handball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Croatia Rhein-Neckar Löwen players MT Melsungen players VfL Gummersbach players Handball players from Vienna Austrian male handball players Austrian people of Croatian descent Austrian expatriate handball players in Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf players 21st-century Austrian sportsmen