Ivan Pešić (born 17 March 1989) is a Croatian

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goalkeeper for HBC Nantes. The first few years as a player played Pešić in his hometown

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

in RK Zamet and with production license in Croatian second division club RK Senj. He then played for the Hungarian club MKB Veszprém KC, with which he won in the 2008/09 season, league and cup, as well as the Croatian first division club RK Zagreb, with whom he won three times the double. In 2012 he joined the Slovenian club RK Maribor Branik . After one season, he signed with the Belarusian club HC Meshkov Brest, with whom he again champion and cup winner was, 2014. At a dance hall in February 2009 some Hungarian-Romani people attacked Pešić and teammate Marian Cozma with a knife. Pešić was so badly injured by a knife that he had to remove a kidney. His teammate Marian Cozma died after two stab wounds to the heart, another colleague, Žarko Šešum, suffered skull fractures due to heavy kicks to the head. Even though Pešić was an unseen substitute at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in

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he still won a medal. Pešić has played for Croatia at the 2011 World Championship,

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and has recently been called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification tournament

Honours

;Zamet II * 3. HRL - West: 2004-05 * Croatian Championship U-18 runner-up: 2008 ;Veszprém * Hungarian Premier League: 2008–09 * Magyar Cup: 2009 ;Zagreb * Dukat Premier League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 * Croatian Cup: 2010, 2011, 2012 ;Meshkov Brest * Belarusian First League: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016-17 *Belarusian Cup: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 * SEHA League runner-up: 2013–14, 2014–15 ;Nantes *

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: 2022-23 ;Individual * Dražen Petrović Award - 2007

References

1989 births Living people Croatian male handball players 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Handball players from Rijeka Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Croatia RK Zamet players RK Zagreb players Veszprém KC players Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia Handball players at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Croatian expatriate handball players in Germany Croatian expatriate handball players in Hungary Expatriate handball players in Slovenia Croatian expatriate handball players in France Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Stabbing survivors HBC Nantes players {{Croatia-handball-bio-stub