Ivan Čupić (born 27 March 1986) is a Croatian

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 ...

player who plays for

RK Zagreb Rukometni klub Zagreb ( en, Zagreb Handball Club, ) is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier League, SEHA League, and the EHF Champions League. RK Zagreb won 33 national championships and ...

and the Croatian national team.

Career

He was selected by the Croatian national team for the

2009 World Men's Handball Championship The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship (21st tournament) took place in Croatia from 16 January to 1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hos ...

. He scored 8 goals in the opening match against

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

, settling as the top scorer after the first day. He also played in the Croatian team that won the bronze medal at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Čupić missed the Games of XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, after losing his left

ring finger The ring finger, third finger, fourth finger, leech finger, or annulary is the fourth digit of the human hand, located between the middle finger and the little finger. Sometimes the term ring finger only refers to the fourth digit of a left-han ...

in bizarre accident in July 2008. During a training session, Čupić fell and caught his wedding ring on a wire fence. The force of the fall severed his finger at the first joint.Croatia's Cupic loses finger
Though the amputated portion of the digit could not be reattached, his career has since been unaffected by having only nine fingers.

Honours

;Gorenje *

Slovenian First League The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently named Prva liga Telemach due to sponsorship reasons, also known by the abbreviation 1. SNL, is the top level of the Slovenian football league system. Contested by ten club ...

: 2008-09 * Slovenian Super Cup: 2009 ;Vive Targi Kielce *

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

: 2015–16 *Polish Championship: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 *Polish Cup:2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 ;RK Vardar * Macedonian Super League: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 *

Macedonian Cup The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was establ ...

: 2017, 2018, 2021 *Macedonian Super Cup: 2017, 2018, 2019 *

: 2016–17, 2018–19 *

SEHA League South East Handball Association League or simply SEHA League is a regional men's club handball league in Southeast and East Europe, divided in two zones. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as the Gazprom League (or Gazprom South ...

2016-17 16-17 is a band from Basel, Switzerland. Their music combines punk rock, hardcore punk, jazz and industrial music. Biography 16-17 was founded in 1983 by Alex Buess, Knut Remond and Markus Kneubühler. When the group played its first conc ...

, 2017-18, 2018-19 ;RK Zagreb * Croatian Premier League: 2022, 2023 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup * Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup *Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...

: 2022

References

1986 births Living people Croatian male handball players Sportspeople from Metković Rhein-Neckar Löwen players RK Medveščak Zagreb players Vive Kielce players Handball-Bundesliga players Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Croatia Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia in handball Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople with limb difference Croatian amputees Expatriate handball players in Poland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Croatian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball {{Croatia-handball-bio-stub