Petar Metličić (born 25 December 1976) is a retired Croatian handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team"Croatia"
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. He won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on January 25, 2008) as well as at the 2003 World Championship in Portugal. At club level he played in the top tier in Croatia, Spain, Slovenia and France. He has won the

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 ...

three times and the EHF Champions Trophy twice with

BM Ciudad Real Balonmano Ciudad Real was a Spanish handball team based in Ciudad Real, Castilla La Mancha. BM Ciudad Real plays in Liga ASOBAL. History In July 1983 is founded in the city of Ciudad Real a handball club named Asociación Deportiva Cultural Cas ...

as well as the

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and

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with

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, and the

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with RK Metković Jambo. In September 2007 he opened, alongside his former colleague

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, the "Balić-Metličić" handball academy. Metličić is also a coach in the academy. From February 2015 to January 2017 he served as an assistant coach to Željko Babić in the Croatia men's team.

Honours

Player

;Brodomerkur Split * Croatian First A League **Runner up (2): 1996–97, 1997–98 * Croatian First B League - South **Winner (1): 1994–95 ;Metković Jambo * Croatian First League **Winner (1): 2001–02 (revoked) * Croatian First A League **Winner (3): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01 * Croatian Cup **Winner (2): 2001, 2002 *

**Winner (1): 2000 **Finalist (1): 2001 ;Ademar Leon *

**Winner (1): 2005 *

Supercopa ASOBAL The Supercopa ASOBAL or the Supercopa de España de Balonmano is an annual cup competition for Spanish handball teams. It is organised by the Liga ASOBAL. It was first played for in 1985 and is disputed between the Liga ASOBAL champions and the ...

**Finalist (1): 2003 ;Ciudad Real *

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**Winner (4): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 **Runner up (1): 2005–06 *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

**Winner (1):

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**Finalist (2): 2006,

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**Winner (3): 2006, 2007, 2008 **Finalist (1): 2010 *

**Winner (1): 2008 **Finalist (2): 2009, 2010 *

**Winner (3): 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09 * EHF Champions Trophy **Winner (2): 2006, 2008 *

**Winner (2):

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;Pivovarna Laško Celje * 1. NLB Leasing liga **Runner up (1): 2011–12 *

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**Winner (1): 2012 ;Montpellier *

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**Runner up (1):

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*Coupe de la France **Winner (1): 2013 ;Individual *Best Croatian handball player by '' Sportske novosti'' & HRS – 2003 * Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport – 2004

Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 2004

References

External links

Stats

Best Croatian handball players, coaches and referee's
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