Mateo Maraš

Mateo Maraš
Personal information
Born	(2000-12-17) 17 December 2000 (age 23) Split, Croatia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Right Back
Club information
Current club	MOL Tatabánya KC
Number	2
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2018–2021	RK Balić-Metličić
2020–2021	→ RK Eurofarm Pelister
2021–2022	RK Eurofarm Pelister
2022–	MOL Tatabánya KC
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–	Croatia	12	(20)

Mateo Maraš^[1] (born 17 December 2000) is a Croatian handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC and for the Croatian national team.

He represented Croatia at the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.^[2]

Career

Club

Mateo started his career in the RK Balic-Metlicic team from Split. From there he was confirmed by the Macedonian RK Eurofarm Pelister in 2020.^[3] There were other offers as well: from RK Zagreb, RK Celje, Ademar León and Fenix Toulouse Handball, but he decided on Pelister's offer. He spent 2 years here, and then the Hungarian front team signed a contract with MOL Tatabánya KC, who bought him from Pelister.^[4]

National team

On April 28, 2021, he played for the first time in the Croatia men's national handball team against Slovakia and scored 4 goals. He represented Croatia at the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.^[2] He was included in the large squad of the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.^[5]

Honours

Club

RK Eurofarm Pelister

• Macedonian Handball Super Cup
  •  Gold: 2021

MOL Tatabánya KC

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
  •  Bronze: 2023, 2024

References

1. "MATEO MARAŠ - Career & Statistics | EHF". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
2. "Men's EHF EURO 2022 Official Squad Lists" (PDF). Euro Handball.
3. "Mateo Maraš i zvanično Pelisterov, potpisan ugovor na dve godine". Balkan-Handball.com (in Serbian). 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
4. Спасоски, Зоран (2022-03-04). "Marash is leaving E. Pelister, from next season will play for Tatabanja - Free Press". Слободен печат. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
5. Cabraja, Jozo. "Seniori: Širi popis za Svjetsko prvenstvo 2023. | HRS" (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-03-26.

External links

• Mateo Maraš at EHF (in English)
• Mateo Maraš at MKSZ (in Hungarian)