Ivan Pešić (handballer)

Ivan Pešić (born 17 March 1989) is a Croatian handball goalkeeper for Meshkov Brest and the Croatian national team.[1]

Ivan Pešić
Personal information
Born (1989-03-17) 17 March 1989
Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Meshkov Brest
Number 1
Youth career
Team
 RK Senj
2004–2006
 Zamet
Senior clubs
Years Team
2004–2006
 Zamet II
2006–2008
 Zamet
2008–2009
 MVM Veszprém
2009–2012
 RK Zagreb
2012–2013
 Maribor Branik
2013–
 Meshkov Brest
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–
 Croatia 44 (1)
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
2013 MersinTeam
Youth World Championship
2007 Bahrain
European Youth Championship
2006 Estonia
Sep. 24, 2017

The first few years as a player played Pešić in his hometown Rijeka 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 romani people attacked Pešić and teammate Marin Cozma with a knife. Pešić was so badly injured by a knife that he had to remove a kidney.[2] 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.[3]

Even though Pešić was an unseen substitute at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia he still won a medal.

Pešić has played for Croatia at the 2011 World Championship, 2013 Mediterranean Games and has recently been called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification tournament[4]

Honours
Zamet II
Veszprém
Zagreb
Meshkov Brest
Individual

References
  1. EHF profile
  2. "POKAJANJE IZ ZATVORA 'Pešić je zbog mene ostao bez bubrega, sad mu želim dati svoj'" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. "Tragic incident of Veszprém handballers". EuroHandball. Retrieved 8 February 2008.
  4. "Roster for Summer Olympics 2016 Qualification" (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
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