Karabatic was born in France to Croatian dad and Serbian mom. He came from a handball family – his father, Branko who is originally from Trogir, Croatia, is a former Yugoslavian handballer who played as goalkeeper in the national team. His older brother, Nikola, is one of the best handball players in the world who was named best player in the world by IHF two times, but Karabatic decided to play tennis and won France championship for 10 years old in 1998. In 2007, when he was 19, Karabatic started to train handball with the youth team of Montpellier Handball as center back. In 2009 he joined the senior team of the club, in the same year his older brother returned to Montpellier AHB again.
In his first two years as professional player, Karabatic won the French championship two times in 2009 and 2010. After his two successful seasons in Montpellier, the club decided to extend his contract until 2016. He became the second pivot in rotation after Issam Tej. In June 2006, Karabatic debuted for France in a friendly tournament in Argentina.
On 30 September 2012, he was involved in a match-fixing and arrested with his brother Nikola and his wife. On 2 October, he was indicted and then released for €4,500. Few days after his release from custody, Karabatic released from Montpellier AHB because of "serious disciplinary offenses". He signed for Pays d'Aix Université, which only promoted to LNH Division 1, with his brother Nikola. In their first season in the club, the Karabatic brothers took the team to the 9th place in the league.
In 2014, Karabatic played for the first time with France in an official competition in EHF Euro in Denmark. In 2015 he won the World Championship with France.
Referencesedit
^"Luka Karabatic". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
luka, karabatic, born, april, 1988, french, professional, handball, player, paris, saint, germain, french, national, team, personal, informationborn, 1988, april, 1988, strasbourg, francenationalityfrenchheight2, playing, positionpivotclub, informationcurrent,. Luka Karabatic born 19 April 1988 is a French professional handball player for Paris Saint Germain and the French national team 1 2 Luka KarabaticPersonal informationBorn 1988 04 19 19 April 1988 age 36 Strasbourg FranceNationalityFrenchHeight2 02 m 6 ft 8 in Playing positionPivotClub informationCurrent clubParis Saint GermainNumber22Senior clubsYearsTeam2008 2012Montpellier Handball2012 2015Pays d Aix UC2015 Paris Saint GermainNational teamYearsTeamApps Gls 2011 France146 168 Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2015 Qatar 2017 France 2023 Poland Sweden 2019 Germany Denmark European Championship 2014 Denmark 2024 Germany 2018 Croatia He is the younger brother of Nikola Karabatic Biography editKarabatic was born in France to Croatian dad and Serbian mom He came from a handball family his father Branko who is originally from Trogir Croatia is a former Yugoslavian handballer who played as goalkeeper in the national team His older brother Nikola is one of the best handball players in the world who was named best player in the world by IHF two times but Karabatic decided to play tennis and won France championship for 10 years old in 1998 In 2007 when he was 19 Karabatic started to train handball with the youth team of Montpellier Handball as center back In 2009 he joined the senior team of the club in the same year his older brother returned to Montpellier AHB again In his first two years as professional player Karabatic won the French championship two times in 2009 and 2010 After his two successful seasons in Montpellier the club decided to extend his contract until 2016 He became the second pivot in rotation after Issam Tej In June 2006 Karabatic debuted for France in a friendly tournament in Argentina On 30 September 2012 he was involved in a match fixing and arrested with his brother Nikola and his wife On 2 October he was indicted and then released for 4 500 Few days after his release from custody Karabatic released from Montpellier AHB because of serious disciplinary offenses He signed for Pays d Aix Universite which only promoted to LNH Division 1 with his brother Nikola In their first season in the club the Karabatic brothers took the team to the 9th place in the league In 2014 Karabatic played for the first time with France in an official competition in EHF Euro in Denmark In 2015 he won the World Championship with France References edit Luka Karabatic eurohandball com Retrieved 12 January 2014 2019 World Men s Handball Championship rosterExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luka Karabatic Luka Karabatic at the European Handball Federation nbsp Luka Karabatic at the Ligue Nationale de Handball in French nbsp Luka Karabatic at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Luka Karabatic at Olympedia nbsp Luka Karabatic at the French Olympic and Sports Committee archived in French nbsp Luka Karabatic at Team France in French nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Luka Karabatic amp oldid 1200092709, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
