Petar Metličić

Petar Metličić (born 25 December 1976) is a Croatian former handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team^[1] from 2006 to 2009, after the departure of Slavko Goluža.^[2] He won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens^[3][4] as well as at the 2003 World Championship in Portugal.

Petar Metličić
Personal information
Born	(1976-12-25) 25 December 1976 (age 47) Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Right back
Youth career
Team
–	RK Split
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1993–1998	RK Brodomerkur Split
1998–2002	RK Metković Jambo
2002–2005	CB Ademar León
2005–2010	BM Ciudad Real
2010–2012	RK Pivovarna Laško Celje
2012–2013	Montpellier
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2009	Croatia	175	(471)
Teams managed
2015–2017	Croatia (assistant)
Medal record Men's handball Representing  Croatia Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team World Championship 2003 Portugal Team 2005 Tunisia Team 2009 Croatia Team Statoil World Cup 2006 Sweden & Germany Team European Championship 2008 Norway Team Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Team

At club level he played in the top tier in Croatia, Spain, Slovenia and France. He has won the EHF Champions League three times and the EHF Champions Trophy twice with BM Ciudad Real as well as the IHF Super Globe and EHF Cup Winner's Cup with CB Ademar León, and the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo.

In September 2007 he opened, alongside his former colleague Ivano Balić, the "Balić-Metličić" handball academy. Metličić is also a coach in the academy.^[5]

From February 2015 to January 2017 he served as an assistant coach to Željko Babić in the Croatia men's team.^[6]

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
• EHF Cup
  • Winner (1): 2000
  • Finalist (1): 2001

Ademar Leon

• EHF Cup Winner's Cup
  • Winner (1): 2005
• Supercopa ASOBAL
  • Finalist (1): 2003

Ciudad Real

• Liga ASOBAL
  • Winner (4): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
  • Runner up (1): 2005–06
• Copa del Rey
  • Winner (1): 2008
  • Finalist (2): 2006, 2009
• Copa ASOBAL
  • Winner (3): 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Finalist (1): 2010
• Supercopa ASOBAL
  • Winner (1): 2008
  • Finalist (2): 2009, 2010
• EHF Champions League
  • Winner (3): 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09
• EHF Champions Trophy
  • Winner (2): 2006, 2008
• IHF Super Globe
  • Winner (2): 2007, 2010

Pivovarna Laško Celje

• 1. NLB Leasing liga
  • Runner up (1): 2011–12
• Slovenian Cup
  • Winner (1): 2012

Montpellier

• LNH Division 1
  • Runner up (1): 2012–13
• 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^[7]

References

1. "Croatia" 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine – European Handbal Federation (Retrieved on January 25, 2008)
2. "Petar Metličić - legendarni kapetan zlatne generacije". Gol.hr.
3. Profile: "Petar Metlicic" 25 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 25, 2008)
4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
5. . www.balicmetlicic.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
6. "Rukometna reprezentacija dobila novog izbornika!" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
7. "Petar Metličić biografija". hoo.hr (in Croatian).

External links

• Best Croatian handball players, coaches and referee's
• Petar Metličić at Olympedia  
• Petar Metličić at Olympics.com  
• at Olympic.org (archived)  
• at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived, also available )

Sporting positions
Preceded by Slavko Goluža 5	Captain of Croatia   2006–2009	Succeeded by Igor Vori 7