Kolpak played for HT Tatran Prešov, HC Dukla Praha and HK VSŽ Košice before moving to TSV Baden Östringen in the German 2nd Bundesliga in 1997. He played for the club and its successor SG Kronau/Östringen (now Rhein-Neckar Löwen) for ten seasons, though he missed most of the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament. It was during this time that he was discharged from his club because of a quota for non-European Union players set in the league. In 2003 he presented his case to play against the Deutscher Handballbund (German Handball Federation) to the European Court of Justice, which ruled in his favour, thereby setting a precedent, now known as the Kolpak ruling.
Kolpak and Kronau/Östringen were promoted to the Bundesliga in 2003 and 2005, with a highest Bundesliga placing of sixth in 2006, reached the final of the DHB-Pokal in 2006 and 2007, and played in the last 16 of the EHF Cup in 2007.[2] In 2006 Kolpak was also elected as the best goalkeeper of the final four of the DHB-Pokal.
maroš, kolpak, born, march, 1971, slovak, handball, goalkeeper, coach, kolpak, played, national, team, games, slovakia, legal, actions, germany, precedent, professional, sports, europe, known, kolpak, ruling, which, have, wide, ranging, effect, especially, reg. Maros Kolpak born 23 March 1971 is a Slovak handball goalkeeper and coach Kolpak played 71 national team games for Slovakia His legal actions in Germany set a precedent for professional sports in Europe known as the Kolpak ruling which have had a wide ranging effect especially in regards to English county cricket and British professional rugby union 1 Maros Kolpak 2008 Kolpak played for HT Tatran Presov HC Dukla Praha and HK VSZ Kosice before moving to TSV Baden Ostringen in the German 2nd Bundesliga in 1997 He played for the club and its successor SG Kronau Ostringen now Rhein Neckar Lowen for ten seasons though he missed most of the 2002 03 and 2003 04 seasons due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament It was during this time that he was discharged from his club because of a quota for non European Union players set in the league In 2003 he presented his case to play against the Deutscher Handballbund German Handball Federation to the European Court of Justice which ruled in his favour thereby setting a precedent now known as the Kolpak ruling Kolpak and Kronau Ostringen were promoted to the Bundesliga in 2003 and 2005 with a highest Bundesliga placing of sixth in 2006 reached the final of the DHB Pokal in 2006 and 2007 and played in the last 16 of the EHF Cup in 2007 2 In 2006 Kolpak was also elected as the best goalkeeper of the final four of the DHB Pokal As of 2023 Kolpak is working as goalkeeping coach at HT Tatran Presov 3 References edit ECB will fight SA player influx BBC 2008 05 13 Retrieved 2008 05 13 European Handball Federation 2006 07 Men s EHF Cup Match Details retrieved 18 December 2008 Maros Kolpak The man who unwittingly changed county cricket www thecricketer com Archived from the original on 2020 04 09 Lowengebrull published 21 November 2007 Handballwoche nbsp This biographical article related to Slovak team handball is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maros Kolpak amp oldid 1208467734, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
