Domagoj Duvnjak
Croatian handball player
Domagoj Duvnjak | |||
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Duvnjak with
THW Kiel
in 2015
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Personal information | |||
Born |
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1988-06-01
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1 June 1988
(age
35)
Đakovo |
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Nationality | Croatian | ||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | THW Kiel | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2004–2006
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RK Đakovo | ||
2006–2009
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RK Zagreb | ||
2009–2014
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HSV Hamburg | ||
2014–
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THW Kiel | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls ) |
2006–
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Croatia | 214 | (694) |
Domagoj Duvnjak (born 1 June 1988) is a Croatian professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Croatia national team . [1] Duvnjak is regarded as one of the best handball players of all time alongside fellow Croatian Ivano Balić .
He became a member of the Croatia national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China . He also represented Croatia at the 2012 , where Croatia won bronze, and 2016 Olympics . [2] [3] On 26 January 2014, he was named the IHF World Player 2013 . [4] [5]
In August 2009, Duvnjak signed a three-year contract with HSV Hamburg worth €2.25 million, including a transfer fee of €1.1 million, making him – at age 21 – the most expensive handball player in history of the sport. [6]
Awards and accomplishments
Club
- RK Zagreb
- Croatian League : 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Croatian Cup : 2007, 2008, 2009
- HSV Hamburg
- EHF Champions League : 2013
- Bundesliga : 2010–11
- DHB-Pokal : 2010
- DHB-Supercup: 2009, 2010
- THW Kiel
- EHF Champions League : 2020
- Bundesliga : 2014–15 , 2019–20 , 2020–21 , 2022–23
- DHB-Pokal : 2017 , 2019 , 2022
- DHB-Supercup : 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022
- EHF Cup : 2019
Individual
- Dražen Petrović Award (2007)
- Bundesliga Ideal Team ( 2011 )
- Best Croatian handball player by SN & CHF : 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
- World Championship All-Star Team ( 2013 )
- Bundesliga Player of the Season ( 2013 ) [7]
- Handball-Planet.com's World's Best Handball Player (2013) [8]
- IHF World Player of the Year (2013)
- European Championship All-Star Team ( 2014 )
- World Championship All-Star Team ( 2017 )
- Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) of the European Championship: 2020
- Croatian Sportsman of the Year (2020)
References
- ↑ EHF profile
- ↑ "Domagoj Duvnjak Bio, Stats, and Results" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 . Retrieved 9 August 2017 .
- ↑ "Hrvaška rokometna ekipa za OI znana" . Ekipa24.si (in Slovenian) . Retrieved 9 August 2017 .
- ↑ "Domagoj Duvnjak Profile" . European Handball Federation . Retrieved 29 January 2012 .
- ↑ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF) . IHF . Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014 . Retrieved 15 January 2015 .
- ↑ "Handball player Domagoj Duvnjak to transfer to HSV" . croatiantimes.com . 25 August 2009 . Retrieved 26 August 2009 .
- ↑ "Duvnjak awarded best Bundesliga player" . eurohandball.com. 4 June 2013 . Retrieved 4 June 2013 .
- ↑ "World's best handball player 2013: Domagoj Duvnjak!" . handball-planet.com. 2 December 2013 . Retrieved 2 December 2013 .
External links
- Domagoj Duvnjak at the European Handball Federation
- Domagoj Duvnjak at Handball-Bundesliga (in German)
- Domagoj Duvnjak at THW Kiel (in German)
- Domagoj Duvnjak at Olympedia
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THW Kiel
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Croatia squads
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Rankings before 1988:
Ștefan Birtalan
(1974, 1976, 1977)
Best Player of All Time: Gheorghe Gruia (1992) Player of the 20th Century: Magnus Wislander (2000) IHF Best Player in History: Ivano Balić (2010) |
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