TOP 10 HANDBALL PLAYERS IN THE WORLD

Top 10 players of Team Handball

1.  Domagoj DUVNJAK (Croatia)

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Age 28 years.

Croatian handball player who plays for THW Kiel. He became a member of the Croatian national handball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China . On 26 January 2014, he was named the IHF World Player 2013 after leading unfancied HSV Hamburg to the EHF champions league trophy over favourites Barcelona Handball.

Being tall, 6 feet 6 inches he plays mainly as a centre but sometimes he can also play as a leftback.

Domagoj Duvnjak hails from Croatia and he has filled the boots of one of Croatia's best ever talent, Ivano Balic.

Career highlights:
German champion 2015
Supercup winner 2014 and 2015
Champions League winner 2013 with Hamburg
German champion 2011 with Hamburg
German cup winner 2010 with Hamburg
German super cup winner 2009 and 2010 with Hamburg
Croatian champion 2007, 2008 and 2009
Croatian cup winner 2007, 2008 and 2009
Croatia's handballer of the years 2012 and 2013
HBL player of the season 2012/2013
Handballer of the world 2013
6th place WC 2015
4th place Euro 2014
3rd place WC 2013
Bronze medal Olympics 2012
3rd place Euro 2012
5th place WC 2011
2nd place WC 2009
2nd place Euro 2008 and 2010
4th place Euro 2014
Voted into all star team WC 2013

2. Ivano BALIC.

Age 36 years.

He is currently retired from active playing. He is widely considered to be the best ever handball player.

He was voted 5 times in a row as the most valuable player in major international competitions, and is one of only two handball players who have received the IHF World Player of the Year award on two occasions (2003, 2006).

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Statistics and honours

Liga ASOBAL                2004-05
Spanish Cup                  2012-13
Spanish Supercup         2005-06
EHF Champions League

Runner-up: 2005-06
Croatian Cup                      2002,                                                             2009                                    2010, 2011,                                   2012
Croatian League        2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

IHF Super Globe                  2012
National
Olympic Games          Gold: 2004
                            Bronze  :  2012
World Championship   Gold: 2003
                         Silver: 2005 , 2009
European Champion  Silver: 2008 ,        2010
                                 Bronze: 2012
Mediterranean Games  Gold: 2001

Balic skills