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title="イヴァノ・バリッチ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イヴァノ・バリッチ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivano_Bali%C4%87" title="Ivano Balić – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ivano Balić" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivano_Bali%C4%87" title="Ivano Balić – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Ivano Balić" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a 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srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivano_Bali%C4%87" title="Ivano Balić – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ivano Balić" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivano_Bali%C4%87" title="Ivano Balić – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ivano Balić" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivano_Bali%C4%87" title="Ivano Balić – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ivano Balić" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" 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2009</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background:#b0c4de">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Full name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> Ivano Balić</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Born</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1979-04-01</span>) </span>1 April 1979<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 45)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Split,_Croatia" title="Split, Croatia">Split</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Republic_of_Croatia" title="Socialist Republic of Croatia">SR Croatia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>1.89 m (6 ft <span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Playing position</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> Centre back</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background:#b0c4de">Club information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Current club</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> RK Split (coaching staff)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background:#b0c4de">Senior clubs</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal">1997–2001</div></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> RK Brodomerkur Split</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal">2001–2004</div></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/RK_Metkovi%C4%87" title="RK Metković">RK Metković Jambo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal">2004–2008</div></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/SDC_San_Antonio" title="SDC San Antonio">Portland San Antonio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal">2008–2012</div></th><td colspan="3" 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title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">2012 London</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">Team</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="World Men's Handball Championship">World Championship</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2003 World Men's Handball Championship">2003 Portugal</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2005 World Men's Handball Championship">2005 Tunisia</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2009 World Men's Handball Championship">2009 Croatia</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="European Men's Handball Championship">European Championship</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2008 European Men's Handball Championship">2008 Norway</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2010 European Men's Handball Championship">2010 Austria</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Team </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" 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style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Mediterranean_Games" title="2001 Mediterranean Games">2001 Tunisia</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2001_Mediterranean_Games" title="Handball at the 2001 Mediterranean Games">Team</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ivano Balić</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="sh-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Serbo-Croatian" title="Help:IPA/Serbo-Croatian">[ǐʋano<span class="wrap"> </span>bǎːlitɕ,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span class="wrap"> </span>bǎ-]</a></span>; born 1 April 1979) is a Croatian former professional <a href="/wiki/Handball" title="Handball">handballer</a> who is currently part of the coaching staff at RK Split.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Renowned for his speed, creativity, movement and charisma as a player, Balić won the <a href="/wiki/2003_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2003 World Men's Handball Championship">2003 World Championship</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic</a> gold medal in <a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Croatia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Croatia men's national handball team">Croatian national team</a>, and thirteen titles playing for clubs in Croatia, Spain and Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ihf-2006-portrait_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ihf-2006-portrait-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also earned two World Championship silver medals (<a href="/wiki/2005_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2005 World Men's Handball Championship">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2009 World Men's Handball Championship">2009</a>), two <a href="/wiki/European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="European Men's Handball Championship">European Championship</a> silver medals and one bronze medal (<a href="/wiki/2008_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2008 European Men's Handball Championship">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2010 European Men's Handball Championship">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2012 European Men's Handball Championship">2012</a>), and one Olympic bronze medal (<a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics">2012</a>) with the national team. </p><p>Regarded as one of the greatest players in handball history, Balić was voted the most valuable player in five consecutive major international competitions and is one of only four male handball players to receive the <a href="/wiki/IHF_World_Player_of_the_Year" title="IHF World Player of the Year">IHF World Player of the Year</a> award on more than one occasion (2003, 2006).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ihf-2006-portrait_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ihf-2006-portrait-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, he was voted the best handball player in history in an online poll organized by the <a href="/wiki/International_Handball_Federation" title="International Handball Federation">International Handball Federation</a> (IHF).<sup id="cite_ref-ihfpoll_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ihfpoll-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balić was inducted into the European Handball Hall of Fame in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivano_Bali%C4%87&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Split,_Croatia" title="Split, Croatia">Split</a>, Ivano was the only child of <a href="/wiki/Handball" title="Handball">handball</a> players, mother Stjepanka and father Žarko Balić. After the first three months of his birth, Balić moved with his parents to Italy because of his father's professional career. During his time in Italy, Balić lived in <a href="/wiki/Rovereto" title="Rovereto">Rovereto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prato" title="Prato">Prato</a>. Aged seven, Balić and his mother returned to Split. When his father came back to play for <a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/RK_Split" class="extiw" title="hr:RK Split">RK Split</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Handball_Championship" title="Yugoslav Handball Championship">Yugoslav Second League</a>, Balić was always in attendance of the games. </p><p>Balić started playing <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> for <a href="/wiki/KK_Split" title="KK Split">KK Split</a> due to him being a big fan of the club, which at the time was three time <a href="/wiki/EuroLeague" title="EuroLeague">European champion</a>. He played basketball until 1995 when his father's friend and then-coach of RK Split, Mate Bokan, suggested he play handball.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_career">Club career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivano_Bali%C4%87&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Club career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Balić began his senior handball career with RK Brodomerkur Split in 1997, which competed in the top-tier <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Premier_Handball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Croatian Premier Handball League">Croatian First A League</a>. In his first season with the club, Brodomerkur finished second in the league and got to the semi-finals of the <a href="/wiki/EHF_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="EHF Cup">EHF Cup</a> where they lost to <a href="/wiki/THW_Kiel" title="THW Kiel">THW Kiel</a>, the eventual winners of the cup.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played for Brodomerkur for three more seasons, reaching top positions in the league and the quarter-finals of the EHF Cup. </p><p>In 2001, Balić moved to <a href="/wiki/RK_Metkovi%C4%87" title="RK Metković">RK Metković Jambo</a>. In his first season with the team, he won the <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Handball_Cup" title="Croatian Handball Cup">Croatian Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Premier_Handball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Croatian Premier Handball League">league championship</a>. However, their league title was stripped away administratively and given to <a href="/wiki/RK_Zagreb" title="RK Zagreb">Badel 1862 Zagreb</a>. This season was also Balić' first season playing the <a href="/wiki/EHF_Champions_League" title="EHF Champions League">EHF Champions League</a>. Balić spent the next few seasons perfecting his game, which was shown in 2003 when he became the first Croatian handballer to win the <a href="/wiki/IHF_World_Player_of_the_Year" title="IHF World Player of the Year">IHF World Player of the Year</a> award and was voted Croatian Handballer of the Year in 2004. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ivano_Balic_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Ivano_Balic_06.jpg/220px-Ivano_Balic_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Ivano_Balic_06.jpg/330px-Ivano_Balic_06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Ivano_Balic_06.jpg/440px-Ivano_Balic_06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Balić playing for <a href="/wiki/RK_Zagreb" title="RK Zagreb">RK CO Zagreb</a> at the Schlecker Cup in 2009.</figcaption></figure> <p>Balić moved to Spanish team <a href="/wiki/SDC_San_Antonio" title="SDC San Antonio">Portland San Antonio</a> in 2004. He chose San Antonio in order to play with his idol <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Richardson" title="Jackson Richardson">Jackson Richardson</a>. During his first season, he helped the club win the <a href="/wiki/Liga_ASOBAL" title="Liga ASOBAL">league championship</a> and reached the quarter-final of the Champions League. The next season saw Balić in his first and only <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_EHF_Champions_League" title="2005–06 EHF Champions League">Champions League</a> final, where San Antonio lost to a <a href="/wiki/BM_Ciudad_Real" title="BM Ciudad Real">BM Ciudad Real</a> in both final matches (losing 19–25 in the first leg and 28–37 in the second leg). Although he did not win the Champions League, he received his second IHF World Player of the Year award in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, Balić was voted best <a href="/wiki/Sportske_novosti_awards" title="Sportske novosti awards">Croatian athlete</a> by <i><a href="/wiki/Sportske_novosti" title="Sportske novosti">Sportske novosti</a></i>. </p><p>Between 2008 and 2012, Balić played for the Croatian team <a href="/wiki/RK_Zagreb" title="RK Zagreb">RK CO Zagreb</a>, winning the <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Premier_Handball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Croatian Premier Handball League">Croatian Premier League</a> and Croatian Cup four times. </p><p>In 2012, Balić returned to Spain to play for <a href="/wiki/BM_Neptuno" title="BM Neptuno">Atlético Madrid</a>. He was forced to leave the club after one season as it went through bankruptcy, but won the <a href="/wiki/IHF_Super_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="IHF Super Globe">IHF Super Globe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Copa_del_Rey_de_Balonmano" title="Copa del Rey de Balonmano">Copa del Rey</a> with the team, in addition to finishing second in the <a href="/wiki/Liga_ASOBAL" title="Liga ASOBAL">league championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Balić signed with German team <a href="/wiki/HSG_Wetzlar" title="HSG Wetzlar">HSG Wetzlar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Towards the end of the 2014–15 season, Balić announced his retirement from professional handball.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 June 2015, Balić played his last professional handball game in a 29–24 win against <a href="/wiki/Frisch_Auf_G%C3%B6ppingen" title="Frisch Auf Göppingen">Göppingen</a>, in which he scored one goal and made five assists.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivano_Bali%C4%87&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998, Balić started playing for <a href="/wiki/Croatia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Croatia men's national handball team">Croatia under-20</a> and <a href="/wiki/Croatia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Croatia men's national handball team">under-21</a> national teams at the same time. The following year, he was called up to play for the senior <a href="/wiki/Croatia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Croatia men's national handball team">Croatia men's national team</a>, but was sent home due to <a href="/wiki/Pneumonia" title="Pneumonia">pneumonia</a>. In December 2000, Balić was called up to train for the <a href="/wiki/2001_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2001 World Men's Handball Championship">2001 World Championship</a>. In training, Balić sustained an injury trying to catch a reflected ball which caused <a href="/wiki/Petar_Metli%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Petar Metličić">Petar Metličić</a> to fall on his foot and rupture his ligaments. The injury forced Balić to miss the World Championship in France.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Balić made his debut for the senior national team at the <a href="/wiki/2001_Mediterranean_Games" title="2001 Mediterranean Games">2001 Mediterranean Games</a> in Tunisia where Croatia won first place. The following year, Balić played at the <a href="/wiki/2002_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2002 European Men's Handball Championship">2002 European Championship</a> in Sweden where Croatia finished in last place. Although they finished last in the tournament, they shocked the world a year later at the <a href="/wiki/2003_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2003 World Men's Handball Championship">2003 World Championship</a> in Portugal where they won first place; after losing their opening match against <a href="/wiki/Argentina_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Argentina men's national handball team">Argentina</a> (29–30), they beat <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Saudi Arabia men's national handball team">Saudi Arabia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Russia men's national handball team">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="France men's national handball team">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungary_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Hungary men's national handball team">Hungary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Egypt men's national handball team">Egypt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denmark_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Denmark men's national handball team">Denmark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Spain men's national handball team">Spain</a>, and lastly <a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Germany men's national handball team">Germany</a> in the final. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CRO_-_ISL_(01)_-_2003_Croatia_world_champions.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/aa/CRO_-_ISL_%2801%29_-_2003_Croatia_world_champions.jpg/250px-CRO_-_ISL_%2801%29_-_2003_Croatia_world_champions.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/aa/CRO_-_ISL_%2801%29_-_2003_Croatia_world_champions.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="374" data-file-height="266" /></a><figcaption>Left-to-right: <b>Balić</b>, <a href="/wiki/Renato_Suli%C4%87" title="Renato Sulić">Renato Sulić</a>, <a href="/wiki/Denis_%C5%A0poljari%C4%87" title="Denis Špoljarić">Denis Špoljarić</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nik%C5%A1a_Kaleb" title="Nikša Kaleb">Nikša Kaleb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slavko_Golu%C5%BEa" title="Slavko Goluža">Slavko Goluža</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mirza_D%C5%BEomba" title="Mirza Džomba">Mirza Džomba</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Goran_%C5%A0prem" title="Goran Šprem">Goran Šprem</a> celebrating winning the <a href="/wiki/2003_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2003 World Men's Handball Championship">2003 World Championship</a> in Portugal</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2004, Balić was included in Croatia's squad for the <a href="/wiki/2004_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2004 European Men's Handball Championship">2004 European Championship</a> in Slovenia. The Croatian team had a good start in the group stage beating Spain and Denmark, and conceding a draw against <a href="/wiki/Portugal_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Portugal men's national handball team">Portugal</a>. The team reached he semi-finals where they lost against hosts <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Slovenia men's national handball team">Slovenia</a> and finished fourth after losing to Denmark in a third place game. Balić was voted the most valuable player (<a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">MVP</a>) of the tournament and included in the all-star team as best play maker. In August of that same year, Balić was selected to play at the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics" title="2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Summer Olympics</a> where the national team won the gold medal. Croatia went through the tournament undefeated and Balić was voted MVP and best play maker at the tournament. For winning the gold medal, all players were awarded the <a href="/wiki/Franjo_Bu%C4%8Dar_State_Award_for_Sport" title="Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport">Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport</a> yearly award. Balić won the award with the team, as he also received another yearly award by himself.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2005_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2005 World Men's Handball Championship">2005 World Championship</a> in Tunisia, Croatia came in second place after losing to Spain in the final game. Balić was voted MVP and best play maker of the tournament. At the <a href="/wiki/2006_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2006 European Men's Handball Championship">2006 European Championship</a> in Switzerland, Croatia placed fourth. Balić was once again voted MVP of the tournament and the best play maker, and was also the fourth-placed top goalscorer with 43 goals and top field goalscorer. The same year, Balić was also part of the team that won the <a href="/wiki/GF_World_Cup" title="GF World Cup">Stratoil World Cup</a> in Sweden and Germany. During this tournament, Balić invented the nickname of the Croatian national team: <span title="Croatian-language text"><i lang="hr">Kauboji</i></span> (<abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">The Cowboys</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>). </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CRO_-_ISL_(01)_-_2010_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/CRO_-_ISL_%2801%29_-_2010_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship.jpg/250px-CRO_-_ISL_%2801%29_-_2010_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/CRO_-_ISL_%2801%29_-_2010_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship.jpg/375px-CRO_-_ISL_%2801%29_-_2010_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/CRO_-_ISL_%2801%29_-_2010_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship.jpg/500px-CRO_-_ISL_%2801%29_-_2010_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3450" data-file-height="2300" /></a><figcaption>Balić playing at the <a href="/wiki/2010_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2010 European Men's Handball Championship">2010 European Championship</a></figcaption></figure> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2007_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2007 World Men's Handball Championship">2007 World Championship</a> in Germany, Croatia came in fifth place, with Balić being voted MVP for a fifth consecutive major international tournament. Balić and the national team placed second at the <a href="/wiki/2008_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2008 European Men's Handball Championship">2008 European Championship</a> in Norway after losing to Denmark in the final. The silver medal was the first European championship medal Balić had won. Balić was also voted best centre back and was joint top goalscorer alongside <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Karabati%C4%87" title="Nikola Karabatić">Nikola Karabatić</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lars_Christiansen_(handballer)" title="Lars Christiansen (handballer)">Lars Christiansen</a> with 44 goals. That same year, Balić was selected to be Croatia's <a href="/wiki/List_of_flag_bearers_for_Croatia_at_the_Olympics" title="List of flag bearers for Croatia at the Olympics">flag bearer</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>. Croatia finished the tournament in fourth place after losing the third place match against Spain. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2009_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2009 World Men's Handball Championship">2009 World Championship</a> in Croatia, Balić and the national team went undefeated through the group and knockout stages, but lost in the final against <a href="/wiki/France_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="France men's national handball team">France</a> where a rivalry between Balić and Nikola Karabatić emerged, named by the media as the "clash of the titans".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2010_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2010 European Men's Handball Championship">2010 European Championship</a> in Austria, Croatia won another silver medal after losing to France in the final game. </p><p>Following an unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/2011_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2011 World Men's Handball Championship">2011 World Championship</a> where Croatia came in fifth place, Balić won bronze medals with Croatia in 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/2012_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2012 European Men's Handball Championship">European Championship</a> in Serbia and at the <a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. Prior to the <a href="/wiki/2013_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2013 World Men's Handball Championship">2013 World Championship</a> in Spain, Balić was dropped from the squad by then-head coach <a href="/wiki/Slavko_Golu%C5%BEa" title="Slavko Goluža">Slavko Goluža</a> and subsequently retired from the national team.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-playing_career">Post-playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivano_Bali%C4%87&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following his retirement from playing professional handball, Balić joined the <a href="/wiki/Croatia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Croatia men's national handball team">Croatia men's national handball team</a> coaching staff under newly appointed head coach <a href="/wiki/%C5%BDeljko_Babi%C4%87_(handballer)" title="Željko Babić (handballer)">Željko Babić</a> as the team's coordinator, alongside his old colleagues <a href="/wiki/Petar_Metli%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Petar Metličić">Petar Metličić</a> as assistant and <a href="/wiki/Valter_Mato%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Valter Matošević">Valter Matošević</a> as goalkeeper coach. As part of the staff, he won the bronze medal at the <a href="/wiki/2016_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2016 European Men's Handball Championship">2016 European Championship</a> in Poland with the national the team, and was also part of the fifth-place placement at the <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 April 2021, the <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Handball_Federation" title="Croatian Handball Federation">Croatian Handball Federation</a> appointed Balić as assistant coach to <a href="/wiki/Hrvoje_Horvat,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Hrvoje Horvat, Jr.">Hrvoje Horvat</a> in the coaching staff of the senior Croatian national handball team.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balić left the national team coaching staff in 2023. On 12 January 2024, Balić joined the coaching staff at RK Split.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivano_Bali%C4%87&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1999 to 2006, Balić was married to his wife Ivana. They have one son together, Dino, born 2000. In 2014, Balić and his girlfriend Mirela Delić welcomed their first child together, a son named Vigo.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, Balić and Delić became parents to their first daughter, Nola. </p><p>One of Balić' favorite sports is <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivano_Bali%C4%87&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club">Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivano_Bali%C4%87&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Split</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Premier_Handball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Croatian Premier Handball League">Croatian First A League</a> <ul><li><b>Runner-up</b> (1): <a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Croatian_First_A_League" title="1997–98 Croatian First A League">1997–98</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>Metković</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Premier_Handball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Croatian Premier Handball League">Croatian First League</a> <ul><li><b>Runner-up</b> (3): <a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Croatian_First_League" title="2001–02 Croatian First League">2001–02</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Croatian_First_League" title="2002–03 Croatian First League">2002–03</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Croatian_First_League" title="2003–04 Croatian First League">2003–04</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Handball_Cup" title="Croatian Handball Cup">Croatian Cup</a> <ul><li><b>Winner</b> (1): 2002</li> <li><b>Finalist</b> (1): 2004</li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>San Antonio</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liga_ASOBAL" title="Liga ASOBAL">Liga ASOBAL</a> <ul><li><b>Winner</b> (1): <a href="/wiki/Liga_ASOBAL_2004%E2%80%9305" title="Liga ASOBAL 2004–05">2004–05</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supercopa_ASOBAL" title="Supercopa ASOBAL">Supercopa ASOBAL</a> <ul><li><b>Winner</b> (1): 2004</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EHF_Champions_League" title="EHF Champions League">EHF Champions League</a> <ul><li><b>Finalist</b> (1): <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_EHF_Champions_League" title="2005–06 EHF Champions League">2005–06</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>Zagreb</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Premier_Handball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Croatian Premier Handball League">Dukat Premier League</a> <ul><li><b>Winner</b> (4): <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Croatian_Premier_League_(handball)" title="2008–09 Croatian Premier League (handball)">2008–09</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Croatian_Premier_League_(handball)" title="2009–10 Croatian Premier League (handball)">2009–10</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Croatian_Premier_League_(handball)" title="2010–11 Croatian Premier League (handball)">2010–11</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Croatian_Premier_League_(handball)" title="2011–12 Croatian Premier League (handball)">2011–12</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Handball_Cup" title="Croatian Handball Cup">Croatian Cup</a> <ul><li><b>Winner</b> (4): 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012</li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt>Atletico Madrid</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liga_ASOBAL" title="Liga ASOBAL">Liga ASOBAL</a> <ul><li><b>Runner-up</b> (1): <a href="/wiki/Liga_ASOBAL_2012%E2%80%9313" title="Liga ASOBAL 2012–13">2012–13</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copa_del_Rey_de_Balonmano" title="Copa del Rey de Balonmano">Copa del Rey</a> <ul><li><b>Winner</b> (1): <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Copa_del_Rey_de_Balonmano" title="2012–13 Copa del Rey de Balonmano">2013</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IHF_Super_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="IHF Super Globe">IHF Super Globe</a> <ul><li><b>Winner</b> (1): <a href="/wiki/2012_IHF_Super_Globe" title="2012 IHF Super Globe">2012</a></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual">Individual</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivano_Bali%C4%87&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Individual"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>General</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IHF_World_Player_of_the_Year" title="IHF World Player of the Year">IHF World Player of the Year</a>: 2003, 2006</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franjo_Bu%C4%8Dar_State_Award_for_Sport" title="Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport">Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport</a>: 2004 (two awards)</li> <li>Best <a href="/wiki/Croatia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Croatia men's national handball team">Croatian handballer</a>: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sportske_novosti_awards" title="Sportske novosti awards">Croatian Sportsman of the Year</a>: 2007</li> <li>Star on Croatian walk of fame in <a href="/wiki/Opatija" title="Opatija">Opatija</a>: 2007</li> <li>Best Male Handball Player Ever – fans poll: 2010<sup id="cite_ref-ihfpoll_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ihfpoll-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Trophy <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Olympic_Committee" title="Croatian Olympic Committee">COC</a> for inspiring youth: 2010</li> <li>2007 most successful athlete by: <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Olympic_Committee" title="Croatian Olympic Committee">Croatian Olympic Committee</a></li> <li>5th top goalscorer of the <a href="/wiki/Croatia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Croatia men's national handball team">Croatia men's national handball team</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>All-Star Team</dt></dl> <ul><li>Most valuable player (<a href="/wiki/Most_valuable_player" title="Most valuable player">MVP</a>) and best centre back of the <a href="/wiki/2004_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2004 European Men's Handball Championship">2004 European Championship</a></li> <li>MVP and best centre back of the <a href="/wiki/Handball_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li>MVP and best centre back of the <a href="/wiki/2005_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2005 World Men's Handball Championship">2005 World Championship</a></li> <li>MVP and best centre back of the <a href="/wiki/2006_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2006 European Men's Handball Championship">2006 European Championship</a></li> <li>Top field goalscorer of the <a href="/wiki/2006_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2006 European Men's Handball Championship">2006 European Championship</a> – 43 goals</li> <li>MVP of the <a href="/wiki/2007_World_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2007 World Men's Handball Championship">2007 World Championship</a></li> <li>Best centre back and top goalscorer of the <a href="/wiki/2008_European_Men%27s_Handball_Championship" title="2008 European Men's Handball Championship">2008 European Championship</a> – 44 goals</li> <li>Best centre back of <a href="/wiki/Liga_ASOBAL" title="Liga ASOBAL">Liga ASOBAL</a>: <a href="/wiki/Liga_ASOBAL_2004%E2%80%9305" title="Liga ASOBAL 2004–05">2004–05</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liga_ASOBAL_2005%E2%80%9306" title="Liga ASOBAL 2005–06">2005–06</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liga_ASOBAL_2006%E2%80%9307" title="Liga ASOBAL 2006–07">2006–07</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Distinctions</dt></dl> <ul><li>Best sportsperson of <a href="/wiki/Dalmatia" title="Dalmatia">Dalmatia</a> by <i><a href="/wiki/Slobodna_Dalmacija" title="Slobodna Dalmacija">Slobodna Dalmacija</a></i>: 2003<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The award of Metković "Crane" for great achievements in handball and for promoting the reputation of <a href="/wiki/Metkovi%C4%87" title="Metković">Metković</a> in the country and the world: 2004</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orders">Orders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivano_Bali%C4%87&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Orders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_DH_Franjo_Bu%C4%8Dar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Order_of_DH_Franjo_Bu%C4%8Dar.jpg/50px-Order_of_DH_Franjo_Bu%C4%8Dar.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Order_of_DH_Franjo_Bu%C4%8Dar.jpg/75px-Order_of_DH_Franjo_Bu%C4%8Dar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Order_of_DH_Franjo_Bu%C4%8Dar.jpg/100px-Order_of_DH_Franjo_Bu%C4%8Dar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1099" data-file-height="435" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Danica_Hrvatska" title="Order of Danica Hrvatska">Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hvk-gusar.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=40">the original</a> on 5 March 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=hoo.hr&rft.atitle=Ivano+Bali%C4%87+biography&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoo.hr%2Fhr%2Fsportasi%2Fbiografije-sportasa%3Ffilterime%3D%26filterprezime%3D%26idsportas%3D2970&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIvano+Bali%C4%87" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivano_Bali%C4%87&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://history.eurohandball.com/player/502297">Ivano Balić</a> at the <a href="/wiki/European_Handball_Federation" title="European Handball Federation">European Handball Federation</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310526#P3573" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/108638">Ivano Balić</a> at <a href="/wiki/Olympedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympedia">Olympedia</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top 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/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Gille_(handballer)" title="Bertrand Gille (handballer)">Bertrand Gille</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/IHF_World_Player_of_the_Year" title="IHF World Player of the Year">IHF World Player of the Year</a> </b><br />2003 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Henning_Fritz" title="Henning Fritz">Henning Fritz</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro"><img alt="Serbia and Montenegro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_%281992%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" 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href="/wiki/Denis_Bunti%C4%87" title="Denis Buntić">Buntić</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="vcard agent">Coach: <span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lino_%C4%8Cervar" title="Lino Červar">Červar</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/50px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/75px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/100px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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href="/w/index.php?title=Dragan_Jerkovi%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dragan Jerković (page does not exist)">Jerković</a></span></span></li> <li>18 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Denis_%C5%A0poljari%C4%87" title="Denis Špoljarić">Špoljarić</a></span></span></li> <li>19 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Petar_Metli%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Petar Metličić">Metličić</a></span></span></li> <li>23 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ljubo_Vuki%C4%87" title="Ljubo Vukić">Vukić</a></span></span></li> <li>24 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ton%C4%8Di_Val%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Tonči Valčić">Valčić</a></span></span></li> <li>25 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mirko_Alilovi%C4%87" title="Mirko Alilović">Alilović</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="vcard agent">Coach: <span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lino_%C4%8Cervar" title="Lino 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Valčić</a></span></span></li> <li>25 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mirko_Alilovi%C4%87" title="Mirko Alilović">Alilović</a></span></span></li> <li>27 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_%C4%8Cupi%C4%87" title="Ivan Čupić">Čupić</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="vcard agent">Coach: <span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lino_%C4%8Cervar" title="Lino Červar">Červar</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/50px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/75px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, 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Valčić</a></span></span></li> <li>25 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mirko_Alilovi%C4%87" title="Mirko Alilović">Alilović</a></span></span></li> <li>27 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_%C4%8Cupi%C4%87" title="Ivan Čupić">Čupić</a></span></span></li> <li>28 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dalibor_Anu%C5%A1i%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dalibor Anušić (page does not exist)">Anušić</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="vcard agent">Coach: <span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lino_%C4%8Cervar" title="Lino Červar">Červar</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/50px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" 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selflink">Balić</a></span></span></li> <li>5 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Domagoj_Duvnjak" title="Domagoj Duvnjak">Duvnjak</a></span></span></li> <li>6 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bla%C5%BEenko_Lackovi%C4%87" title="Blaženko Lacković">Lacković</a></span></span></li> <li>8 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Marko_Kopljar" title="Marko Kopljar">Kopljar</a></span></span></li> <li>9 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Igor_Vori" title="Igor Vori">Vori</a></span></span></li> <li>10 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jakov_Gojun" title="Jakov Gojun">Gojun</a></span></span></li> <li>12 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Venio_Losert" title="Venio Losert">Losert</a></span></span></li> <li>13 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Zlatko_Horvat" title="Zlatko Horvat">Horvat</a></span></span></li> <li>14 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Drago_Vukovi%C4%87" title="Drago Vuković">Vuković</a></span></span></li> <li>20 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Damir_Bi%C4%8Dani%C4%87" title="Damir Bičanić">Bičanić</a></span></span></li> <li>21 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Denis_Bunti%C4%87" title="Denis Buntić">Buntić</a></span></span></li> <li>25 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mirko_Alilovi%C4%87" title="Mirko Alilović">Alilović</a></span></span></li> <li>26 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Manuel_%C5%A0trlek" title="Manuel Štrlek">Štrlek</a></span></span></li> <li>27 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_%C4%8Cupi%C4%87" title="Ivan Čupić">Čupić</a></span></span></li> <li>28 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/%C5%BDeljko_Musa" title="Željko Musa">Musa</a></span></span></li> <li>29 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a 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medal</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Venio_Losert" title="Venio Losert">Losert</a></span></span></li> <li>4 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Balić</a></span></span></li> <li>5 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Domagoj_Duvnjak" title="Domagoj Duvnjak">Duvnjak</a></span></span></li> <li>6 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bla%C5%BEenko_Lackovi%C4%87" title="Blaženko Lacković">Lacković</a></span></span></li> <li>8 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Marko_Kopljar" title="Marko Kopljar">Kopljar</a></span></span></li> <li>9 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Igor_Vori" title="Igor Vori">Vori</a></span></span></li> <li>10 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a 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Čupić">Čupić</a></span></span></li> <li>29 <span class="vcard agent"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Nin%C4%8Devi%C4%87" title="Ivan Ninčević">Ninčević</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="vcard agent">Coach: <span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Slavko_Golu%C5%BEa" title="Slavko Goluža">Goluža</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/50px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/75px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/100px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" 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Richardson</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Talant_Dujshebaev" title="Talant Dujshebaev">Talant Dujshebaev</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Stoecklin" title="Stéphane Stoecklin">Stéphane Stoecklin</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Stephan" title="Daniel Stephan">Daniel Stephan</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Guijosa" title="Rafael Guijosa">Rafael Guijosa</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dragan_%C5%A0krbi%C4%87" title="Dragan Škrbić">Dragan Škrbić</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Yoon_Kyung-shin" title="Yoon Kyung-shin">Yoon Kyung-shin</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Gille_(handballer)" title="Bertrand Gille (handballer)">Bertrand Gille</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ivano Balić</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henning_Fritz" title="Henning Fritz">Henning Fritz</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arpad_Sterbik" title="Arpad Sterbik">Árpád Sterbik</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ivano Balić</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Karabati%C4%87" title="Nikola Karabatić">Nikola Karabatić</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thierry_Omeyer" title="Thierry Omeyer">Thierry Omeyer</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/S%C5%82awomir_Szmal" title="Sławomir Szmal">Sławomir Szmal</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Filip_J%C3%ADcha" title="Filip Jícha">Filip Jícha</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mikkel_Hansen" title="Mikkel Hansen">Mikkel Hansen</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Narcisse" title="Daniel Narcisse">Daniel Narcisse</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Domagoj_Duvnjak" title="Domagoj Duvnjak">Domagoj Duvnjak</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Karabati%C4%87" title="Nikola Karabatić">Nikola Karabatić</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mikkel_Hansen" title="Mikkel Hansen">Mikkel Hansen</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Karabati%C4%87" title="Nikola Karabatić">Nikola Karabatić</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Not awarded</i> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mikkel_Hansen" title="Mikkel Hansen">Mikkel Hansen</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Niklas_Landin_Jacobsen" title="Niklas Landin Jacobsen">Niklas Landin Jacobsen</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Not awarded</i> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Niklas_Landin_Jacobsen" title="Niklas Landin Jacobsen">Niklas Landin Jacobsen</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>Not awarded</i> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mathias_Gidsel" title="Mathias Gidsel">Mathias Gidsel</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>Rankings before 1988:</b> <a href="/wiki/%C8%98tefan_Birtalan" title="Ștefan Birtalan">Ștefan Birtalan </a> (1974, 1976, 1977)<br /><b>Best Player of All Time:</b> <a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Gruia" title="Gheorghe Gruia">Gheorghe Gruia</a> (1992)<br /><b>Player of the 20th Century:</b> <a href="/wiki/Magnus_Wislander" title="Magnus Wislander">Magnus Wislander</a> (2000)<br /><b>IHF Best Player in History:</b> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ivano Balić</a> (2010)</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Mate_Trojanovi%C4%87" title="Mate Trojanović">Mate Trojanović</a> / <a href="/wiki/Velimir_Valenta" title="Velimir Valenta">Velimir Valenta</a> (1952) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Perica_Vla%C5%A1i%C4%87" title="Perica Vlašić">Perica Vlašić</a> (1953) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/%C5%BDarko_Dolinar" title="Žarko Dolinar">Žarko Dolinar</a> (1954) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Vukas" title="Bernard Vukas">Bernard Vukas</a> (1955) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_Ra%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Krešimir Račić">Krešo Račić</a> (1956) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hrvoje_Ka%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Hrvoje Kačić">Hrvoje Kačić</a> (1957) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jo%C5%A1ko_Murat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joško Murat (page does not exist)">Joško Murat</a> (1958) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Duje_Smoljanovi%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Duje Smoljanović (page does not exist)">Duje Smoljanović</a> (1959) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/%C5%BDeljko_Peru%C5%A1i%C4%87" title="Željko Perušić">Željko Perušić</a> (1960) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Boro_Jovanovi%C4%87" title="Boro Jovanović">Boro Jovanović</a> (1961) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Boro_Jovanovi%C4%87" title="Boro Jovanović">Boro Jovanović</a> / <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Pili%C4%87" title="Nikola Pilić">Nikola Pilić</a> (1962) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josip_Gjergja" title="Josip Gjergja">Josip Gjergja</a> (1963) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Pili%C4%87" title="Nikola Pilić">Nikola Pilić</a> (1964) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andro_Depolo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andro Depolo (page does not exist)">Andro Depolo</a> (1965) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cvitko_Bili%C4%87" title="Cvitko Bilić">Cvjetko Bilić</a> (1966) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Pili%C4%87" title="Nikola Pilić">Nikola Pilić</a> (1967) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dragutin_%C5%A0urbek" title="Dragutin Šurbek">Dragutin Šurbek</a> (1968–69) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Petar_Skansi" title="Petar Skansi">Petar Skansi</a> (1970) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mate_Parlov" title="Mate Parlov">Mate Parlov</a> (1971–73) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luciano_Su%C5%A1anj" title="Luciano Sušanj">Luciano Sušanj</a> (1974) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Antun_Stipan%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Antun Stipančić">Antun Stipančić</a> (1975) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matija_Ljubek" title="Matija Ljubek">Matija Ljubek</a> (1976) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josip_Alebi%C4%87" title="Josip Alebić">Joško Alebić</a> (1977) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Milan_Jani%C4%87" title="Milan Janić">Milan Janić</a> (1978) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dragutin_%C5%A0urbek" title="Dragutin Šurbek">Dragutin Šurbek</a> (1979) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_%C4%86osi%C4%87" title="Krešimir Ćosić">Krešimir Ćosić</a> (1980) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dragutin_%C5%A0urbek" title="Dragutin Šurbek">Dragutin Šurbek</a> (1981) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Matija_Ljubek" title="Matija Ljubek">Matija Ljubek</a> (1982) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dragutin_%C5%A0urbek" title="Dragutin Šurbek">Dragutin Šurbek</a> (1983) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vlado_Lisjak" title="Vlado Lisjak">Vlado Lisjak</a> (1984) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEen_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Dražen Petrović">Dražen Petrović</a> (1985–86) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_%C5%A0abjan" title="Ivan Šabjan">Ivan Šabjan</a> (1987) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zoran_Primorac" title="Zoran Primorac">Zoran Primorac</a> (1988) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Toni Kukoč</a> (1989–90)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: gold;text-align:center;">Since independence<br /> (1991–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Toni_Kuko%C4%8D" title="Toni Kukoč">Toni Kukoč</a> (1991) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goran_Ivani%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Goran Ivanišević">Goran Ivanišević</a> (1992–94)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/%C5%BDeljko_Mavrovi%C4%87" title="Željko Mavrović">Željko Mavrović</a> (1995) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goran_Ivani%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Goran Ivanišević">Goran Ivanišević</a> (1996) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/%C5%BDeljko_Mavrovi%C4%87" title="Željko Mavrović">Željko Mavrović</a> (1997) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Davor_%C5%A0uker" title="Davor Šuker">Davor Šuker</a> (1998) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gordan_Ko%C5%BEulj" title="Gordan Kožulj">Gordan Kožulj</a> (1999) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nikolaj_Pe%C5%A1alov" title="Nikolaj Pešalov">Nikolaj Pešalov</a> (2000) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goran_Ivani%C5%A1evi%C4%87" title="Goran Ivanišević">Goran Ivanišević</a> (2001) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ivica_Kosteli%C4%87" title="Ivica Kostelić">Ivica Kostelić</a> (2002–03) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Duje_Draganja" title="Duje Draganja">Duje Draganja</a> (2004) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Ljubi%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Ivan Ljubičić">Ivan Ljubičić</a> (2005–06) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ivano Balić</a> (2007) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Filip_Ude" title="Filip Ude">Filip Ude</a> (2008) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ivica_Kosteli%C4%87" title="Ivica Kostelić">Ivica Kostelić</a> (2009–11) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Cernogoraz" title="Giovanni Cernogoraz">Giovanni Cernogoraz</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mario_Mand%C5%BEuki%C4%87" title="Mario Mandžukić">Mario Mandžukić</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marin_%C4%8Cili%C4%87" title="Marin Čilić">Marin Čilić</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Rakiti%C4%87" title="Ivan Rakitić">Ivan Rakitić</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Damir_Martin" title="Damir Martin">Damir Martin</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tin_Srbi%C4%87" title="Tin Srbić">Tin Srbić</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luka_Modri%C4%87" title="Luka Modrić">Luka Modrić</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tin_Srbi%C4%87" title="Tin Srbić">Tin Srbić</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Domagoj_Duvnjak" title="Domagoj Duvnjak">Domagoj Duvnjak</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tin_Srbi%C4%87" title="Tin Srbić">Tin Srbić</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luka_Modri%C4%87" title="Luka Modrić">Luka Modrić</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tin_Srbi%C4%87" title="Tin Srbić">Tin Srbić</a> 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