Nikša Kaleb (born 9 March 1973) is a retired Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team,[1] and Olympic champion from 2004.[2] He received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European Championship.
| Nikša Kaleb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Nikša Kaleb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
9 March 1973 Metković, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–2004 | Metković | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2008 | Croatia | 79 | (152) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editKaleb spent most of his career playing for his hometown club RK Metković. He retired from handball in 2008.[3]
Honours
edit- Metković
- Croatian First A League
- Winner (0): 1999-00 (Revoked)
- Runner-up (6): 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
- Croatian First B League
- Winner (1): 1993-94
- Croatian Handball Cup
- Winner (2): 2001, 2002
- Runner-up (1): 2004
- EHF Cup
- Winner (1): 2000
- Runner-up (1): 2001
- Zagreb
- Croatian First League
- Winner (4): 2004-05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007-08
- Croatian Handball Cup
- Winner (4): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- EHF Cup
- Runner-up (1): 2005
- Individual
Orders
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References
edit- ^ "Croatia" Archived 2008-02-05 at the Wayback Machine – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
- ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
- ^ "Legendarni Nikša Kaleb se ostavio rukometa". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 5 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "President Mesić gives commendation" (in Croatian). Večernji list.
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