Maroš Kolpak

Maroš Kolpak ( born March 23 1971 in Prešov, Czechoslovakia ) is a former Slovak handball goalkeeper.

The 1.90 m wide Kolpak played 71 international matches for Slovakia. With the handball game he started at the age of 10 years. Next on the position back center of the room. After the first competitive match, he moved on the advice of his brother Stanislav into the goal. In March 1997, the then German second division side TSV Östringen Baden took him under contract, the later part of the SG Kronau / Östringen was. Due to a dispute over its classification as a quantity limited Drittlandsangehörigem under the Aliens Restriction he led a legal battle with the German Handball Federation, which was submitted after the victorious for him first instance by the Higher Regional Court of Hamm in late 2000 for a preliminary ruling to the European Court of Justice. In the subsequent provisions adopted Kolpak ruling, the court extended the Bosman ruling to associated third countries - such as Kolpaks native Slovakia at the time - out. In the United Kingdom no longer affected by foreigners restrictions because of this judgment player in cricket and rugby Kolpaks be called.

One suffered in January 2003, cruciate ligament rupture was one of the reasons why the SG Kronau / Östringen relegation a year after its rise again in the second handball league. At the end of the 2006/2007 season, he finished his commitment to the Handball Bundesliga. He has since Goalkeeping coach of the Rhein- Neckar Löwen, but still eligible to play SVH Kassel (Oberliga ). With this team, at the training he did not attend his 2008 promotion to the Regionalliga. In the 2008 /09 season Kolpak played as a " stand-by goalkeeper" again at the Rhein- Neckar Löwen.

Clubs

  • Tatran Prešov
  • Dukla Prague
  • VSZ Kosice
  • TSV Östringen Baden 1997-2007 ( after the merger SG Kronau / Östringen, now Rhein- Neckar Löwen )
  • SVH Kassel ( Oberliga Hessen ) 2007-2008
  • Rhein- Neckar Löwen 2008 -
  • ASV Hamm 2010

Achievements

  • Slovakian Champion 1997
  • DHB Cup finalist in 2006, 2007
  • Rise in the Handball - Bundesliga 2003, 2005.
  • "Best Goalkeeper " in the Final Four in 2006

Swell

  • " Lion's roar " of 21 November 2007
  • Handball week
  • Maroš Kolpak on the website of the Rhein- Neckar Löwen
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