Nikola KarabatiÄ‡

Status: National January 26, 2014

Nikola Karabatic (* April 11, 1984 in Niš, Yugoslavia ) is a French handball player. He plays on the left back position in the French national handball team. He currently plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona. He was elected World Handball Player in 2007.

2.1 club
2.2 national team
2.3 Awards

Career

Association

As a four -year-old left Karabatic, son of a Serbian mother and a Croatian father of Vrsin in Trogir, the former Yugoslavia, as his father Branko Karabatic got (former goalkeeper of the Yugoslav national team) in France a contract as a professional handball player. Even as a 17 -year-old played Karabatic at Montpellier HB in the first French league and a year later in the French national team. With Montpellier he won the Champions League in 2003.

In 2005 he moved to Kiel, where Karabatic established itself in the course of his first season as one of the major key players, which is why the fans voted him also to THW - player of the season 2005/ 06. Of the Kieler Nachrichten him the award Kiel Sportsman of the Year was awarded in 2006. 2007 won Karabatic with the THW Kiel Triple ( Champions League, Championship and DHB - Pokal).

End of the season 2008/ 09 Karabatic left the THW Kiel. Together with his colleague Vid Kavtičnik he spent 1.5 million Euro transfer fee to Montpellier HB. Both had with the THW valid contracts until 2012. In February 2013 he moved to the Pays d' Aix UC. Since the summer of 2013 he runs on for FC Barcelona.

National

Karabatic won his first cap for France on 2 November 2002 at the World Cup against Russia. With the national team he won the 2006 European Championship in Switzerland and was fourth at the 2007 World Championships in Germany. In the 2007 World Cup, he was elected to the Allstar team. At the 2008 European Championships he won the election as the most valuable player. In the 2008 Olympics he won the gold medal. A year later, he won the World Cup with France in Croatia. 2007 and 2008 Karabatic was elected in Germany handball player of the year.

In early 2010 he was re-elected as European champion and back center of the room into the All -Star team. France was from 2010 to 2012 so unique in the history of the reigning European champion, world champion and Olympic champion. At the World Cup 2011, he successfully defended the title with the French team. In the summer of 2012, he again won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in London and was re- elected to the All-Star Team. In 2014 he was elected European champion and the most valuable player of the tournament.

Suspected of betting manipulation in 2012

Karabatic was in the betting manipulation that should have occurred in a game of his club Montpellier HB against Rennes Cesson- HB in May 2012 suspected. Besides Karabatic, the injury paused at this game, and his brother Luka more players should have intentionally contributed to the defeat, to allow relatives high winnings of up to 250,000 euros. The affected players threatened because of sports corruption and fraud three to five years in prison and fines of 75,000 euros. Karabatic himself admitted after police interrogation in early October 2012 via his lawyer that he had been involved in stakes, but not a criminal case was at the match-fixing itself on 2 October against him initiated. Karabatic then came on bail and subject to conditions again. Since neither Karabatic people involved still was able to meet members of his club, he was no longer in the squad of Montpellier AHB effect from 3 October 2012. On October 31 Karabatic returned to the squad after the contact ban was lifted. On January 31, 2013 Karabatic released his contract on with Montpellier HB; he moved to Aix -en- Provence. The against Nikola Karabatic imposed by the League LNH in February six- match ban overturned a Court of Appeal of FFHB on March 29, 2013.

Achievements

Association

Champions League winner (2): 2003, 2007
Super Globe: 2013
German champions (4): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
DHB Cup Winners ( 3): 2007, 2008, 2009
DHB Supercup champion ( 3): 2005, 2007, 2008
Champion of France (7): 2002-2005, 2010-2012
French Cup winners (6): 2001-2003, 2005, 2010, 2012
French League Cup Winners: 2005
Spanish Supercup winner: 2013
Spanish League Cup Winners: 2013

National

Olympic champion: 2008, 2012
World Champion: 2009, 2011
European Champions: 2006, 2010, 2014
World Cup bronze medalist: 2003, 2005
World Cup Fourth: 2007
EM third parties: 2008
5th place 2004 Olympic Games
6th Euro 2004
Most Valuable Player ( Most Valuable Player ): 2008 European Championships, World Cup 2011, Euro 2014
All-Star Team: Euro 2004, World Cup 2007, World Cup 2009, Euro 2010, OS 2012
Scorer in the Euro 2008 together with Lars Christiansen and Ivano Balic

Awards

World Handball Player in 2007
Handball Player of the Year in Germany in 2007 and 2008
Player of the Bundesliga season 2006/ 07, 2007/ 08
Sports Medal of the State of Schleswig- Holstein in 2008
Knight of the Legion of Honor in 2008
France's Sportsman of the Year 2011 ( champion of champions )

Bundesliga balance

Family

His father Branko Karabatic was, until his death in 2011 handball player and coach and coached most recently, the Tunisian national team. His brother Luka Karabatic plays for French club Pays d' Aix UC HB.

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