Petar Metličić

Petar Metličić (born 25 December 1976 in Split) is a former Croatian handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team[1] from 2006 to 2009 after the departure of Slavko Goluža.[2] He won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens[3] as well as the 2003 World Handball Championship in Portugal.

Petar Metličić
Personal information
Full name	Petar Metličić
Born	(1976-12-25) 25 December 1976 Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Right back
Youth career
Team
–	RK Split
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1993–1998	RK Brodokumer Split
1998–2002	Metković Jambo
2002–2005	CB Ademar León
2005–2010	Ciudad Real
2010–2012	RK Pivovarna Laško Celje
2012–2013	Montpellier
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2009	Croatia	175	(471)
Teams managed
2015–2017	Croatia (assistant)
Medal record Representing  Croatia Men's Handball Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team World Championship 2003 Portugal Team 2005 Tunisia Team 2009 Croatia Team Statoil World Cup 2006 Sweden & Germany Team European Championship 2008 Norway Team 2016 Poland as Coach Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Team

At club level he played in the top tier in Croatia, Spain, Slovenia and France. He has won the EHF Champions League three times with BM Ciudad Real and the EHF Champions Trophy twice as well as the IHF Super Globe, EHF Cup Winner's Cup with CB Ademar León and the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo.

In September 2007 he opened alongside Ivano Balić the handball academy Balić-Metličić. Metličić is also a coach in the academy.[4]

Since February 2015 he's been the assistant coach of Croatia.[5]