Nikola Karabatić
| Nikola Karabatić | |||
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Karabatić in August 2015
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
11 April 1984 Niš, SFR Yugoslavia |
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| Nationality | Serbian/French | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Number | 44 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| 2000–2005 2005–2009 2009–2013 2013 2013–2015 2015– |
Montpellier Handball THW Kiel Montpellier Handball Pays d'Aix FC Barcelona PSG Handball |
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| National team | |||
| 2002– | France | 273 (1003) | |
Nikola Karabatić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Карабатић; born 11 April 1984) is a French handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the French national team.
With the French national handball team, he has won two Olympic gold medals, which came in the Summer Olympics of 2008 and 2012, four World Championship gold medals, which came in 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2017 as well as three gold medals in the European Championship which came in 2006, 2010 and 2014. In addition, he also won L'Équipe Champion of Champions in 2011.
Karabatić began his professional career at the top French club Montpellier HB. It was there he became the French champion in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 as well as also winning the Champions League in 2003. He then played for the German club THW Kiel, who became German champions in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and won the EHF Champions League in 2007. In the summer of 2009 he left Germany and returned to Montpellier HB, winning three further French champion titles in 2010, 2011 and 2012. After a quick stay in Pays d'Aix Université Club handball, Aix-en-Provence, between February and June in 2013, he moved to FC Barcelona and then in 2015 he moved to and currently plays for PSG Handball.
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