Nationality Croatian Current club HC Meshkov Brest 2004–2006 RK Senj
Zamet Weight 110 kg | Playing position Number 1 Height 1.94 m Team HC Meshkov Brest | |
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Born 17 March 1989 (age 28)
Rijeka, Croatia ( 1989-03-17 ) 2004–2006
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2012
2012–2013
2013– Zamet II
Zamet
MVM Veszprém
RK Zagreb
Maribor Branik
Meshkov Brest Similar Ivan Stevanović, Željko Babić, Manuel Štrlek, Marian Cozma, Žarko Šešum | ||
Ivan Pešić (born 17 March 1989) is a Croatian handball goalkeeper for HC Meshkov Brest and the Croatian national team.
The first few years as a player played Pešić in his hometown Rijeka in RK Zamet and with production license in Croatian second division club RK Senj. He then played for the Hungarian club MKB Veszprém KC, with which he won in the 2008/09 season, league and cup, as well as the Croatian first division club RK Zagreb, with whom he won three times the double. In 2012 he joined the Slovenian club RK Maribor Branik . After one season, he signed with the Belarusian club HC Meshkov Brest, with whom he again champion and cup winner was, 2014.
At a dance hall in February 2008 a hooligan attacked Pešić and teammate Marin Cozma with a knife. Pešić was so badly injured by a knife that he had to remove a kidney. His teammate Marian Cozma died after two stab wounds to the heart, another colleague, Žarko Šešum, suffered skull fractures due to heavy kicks to the head.
Even though Pešić was an unseen substitute at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia he still won a medal.
Pešić has played for Croatia at the 2011 World Championship, 2013 Mediterranean Games and has recently been called up for the 2016 Summer Olympics qualification tournament