Nationality Croatian Current club Füchse Berlin 2015- Croatia Weight 105 kg | Playing position Number 44 Height 1.96 m Team Füchse Berlin | |
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Born 25 June 1990 (age 26)
Derventa, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1990-06-25 ) 2007-2011
2011-2013
2013-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-present Zamet
Nexe Našice
Alpla HC Hard
Flensburg
Füchse Berlin
Göppingen Similar Jakov Gojun, Luka Cindrić, Marino Maric, Ilija Brozović, Marko Kopljar | ||
Krešimir Kozina (born 25 June 1990) is a Croatian handball player. He plays for Füchse Berlin and the Croatian national team.
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Club career
Kozina started his youth career in RK Matulji before establishing himself in Zamet the premier handball club of Rijeka.
After four seasons he moved to NEXE. While there he debuted in his first European competition EHF Cup. In 2013 he moved to Austrian Alpla HC Hard. With the club he started winning his first trophies as a club player.
In 2015 Kozina turned down Croatian powerhouse Zagreb and transferred to SG Flensburg-Handewitt where he spent one season.
On May 29, 2016 Kozina signed for Füchse Berlin. On September 8 Kozina won the IHF Super Globe with the club.
On 8 December Kozina announced that he signed with Frisch Auf Göppingen and that he would be moving in the summer of 2017.
International career
Kozina started his international career playing for Croatia U-21 at the Youth World Championship where Croatia won the tournament.
He debuted for Croatia 6 November 2015 against Macedonia at a friendly tournament called Croatia Cup.
Kozina competed at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship where Croatia won third place. Kozina also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Croatia was eliminated by Poland in the Quarter-finals.
In December of 2016 Kozina was invited to national team training for the upcoming 2017 World Championship as a replacement for Marino Marić who was injured. Kozina appeared at the HEP Croatia Cup in their match against Tunisia and scored two goals before being gaining 2 minutes at the end of the match. He didn't appear in the match against Montenegro. Croatia won the HEP Croatia Cup. On January 10 Željko Babić announced the players he would be taking to France, Kozina was not on the list.
Personal life
Kozina has a younger brother Bruno who is also a handball player.