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Ana Debelić

Ana Debelić
Personal information
Born (1994-01-09) 9 January 1994 (age 31)
Rijeka, Croatia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Without club
Number 31
Senior clubs
Years Team
–2012
 ŽRK Zamet
2012–2014
 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
2014–2015
 ŽRK Zelina
2015–2016
 RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
2016–2020
 RK Podravka Koprivnica
2020–2021
 HC Astrakhanochka
2021–01/2025
 Vipers Kristiansand
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 Croatia 65 (95)
Medal record
Women's Handball
Representing  Croatia
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Denmark

Ana Debelić (born 9 January 1994) is a Croatian professional , who is currently without a club following the bankruptcy of her former club[1], Vipers Kristiansand. She also features in the Croatian national team. [2]

Career

She started playing handball at the age of six. After enrolling in high school in Rijeka, she played for Opatija and ŽRK Zamet. She debuted at senior level in 2012 for ŽRK Zamet. She joined league rivals RK Lokomotiva Zagreb for her second senior season.[3] In 2014 she won the Croatian championship and the Croatian cup with the club. The summer after she joined league rivals ŽRK Zelina for year, before she returned to RK Lokomotiva Zagreb. A year later she joined RK Podravka Koprivnica. Here she won the Croation Championship again in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

In 2020 she joined Russian side HC Astrakhanochka. A year later she joined Norwegian side Vipers Kristiansand.[4] Here she won the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Norwegian Championship and the EHF Champions League in 2022 and 2023 where Debelić had one of important roles both in defence and attack.

She left Vipers following the bankruptcy of the club in January 2025.[1]

Debelić played for Croatia at four European Championships in 2016 in Sweden, 2018 in France, 2020 in Denmark and 2022 in Slovenia and at World Championship in 2021 in Spain. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 championship in Denmark[5] and was chosen in the All-star team for the tournament.

She was nominated 3 years in a row for the best world line player according to Handball Planet.[citation needed]

Achievements

Individual awards

  • All-Star Line Player of the European Championship: 2020[6]
  • Croatian Player of the Year: 2021,[7] 2022[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Norsk storklub går konkurs - igen" [Norwegian top club in bankrupt - again] (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  2. ^ EHF profile
  3. ^ "Ana Debelić". rukometstat.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Kroatiske Ana Debelic til Vipers" [Croatian Ana Debelic to Vipers] (in Norwegian). topphandball.no. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  5. ^ "EHF EURO 2020: Hrvatska reprezentacija doputovala u Dansku" (in Croatian). hrs.hr. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  6. ^ "EHF EURO 2020 All-star Team unveiled". fra2018.ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation. 20 December 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Izbor HRS-a i Sportskih novosti: Debelić, Cindrić, Šoštarić i Gubica – Milošević najbolji u 2021. godini". hrs.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation. 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  8. ^ "IZBOR NAJBOLJIH SN & HRS-a: A. Debelić, L. Cindrić, I. Obrvan i sudački par Gubica – Milošević najbolji u 2022. godini". hrs.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Handball Federation. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Debeli%C4%87