Halil Jaganjac (born 22 June 1998) is a Croatian
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
player who plays for
Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the
Croatian national team.
Career
Jaganjac was born in
Rijeka
Rijeka (;
Fiume ( fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...
to
Bosnian parents. His father hails from
Bosanski Petrovac
Bosanski Petrovac ( sr-cyrl, Босански Петровац) is a town and municipality located in the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013 census, the municipality has a p ...
, and his mother hails from
Prusac near
Donji Vakuf. He rose through the ranks of his home-town club MRK Kozala, starting his professional career with the club in 2014–15. In July 2016, Jaganjac was transferred to
Paris Saint-Germain
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, signing a three-year contract with the club. In June 2017, Jaganjac was called up by
Lino Červar to the Croatia national team.
Awards and accomplishments
Club
;MRK Kozala
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Croatian League (youth): 2015–16
Individual
;RK Metalurg Skopje
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SEHA League top scorer:
2017–18
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Macedonian Cup top scorer: 2017–18
References
External links
Profile at PSGhand.fr
1998 births
Living people
Handball players from Rijeka
Croatian male handball players
Croatian expatriate handball players in Germany
Croatian expatriate handball players in France
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
Handball players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Bosniaks of Croatia
21st-century Croatian sportsmen
RK Nexe Našice players
Paris Saint-Germain Handball players
Expatriate handball players in North Macedonia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate handball players in Poland
Rhein-Neckar Löwen players
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