| Mateo Maraš | |
| Nationality: | Croatian |
| Birth Date: | 17 December 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Split, Croatia |
| Height: | 2.03 m |
| Position: | Right Back |
| Currentclub: | MOL Tatabánya KC |
| Clubnumber: | 2 |
| Years1: | 2018–2021 |
| Clubs1: | RK Balić-Metličić |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs2: | → RK Eurofarm Pelister |
| Years3: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs3: | RK Eurofarm Pelister |
| Years4: | 2022– |
| Clubs4: | MOL Tatabánya KC |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam1: | Croatia |
| Nationalcaps1: | 25 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 36 |
Mateo Maraš[1] (born 17 December 2000) is a Croatian handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC and for the Croatian national team.
He represented Croatia at the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.[2]
Mateo started his career in the RK Balic-Metlicic team from Split. From there he was confirmed by the Macedonian RK Eurofarm Pelister in 2020.[3] There were other offers as well: from RK Zagreb, RK Celje, Ademar León and Fenix Toulouse Handball, but he decided on Pelister's offer. He spent 2 years here, and then the Hungarian front team signed a contract with MOL Tatabánya KC, who bought him from Pelister.[4]
On April 28, 2021, he played for the first time in the Croatia men's national handball team against Slovakia and scored 4 goals. He represented Croatia at the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.[2] He was included in the large squad of the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[5] He also participated in the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Croatia men's national handball team. (11th place, 5 matches / 9 goals). He was included in the large squad of the men's handball team participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics[6], but in the end he was not included in the traveling team.
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