Mile Uzelac
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Milan Uzelac | ||
Born |
Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | 30 September 1978||
Nationality | Croatian | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 105kg | ||
Playing position | Line player | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Zamet | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth clubs | |||
1991-1995 | RK Kvarner | ||
Senior clubs | |||
1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1999 1997-2001 2001-2002 2002-present |
RK Kvarner RK Zamet RK Pećine RK Zamet RK Gold Klub RK Zamet | ||
National team | |||
Croatia U-18 Croatia U-19 Croatia U-21 | |||
Milan Uzelac (born 30 September 1978 in Rijeka) is a Croatian handballer, who plays as line player for RK Zamet.[1]
Career
Mile started his career in RK Kvarner. At the age of 15 he played for the senior team of RK Kvarner and he played an important role in Kvarner getting promotion form 2. league to 1.B league. [2]
He spent a season in Zamet helping them win the league getting back in the Croatian First League and winning the Croatian U-19 Championship with players like Mirza Džomba and Renato Sulić. Next season he played for RK Pećine[3] in the 1.B league. The following two years he played both for Zamet and Pećine due to them being in separate leagues. [4]
Mile has spent nearly 20 years in Zamet being with the club in hard and good times. With Zamet he came to Croatian Cup finals three time losing twice to Zagreb and once to Metković Jambo.
He has played in European competitions EHF City Cup, EHF Cup Winners' Cup and EHF Cup throughout his career.
He's been team captain of Zamet since 2003.
Honours
RK Kvarner
- 2. HRL - West (1): 1993-94
RK Zamet
- Croatian First League Third (2): 1997-98, 1998-99
- 1.B HRL (1): 1995-96
- Croatian U-19 Championship (1): 1996
- Croatian Cup Runner-up (3): 2000, 2001, 2012
References
- ↑ "Milan Uzelac". rk-zamet.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Kvarner history". kvarner.com.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "50 years of Handball Club Pećine". radio.hrt.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Sports laws". zakon.hr (in Croatian).