Croatian Named World Handball Player of the Year
- by croatiaweek
- in Sport
Croatian handball international Domagoj Duvnjak has been named the best handball player of 2013. Duvnjak was voted the world’s number one by 144,851 fans and 11 handball journalists on the website Handball-Planet...
Duvnjak (25), plays for HSV Hamburg in Germany after signing a three-year contract worth €2.25 million, including a transfer fee of €1.1 million, making him – at age 21 – the most expensive handball player in history of the sport. Duvnjak was a member of the bronze-winning Croatian team at the World Handball Championships in Spain this year.
2013 World Handball Player of the Year
1. Domagoj Duvnjak 35 points
2. Laszlo Nagy 26
3. Julen Aguinagalde 23
4. Hans Lindberg 22
5. Arpad Šterbik 21
