Ivan Čupić | |
Birth Date: | 27 March 1986 |
Birth Place: | Metković, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Croatian |
Height: | 1.78 m |
Position: | Right wing |
Currentclub: | RK Zagreb |
Clubnumber: | 27 |
Years1: | 2002–2005 |
Clubs1: | RK Metković |
Years2: | 2005–2007 |
Clubs2: | RK Medveščak |
Years3: | 2007–2008 |
Clubs3: | SD Octavio Vigo |
Years4: | 2008–2010 |
Clubs4: | RK Gorenje Velenje |
Years5: | 2010–2012 |
Clubs5: | Rhein-Neckar Löwen |
Years6: | 2012–2016 |
Clubs6: | Vive Tauron Kielce |
Years7: | 2016–2021 |
Clubs7: | RK Vardar 1961 |
Years8: | 2021–2024 |
Nationalyears1: | 2005–2024 |
Nationalteam1: | Croatia |
Nationalcaps1: | 137 |
Nationalgoals1: | 511 |
Manageryears1: | 2024– |
Managerclubs1: | RK Zagreb (assistant) |
Ivan Čupić (born 27 March 1986) is a Croatian handball player who plays for RK Zagreb and the Croatian national team.[1]
He was selected by the Croatian national team for the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship. He scored 8 goals in the opening match against South Korea, settling as the top scorer after the first day.[2] He also played in the Croatian team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3]
Čupić missed the Games of XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, after losing his left ring finger in bizarre accident in July 2008. During a training session, Čupić fell and caught his wedding ring on a wire fence. The force of the fall severed his finger at the first joint.[4] Though the amputated portion of the digit could not be reattached, his career has since been unaffected by having only nine fingers.
2008-09
2009
2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
2017, 2018, 2021
2022, 2023
2022