Maja Sokač | |
Nationality: | Croatian |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1982 |
Birth Place: | Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Position: | Left wing |
Currentclub: | Ankara Yenimahalle |
Clubnumber: | 19 |
Years1: | 1996–2004 |
Clubs1: | Split Kaltenberg |
Years2: | 2004 |
Clubs2: | ŽRK Lokomotiva |
Years3: | 2004–2011 |
Clubs3: | Podravka |
Years4: | 2011–2012 |
Clubs4: | SD Itxako |
Years5: | 2012–2014 |
Clubs5: | RK Zaječar |
Years6: | 2014–2016 |
Clubs6: | ŽRK Vardar |
Years7: | 2016- |
Clubs7: | Ankara Yenimahalle |
Nationalteam1: | Croatia |
Nationalcaps1: | 159[1] |
Nationalgoals1: | 428 |
Maja Sokač (née Zebić; born 31 May 1982)[2] is a Croatian handballer playing in the left wing position for the Croatian national team and Ankara Yenimahalle.
Sokač started to play handball in Croatian club Sinj. In 1996, she joined senior team of Split Kaltenberg who competed in first Croatian league. In 2004, she joined Lokomotiva Zagreb, and same season she transferred to Podravka Vegeta. Besides winning many Croatian Championship and Croatian Cup trophies, she played in Cup Winners' Cup finals in 2005 and EHF Cup finals in 2006. In Champions League she played 44 matches and scored 131 goals. In the 2011/2012 season Sokač played for Spanish Champions and Champions League runners-up SD Itxako.