Nikola Prce

Nikola Prce
Personal information
Born31 August 1980
Čapljina, SR Bosnia
SFR Yugoslavia
Height2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight109 kilograms (240 lb)
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current clubAzoty - Pulawy
Number34
National team 1
2006–Bosnia and Herzegovina71 (238)[1]
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 21 January 2015

Nikola Prce (born 31 August 1980) is a Bosnian handball player. Currently he plays for Azoty - Pulawy.

Club career

Prce played for more than 10 different clubs, including: RK Zagreb, Izviđač, Octavio Vigo, Ademar Leon, Al Saad and Pick Szeged.[2] In the 2008–09 season, when he was a member of Octavio Vigo, he ended the season as the third best goal scorer of Liga ASOBAL, with 181 goals. He won the EHF Cup in the 2013–14 season with Pick Szeged.[3]

Bosnian national team

Prce debuted for Bosnian national handball team in qualifications for the 2006 European Handball Championship and so far has scored more than 200 goals. Bosnia qualified for their's first major tournament after they eliminated Iceland in two play-off matches for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. Prce was a key a figure with a total of 18 goals in two games. Because of that, he was honoured as Bosnian "Sportsman of the Year" for 2014.[4]

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