Petar Metličić (born 25 December 1976) is a Croatian former handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team"Croatia" – European Handbal Federation (Retrieved on January 25, 2008) from 2006 to 2009, after the departure of Slavko Goluža. He won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in AthensProfile: "Petar Metlicic" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on January 25, 2008) as well as at the 2003 World Championship in Portugal.
At club level he played in the top tier in Croatia, Spain, Slovenia and France. He has won the EHF Champions League three times and the EHF Champions Trophy twice with BM Ciudad Real as well as the IHF Super Globe and EHF Cup Winner's Cup with CB Ademar León, and the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo.
In September 2007 he opened, alongside his former colleague Ivano Balić, the "Balić-Metličić" handball academy. Metličić is also a coach in the academy.
From February 2015 to January 2017 he served as an assistant coach to Željko Babić in the Croatia men's team.
Honours Player Brodomerkur Split Croatian First A League Runner up (2): 1996–97, 1997–98 Croatian First B League - South Winner (1): 1994–95
Metković Jambo Croatian First League Winner (1): 2001–02 (revoked) Croatian First A League Winner (3): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01 Croatian Cup Winner (2): 2001, 2002 EHF Cup Winner (1): 2000 Finalist (1): 2001
Ademar Leon EHF Cup Winner's Cup Winner (1): 2005 Supercopa ASOBAL Finalist (1): 2003
Ciudad Real Liga ASOBAL Winner (4): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 Runner up (1): 2005–06 Copa del Rey Winner (1): 2008 Finalist (2): 2006, 2009 Copa ASOBAL Winner (3): 2006, 2007, 2008 Finalist (1): 2010 Supercopa ASOBAL Winner (1): 2008 Finalist (2): 2009, 2010 EHF Champions League Winner (3): 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09 EHF Champions Trophy Winner (2): 2006, 2008 IHF Super Globe Winner (2): 2007, 2010
Pivovarna Laško Celje 1. NLB Leasing liga Runner up (1): 2011–12 Slovenian Cup Winner (1): 2012
Montpellier LNH Division 1 Runner up (1): 2012–13 Coupe de la France Winner (1): 2013
Individual Best Croatian handball player by Sportske novosti & HRS – 2003 Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport – 2004
Orders Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 2004
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Stats Best Croatian handball players, coaches and referee's