Mateo Maraš


Mateo Maraš is a Croatian handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and for the Croatian national team.

Career

Club

Mateo started his career in the RK Balic-Metlicic team from Split. In the 2020/21 season, he was loaned to North Macedonia's RK Eurofarm Pelister, with which he played in the EHF European League. In the spring of 2021, RK Eurofarm Pelister signed him permanently. There were other offers as well: from RK Zagreb, RK Celje, Ademar León and Fenix Toulouse Handball, but he decided on RK Eurofarm Pelister's offer. In 2022, the Hungarian top team MOL Tatabánya KC bought him from RK Eurofarm Pelister. He was also able to play in the EHF European League with MOL Tatabánya KC. In January 2025, it was announced that he would transfer to Paris Saint-Germain from the summer.

National team

On April 28, 2021, he played for the first time in the Croatia men's national handball team against Slovakia and scored 4 goals. He represented Croatia at the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship. He was included in the large squad of the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship. He also participated in the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Croatia men's national handball team.. He was included in the large squad of the men's handball team participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics, but in the end he was not included in the traveling team. He also participated in the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Croatia men's national handball team..

Personal life

His father, Ivica Maraš, was also a national team handball player and was a member of the Croatian delegation for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.

Honours

National team

World Championship:

Club

;RK Eurofarm Pelister
;MOL Tatabánya KC