Age |
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36 years |
Birth date |
April 19, 1988 |
Zodiac sign |
Aries |
Place of Birth |
Strasbourg, Grand Est, France |
Occupation |
Handball player |
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Luka Karabatic (born 19 April 1988) is a French handball player for PSG Handball and the French national team.
He is the younger brother of Nikola Karabatic.
Karabatic came from a handball family – his father, Branko, is a former Yugoslavian handballer who played as goalkeeper in the national team. His older brother, Nikola, is one of the best handball players in the world who was named best player in the world by IHF two times, but Karabatic decided to play tennis and won France championship for 10 years old in 1998. In 2007, when he was 19, Karabatic started to train handball with the youth team of Montpellier Handball as center back. In 2009 he joined the senior team of the club, in the same year his older brother returned to Montpellier AHB again.
In his first two years as professional player, Karabatic won the French championship two times in 2009 and 2010. After his two successful seasons in Montpellier, the club decided to extend his contract until 2016. He became the second pivot in rotation after Issam Tej. In June 2006, Karabatic debuted for France in a friendly tournament in Argentina.
Height | 6 ft 8 in / 202 cm |
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Weight | 229 lb / 104 kg |
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Hair Color | Brown |
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Eye Color | Brown |
Nationality | French |
Race / ethnicity | White |