A very experienced back court star is back in his home country. Igor Karacic will play for RK Zagreb and gives the capital club a definite boost after several years at international elite level.
Zagreb´s announcement underline the fact that Karacic has won Champions League twice, during the golden years of RK Vardar 2017 and 2019. His next club was also able to fight for titles, Industria Kielce trusted his capacity for six years.
– I am very happy and proud to have become part of the Zagreb handball family and to now represent our colors in Croatia and Europe. I would like to thank the people in the club’s management for giving me this opportunity. There were many options to continue my career, but in the end some intuition led me to wait as long as necessary, not to sign anything before, and that’s how I ended up where I needed to be, said Karacic.
Karacic´s arrival lights a hope for Zagreb to advance in Champions League. Since 2019 the Croatian side reached the playoffs twice with four eliminations in the group stage,
– There is no need to talk about his playing and leadership characteristics, I can only say that we are overjoyed by the fact that he has come with us and that they will upgrade our team.
– The desire is to return Zagreb to where it was thirty years ago, although we are aware that this is not easy and that we need to go step by step, said RK Zagreb’s Vedran Supukovic to the club webpage.
Source: Stigao je Igor Karačić: Bilo je dosta opcija, ali intuicija je rekla Zagreb!