Josip Šarac

Josip Šarac (born 24 February 1998) is a Croatian handball player for MOL Tatabánya KC and the Croatian national team.

Career Club He played for HRK Izviđač in his hometown until 2018. In 2018, he moved to Slovenia to join RK Celje. Here he won the Slovenian First League twice (2019, 2020) and the Slovenian Supercup once (2019). In 2021, he moved to Germany to the Frisch Auf Göppingen team. With Frisch Auf Göppingen, he reached the semi-finals of the EHF European League in 2023 and achieved third place. He scored 75 goals in 17 matches in the EHF European League. In November 2024, it was announced that from the summer of 2025, he would transfer to the Hungarian first division MOL Tatabánya KC. In 2026, the team reached the final of the Hungarian Cup, but were defeated there by ONE Veszprém. Josip was unable to play in the final due to illness.

National team In 2016, he won a silver medal at the Youth European Championship. He participated in the 2019 Junior World Championship, where Croatia won the silver medal. He participated in the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship, where Croatian national team won the silver medal. He also participated in the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship as a member of the Croatian national team. (9th place, 5 matches / 15 goals). He also participated in the 2024 Paris Olympics, where the Croatian national team finished 9th (5 matches / 2 goals).

Honours National team European Youth Championship 2016 Junior World Championship 2019 European Championship 2020

Club HRK Izviđač Premijer Liga 2016, 2018 2015, 2017 Handball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016, 2017

RK Celje Slovenian First League 2019, 2020 2021 Slovenian Supercup 2019 2018

Frisch Auf Göppingen EHF European League 2023

MOL Tatabánya KC EHF European Cup: 2026 Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2026 Magyar Kupa 2026