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Iztok Puc Biography

Iztok Puc is one of the most popular and richest Handball Player who was born on September 14, in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia.

Iztok Puc (14 September – 20 October ) was a Croatian-Slovenian handball player, who was one of the world’s top players of the s and s.

During his career he played professionally for Borac Banja Luka, Zagreb, Celje and Prule He won a total of 18 domestic trophies. He has won the elite EHF Champions League in and , both times with Zagreb. He is one of very few handball players who represented three different countries at the Summer Olympics (Yugoslavia, Croatia and Slovenia), winning bronze with Yugoslavia in and gold with Croatia in In , he was named the best overall player in the history of Slovenian handball.

After his death an award named in his honour was introduced and is awarded annually to the most promising young handball players in Slovenia and Croatia, given alternately one year to Slovenian and another ye