Djordje Cikusa
| Djordje Cikusa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Đorđe Cikuša Jeličić | ||
| Born |
8 December 2005 Bordils, Spain | ||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Montpellier Handball | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
| Bordils | |||
| FC Barcelona | |||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2024 | FC Barcelona B | ||
2024– | FC Barcelona | ||
2024–2025 | → Montpellier Handball | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Spain | 8 | (15) |
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 13 January 2025 | |||
Đorđe Cikuša Jeličić (born December 8, 2005, in Bordils, Spain) is a Spanish handball player of Croatian descent who plays for Montpellier Handball and the Spanish national team.
He started his senior career at FC Barcelona, where he came up through the youth ranks. He joined them in 2018 from his hometown club Bordils.[1] He debuted for the senior team in the 2022–23 season, where he won the Liga ASOBAL with the club.
With Barcelona he won the 2023-24 EHF Champions League.
For the 2024–25 season he joined French team Montpellier Handball on loan.[2]
On 2 November 2023 he debuted for the national team at the age of 17. He played in his first major international tournament at the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship at the age of 19.
Private life
[edit]His twin brother Petar Cikusa is also a professional handball player. They have shared many milestones in their respective career, such as joining Barcelona simultaneously and debuting for the Spanish national team in the same match.
His father was formerly a professional handball player for RK Bjelovar, and he is now their handball coach.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b www.balkan-handball.com, „„NAŠA DECA, ŠPANSKI MAJSTORI“: Braća Cikuša osvojila Evropu!“, 17. August 2022, read 17. December 2022
- ^ montpellierhandball.com: Djordje Cikuša, nouvelle recrue pour la saison prochaine, read 23. April 2024
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Spanish male handball players
- Croatian male handball players
- Liga ASOBAL players
- FC Barcelona Handbol players
- Paris Saint-Germain Handball players
- Handball players from Catalonia
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen
- Spanish people of Croatian descent
- Spanish expatriate handball players in France
- Spanish twins