Michele Skatar

Michele Skatar
Michele Skatar (2014)
Personal information
Full name	Michele Skatar
Born	(1985-12-30) December 30, 1985 Koper, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Right Back
Club information
Current club	free agent
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1999–2004	RK Umag
2004–2006	Pallamano Trieste
2006–2007	TSG Friesenheim
2007–2009	TuS N-Lübbecke
2009–2010	Mulhouse HSA
2010–01/14	HBC Nantes
02/14–07/14	Handball Carpi
2014–2016	Cesson Rennes
2016–2017	Montélimar Cruas HB
2017–2020	Strasbourg Eurométropole
2020–01/21	Soultz Bollwiller Handball
02/2021–05/21	SSV Bozen Loacker
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004-2021	Italy	141	(589)
Medal record Men's Handball EHF Cup EHF Cup 2013 HBC Nantes
1 National team caps and goals correct as of April 29, 2021 (UTC)

Michele Skatar (born December 30, 1985) is a Croatian naturalized Italian handball player, currently free agent, runner-up in the EHF Cup (2013). Skatar played for professional teams in Croatia, Italy, Germany and France. At international level, he represented the Italian national team on 141 occasions, scoring 589 goals. He earned his first cap against Turkey on December 27, 2004, and took part in the Mediterranean Games four times consecutively (2005, 2009, 2013 and 2018) with Italy. Skatar won the Capocannoniere (Serie A top goalscorer) award during the 2005–06 season and became the first Italian ever to play in the German Handball-Bundesliga and to reach a European Cup final. He is the younger brother of poet and sports agent Daniel Skatar.

Honours

Club

2. Handball-Bundesliga

• 2008-09

Italian Under-21 Championship

• 2005-06

Italian Handball Trophy

• 2004-05

EHF Cup

• Runner-up: 2012-13

Croatian Handball Cup

• Runner-up: 2002-03

Coupe de la Ligue

• Runner-up: 2012-13

Coppa Italia

• Runner-up: 2004–05, 2013–14

Serie A

• Runner-up: 2004-05

Italian Handball Trophy

• Runner-up: 2005-06

Individual

• Serie A Top Scorer (233 goals): 2005-06
• Italian Handball Trophy Top Scorer: 2005-06
• Italian Under-21 Championship MVP: 2005-06
• French D2 Proligue All-Star: 2009-10
• French Nationale 1 Top Scorer (183 goals): 2017-18

External links

• Michele Skatar verstärkt den SSV Loacker Bozen Volksbank – SSV Bozen
• Proligue | Pontault, Angers et Besançon peaufinent leur effectif
• Handzone - LSL Les Nommés pour les Trophées LNH 2019 mercredi 22 mai 2019 : Stats et infos
• Qualificazioni EHF EURO 2020: l'Italia fa festa! Lussemburgo battuto, gli azzurri volano alla 2^ fase
• Handzone - Nationale 1M Montélimar-Cruas fait souffrir l'Espérance de Tunis mardi 30 août 2016 : Stats et infos
• Handzone - Nationale 1M Skatar et Donoso, deux recrues première-classe pour Montélimar jeudi 7 juillet 2016 : Stats et infos
• Mercato | L’azzurro Michele Skatar al Montélimar | PallamanoItalia
• Qualificazioni Mondiali 2017: pronostico rispettato, l'Austria passa contro l'Italia a Trieste
• LNH - Transferts | Michele Skatar rejoint la Bretagne
• TERRAQUILIA HANDBALL CARPI INGAGGIA MICHELE SKATAR
• [M] Mersin 2013: IMPRESA ITALIA, È SEMIFINALE!
• Pallamano: Michele Skatar secondo con il suo Nantes in EHF Cup
• Michele Skatar, un italiano in finale di EHF Cup | PallamanoItalia
• A. Hamad, dans le 7 majeur de la D2 !
• Under 21, Pallamano Trieste campione d'Italia - Il Piccolo
• Skatar è il capocannoniere - Il Piccolo
• Il cannoniere Skatar va a giocare in Germania - Il Piccolo