| Intro | Italian handball player | ||||
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Athlete Handball player Football player Association football player |
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Croatia Italy |
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| Type | Sports | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 30 December 1985, Koper, Slovenia | ||||
| Age: | 34 years | ||||
| Star sign | Capricorn | ||||
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Michele Skatar (born December 30, 1985) is a Croatian naturalized Italian handball player, a member of Italy men’s national handball team and French club Strasbourg Eurométropole, 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 135 occasions, scoring 574 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