Blaž Blagotinšek

Blaž Blagotinšek (born 17 January 1994) is a Slovenian handball player who plays for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Slovenia national team.^[2]

Blaž Blagotinšek
Blagotinšek in 2024
Personal information
Born	(1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 31) Celje, Slovenia
Nationality	Slovenian
Height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[1]
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Number	43
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2012–2016	RK Celje
2016–2022	Telekom Veszprém
2022–2023	Frisch Auf Göppingen
2023–	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–	Slovenia	153	(262)
Medal record World Championship 2017 France
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 26 January 2025

Career

Club

Blagotinšek was a member of Slovenian club RK Celje until 2016, when he joined Hungarian team Veszprém. In his last season with Celje, he scored 30 goals in the 2015–16 EHF Champions League.^[1]

National team

In 2012, at the age of 18, Blagotinšek was included in the Slovenia national team squad for the first time. He played in the qualifiers for the 2014 European Championship.^[3]

He represented Slovenia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Honours

Individual

• SEHA League All-Star Team Best Defensive Player: 2019–20,^[5] 2020–21^[6]