Dragan Skrbic retires

Dragan Skrbic retires

Handball player Dragan Skrbic has announced his retirement from the game come the end of the season. At 38 and after 22 years at the height of the game, Skrbic wants to mark the end of his sporting career with Barça.

Following many years at the top, Dragan Skrbic decided to end his career as a player fro FC Barcelona. The man from Serbia is full of praise for the club which has seen him pick up 12 major trophies including his dream of winning the European cup.

“I’ve come to an end of an era in my life that I have to leave behind and think about doing other things. The time has come for me to retire. I think it’s the right time to do it because I am in the best club in the world and I have no desire to go to another club after having been here.”

World tour playing handball

Skrbic started in 1988 playing for Red Star Belgrade and since then has been an authentic globetrotter. He arrived in SPain in 1993-94 and played for Athletico Madrid, Alzira and Ademar of Leon. Following this stay, he moved to the Bundesleague and then to Slovenia, where he played two seasons, before returning to Germany, where he played for a further two years in Nordhorn.

In the season of 2002-03 he arrived at Barça with the reputation of being one of the best players in the world. In 2000 he was voted best player in the world, where not even injuries could have stopped him in his impeccable career. He came to Barça looking to win titles and he achieved just that: Champions league and Asobal Liga are the highlights of the 12 titles in total he won in his five seasons with the balugrana.