Ana Debelić

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| name = Ana Debelić

| image =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|1|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rijeka, Croatia

| nationality = Croatian

| height = 1.82 m

| position = Pivot

| currentclub = RK Podravka Koprivnica

| clubnumber = 31

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2012

| clubs1 = ŽRK Zamet

| years2 = 2012–2014

| clubs2 = RK Lokomotiva Zagreb

| years3 = 2014–2015

| clubs3 = ŽRK Zelina

| years4 = 2015–2016

| clubs4 = RK Lokomotiva Zagreb

| years5 = 2016–2020

| clubs5 = RK Podravka Koprivnica

| years6 = 2020–2021

| clubs6 = HC Astrakhanochka

| years7 = 2021–01/2025

| clubs7 = Vipers Kristiansand

| years8 = 02/2025–

| clubs8 = RK Podravka Koprivnica

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Croatia

| nationalcaps1 = 65

| nationalgoals1 = 95

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's Handball}}

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Ana Debelić (born 9 January 1994) is a Croatian professional handball player for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team.[https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/FScGuYefdk-uUyS4PwJ1Qg/ana-debelic/ EHF profile]

Career

She started playing handball at the age of six. After enrolling in high school in Rijeka, she played for Opatija and ŽRK Zamet. She debuted at senior level in 2012 for ŽRK Zamet. She joined league rivals RK Lokomotiva Zagreb for her second senior season.{{cite web |url=http://www.rukometstat.com/rukometstat/html/igrac_3223.html |publisher=rukometstat.com|title=Ana Debelić|accessdate=23 December 2020}} In 2014 she won the Croatian championship and the Croatian cup with the club. The summer after she joined league rivals ŽRK Zelina for year, before she returned to RK Lokomotiva Zagreb. A year later she joined RK Podravka Koprivnica. Here she won the Croation Championship again in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

In 2020 she joined Russian side HC Astrakhanochka. A year later she joined Norwegian side Vipers Kristiansand.{{cite web |url=https://www.topphandball.no/artikkel/kroatisk-linjespiller-til-vipers/ |publisher=topphandball.no|title=Kroatiske Ana Debelic til Vipers|accessdate=18 February 2021|language=no|trans-title=Croatian Ana Debelic to Vipers}} Here she won the 2022, 2023 and 2024 Norwegian Championship and the EHF Champions League in 2022 and 2023 where Debelić had one of important roles both in defence and attack.

She left Vipers following the bankruptcy of the club in January 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/norsk-storklub-gaar-konkurs-igen|title=Norsk storklub går konkurs - igen|publisher=Danmarks Radio |date= 13 January 2025|accessdate=17 January 2025|language=DA|trans-title=Norwegian top club in bankrupt - again}}

Debelić played for Croatia at four European Championships in 2016 in Sweden, 2018 in France, 2020 in Denmark and 2022 in Slovenia and at World Championship in 2021 in Spain. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 championship in Denmark{{cite web|url=https://hrs.hr/2020/12/02/ehf-euro-2020-hrvatska-reprezentacija-doputovala-u-dansku/|title=EHF EURO 2020: Hrvatska reprezentacija doputovala u Dansku|date=2 December 2020 |publisher=hrs.hr|accessdate=2 December 2020|language=croatian}} and was chosen in the All-star team for the tournament.

She was nominated 3 years in a row for the best world line player according to Handball Planet.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Achievements

EHF Champions League:
Winner: 2021/22, 2022/23
Norwegian League:
Winner: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
Norwegian Cup:
Winner: 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24
Croatian league:
Winner: 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
Croatian Handball Cup:
Winner: 2014, 2017, 2019

Individual awards

All-Star Line Player of the European Championship: 2020{{cite web|url=https://women2020.ehf-euro.com/news/news/ehf-euro-2020-all-star-team-unveiled/|title=EHF EURO 2020 All-star Team unveiled|publisher=European Handball Federation|work=fra2018.ehf-euro.com|date=20 December 2020|access-date=20 December 2020|archive-date=20 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220113933/https://women2020.ehf-euro.com/news/news/ehf-euro-2020-all-star-team-unveiled/|url-status=dead}}
Croatian Player of the Year: 2021,{{cite web|url=https://hrs.hr/2022/01/08/izbor-hrs-a-i-sportskih-novosti/|title=Izbor HRS-a i Sportskih novosti: Debelić, Cindrić, Šoštarić i Gubica – Milošević najbolji u 2021. godini|publisher=Croatian Handball Federation|work=hrs.hr|language=Croatian|date=8 January 2022|access-date=8 January 2022}} 2022{{cite web|url=https://hrs.hr/2023/01/08/izbor-najboljih-sn-hrs-a-a-debelic-l-cindric-i-obrvan-i-sudacki-par-gubica-milosevic-najbolji-u-2022-godini/|title=IZBOR NAJBOLJIH SN & HRS-a: A. Debelić, L. Cindrić, I. Obrvan i sudački par Gubica – Milošević najbolji u 2022. godini|publisher=Croatian Handball Federation|work=hrs.hr|language=Croatian|date=8 January 2023|access-date=8 January 2023}}