Draft:Ema Balaško

Ema Balaško
Ema Balaško
Personal information
Full name	Ema Balaško
Born	December 12, 2004 (age 20); Koprivnica, Croatia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
Number	7
Youth career
Years	Team
–2022	RK Podravka Koprivnica
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2022–2024	ŽRK Zrinski Čakovec
2024–2025	ŽRK Bjelovar
2025–	RK Lokomotiva Zagreb
National team
Years	Team
2025–	Croatia

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Ema Balaško (born 12 December 2004) is a Croatian professional handball player who plays as a pivot for RK Lokomotiva Zagreb and the Croatia women's national handball team.

Club career

Balaško began playing handball at the age of six with her hometown club RK Podravka Koprivnica, progressing through all youth categories. She later spent three seasons with ŽRK Zrinski Čakovec, where she established herself as a promising young pivot and a regular member of Croatia’s youth national teams.^[1]

In June 2024, Balaško signed with ŽRK Bjelovar as one of the club’s key reinforcements for the new season.^[1] During the 2024–25 season, she appeared for Bjelovar in the EHF European Cup.^[2] After one season with Bjelovar, she joined RK Lokomotiva Zagreb in 2025.

International career

Balaško was a regular member of Croatia’s youth national teams, including the U-17/U-18 and U-19 categories.^[1] In May 2024, at only 19 years old, she was invited to her first senior national team training camp in Prelog. In September 2025, head coach Ivica Obrvan selected her for the international “Cheb Shield” tournament in Cheb, Czech Republic.^[3]

She made her senior debut for Croatia at the Cheb tournament in a 36–29 win against Turkey.^[4] Following her debut, Obrvan announced that Balaško would be included in the national squad for the upcoming 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "ŽRK Bjelovar signs major reinforcements: Ema Balaško and Kala Kosovac join the team". Klikni.hr. 6 June 2024.
^ "Ema Balaško – Profile". European Handball Federation.
^ "First gathering of Croatian women's national team in the new season". HRT. 12 September 2025.
^ "Croatia finishes third at the Cheb tournament". HRT. 21 September 2025.
^ "Far from the world's top, but the World Championship will be a big test for Croatia's women's handball team". Sportske novosti. 22 September 2025.

External links

[klikni-1] "ŽRK Bjelovar signs major reinforcements: Ema Balaško and Kala Kosovac join the team". Klikni.hr. 6 June 2024.

[2] "Ema Balaško – Profile". European Handball Federation.

[3] "First gathering of Croatian women's national team in the new season". HRT. 12 September 2025.

[4] "Croatia finishes third at the Cheb tournament". HRT. 21 September 2025.

[5] "Far from the world's top, but the World Championship will be a big test for Croatia's women's handball team". Sportske novosti. 22 September 2025.

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