Nikola Karabatic: Final tribute to a legend

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Following Les Rouge et Bleu's victory over Limoges in Liqui Moly StarLigue Matchday 26 action on Sunday 4 May (37-26), Paris Saint-Germain Handball paid a special tribute to Nikola Karabatic.

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Between 2015 and 2024, Nikola Karabatic shaped his own history as well as that of the capital club. Nine seasons, 348 matches, 804 goals and titles, many titles. Twenty-five to be precise. So, almost a year after his club career ended with a 16th French championship title, his ninth with Les Rouge et Bleu, it was time to pay a final tribute to an eternal legend.

On Sunday, following another victory for Raul Gonzalez's men against Limoges (37-26), Nikola Karabatic joined four other Paris Saint-Germain Handball legends with their capital club jerseys on display high up at Coubertin: Patrice Annonay (Parisian between 2005 and 2016 and current assistant coach of the capital club), Luc Abalo (2012-2020), Mikkel Hansen (2012-2022), and Christophe Dubois, a long-standing member of the technical staff who left us too soon last summer.

Four names and four numbers that have marked the history of Paris Saint-Germain and will remain forever etched in our collective memory. The iconic number 44 made its appearance at the top of the Coubertin arena at the end of a moving tribute, before being celebrated by the Coubertin crowd, who, as always, turned out in force for the occasion.

(Credits: JM Hervio/Team Pics/PSG)