Maroš Kolpak

Maroš Kolpak (born 23 March 1971) is a Slovak handball goalkeeper and coach.

His legal actions in Germany set a precedent for professional sports in Europe, known as the Kolpak ruling, which have had a wide-ranging effect, especially in regards to English county cricket and British professional rugby union.

[1] Kolpak played for HT Tatran Prešov, HC Dukla Praha and HK VSŽ Košice before moving to TSV Baden Östringen in the German 2nd Bundesliga in 1997.

It was during this time that he was discharged from his club because of a quota for non-European Union players set in the league.

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