Zdravko Zovko

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Zdravko Zovko
Player information
birthday May 25, 1955
place of birth Kolibe Gornje , SFR Yugoslavia
citizenship CroatianCroatian Croatian
height 1.83 m
Clubs as active
from ... to society
0000-0000 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia RK Medveščak Zagreb
National team
  Games (goals)
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 119 (?)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to society
1990-1993 CroatiaCroatia Badel 1862 Zagreb
1993-1995 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
1995-1998 SloveniaSlovenia Celje Pivovarna Lasko
1999-2000 CroatiaCroatia Badel 1862 Zagreb
2000-2007 HungaryHungary KC Veszprém
2007-2008 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
2007-2010 CroatiaCroatia ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica
1 / 2011–4 / 2011 GermanyGermany TSV Lohr
5/2011–4/2013 RussiaRussia Zvezda Zvenigorod
2013– CroatiaCroatia Croatia (assistant coach)

As of May 3, 2014

Zdravko Zovko (born May 25, 1955 in Kolibe Gornje ) is a Croatian handball coach and former handball player .

Career

as a player

The 1.83 m tall Zdravko Zovko played for RK Medveščak Zagreb . With the Yugoslav national team he won the bronze medal at the 1974 World Cup and the silver medal at the 1982 World Cup . At the Olympic Games in 1984 he was Olympic champion. In Los Angeles, he scored four goals in six games. He played a total of 119 international matches .

as a trainer

As a coach, he was in charge of RK Zagreb from 1990 , with whom he was Croatian champion and cup winner several times. His greatest successes were the two victories in the European Cup in 1992 and 1993 . At the European Championship in 1994 and at the World Championship in 1995 , he led the Croatian men's handball team to bronze and silver. With the Slovenian club Celje Pivovarna Lasko he won the championship and cup in 1996, 1997 and 1998. For the 1999/2000 season he returned to Zagreb, won the domestic double and reached the final in the EHF Champions League 1999/2000 . From 2000 he coached the Hungarian club KC Veszprém , with which he won six championships and five cup wins. After the missed title in 2007, he had to make way for Lajos Mocsai . Then Zovko took over the Croatian women's team ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica , which he looked after until 2010. After a three-month stay at TSV Lohr mediated by Vlado Stenzel in spring 2011, he took over the Russian women's team Zvezda Zvenigorod in May . Since his sacking in April 2013, Zdravko Zovko assistant coach of Slavko Goluža in the Croatian national team.

Private

Zdravko Zovko's brother Željko is also a handball coach and former player.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ archiv.thw-handball.de: RK Zagreb opponents' squad 1999/2000 , accessed on May 26, 2019
  2. ↑ www.kezitortenelem.hu NB1-es edzők accessed on May 3, 2014
  3. ↑ www.eurohandball.com Zdravko Zovko: new coach of Podravka Vegeta (English) from May 31, 2007, accessed on May 3, 2014
  4. ↑ www.eurohandball.com Podravka says goodbye to Zovko (English) on May 6, 2010, accessed on May 3, 2014
  5. ↑ www.main-netz.de With Ball - from the first to the last minute on January 15, 2011, accessed on May 3, 2014
  6. ↑ www.handball-planet.com Zdravko Zovko takes Zvezda Zvenizgorod (English) on May 21, 2011, accessed on May 3, 2014
  7. ↑ www.eurohandball.com Three Olympic champions are coaching Croatia (English) from October 28, 2013, accessed on May 3, 2014
  8. ↑ www.mittelhessen.de Bad luck strikes on the birthday of April 15, 2011, accessed on May 3, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Zovko, Zdravko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Зовко, Здравко (Serbian-Cyrillic spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav-Croatian handball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Kolibe Gornje , SFR Yugoslavia