Zdravko Zovko

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Born (1955-05-25) 25 May 1955 (age 70)
Gornje Kolibe, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Current club Siófok KC (manager)
Zdravko Zovko
Personal information
Born (1955-05-25) 25 May 1955 (age 70)
Gornje Kolibe, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club information
Current club Siófok KC (manager)
Senior clubs
Years Team
1972–1986
Medveščak Zagreb
1986–1989
C.C. Ortigia Siracusa
National team
Years Team Apps
1974–1984
 Yugoslavia 119
Teams managed
1990–1994
Zagreb Loto
1993–1995
Croatia (men)
1995–1998
Laško Pivovara Celje
1999–2000
Croatia (men)
1999–2000
Badel 1862 Zagreb
2000–2007
MKB Veszprém
2007–2010
Croatia (women)
2007–2010
Podravka Koprivnica
2011
TSV Lohr
2011–2013
Zvezda Zvenigorod
2013–2015
Croatia (men) (assistant coach)
2015–2017
Dunaferr SE
2017–2018
RK Zagreb (youth)
2018–2020
Győri ETO (assistant coach)
2020–2021
Siófok KC
2021
Siófok KC (assistant coach)
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1984 Los AngelesTeam
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place1974 East GermanyTeam
Silver medal – second place1982 West GermanyTeam
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1979 SplitTeam
Gold medal – first place1983 CasablancaTeam
Representing  Croatia
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place1994 PortugalCoach
World Championship
Silver medal – second place1995 IcelandCoach
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1993 Languedoc-RoussillonuCoach

Zdravko Zovko (born 28 May 1955[1]) is a retired Croatian handball player.[2]

Zovko spent his entire playing career in RK Medveščak from Zagreb and in Syracuse, Sicily, for C.C. Ortigia. He won three Yugoslav Cups with the club and during his last season at the club got to the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.[3] In Italy he won three italian championship in a row.

Zovko competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, representing Yugoslavia. He played in six matches and contributed with five goals to win the gold medal. Apart for winning the Olympic gold Zovko won a silver and bronze medal for Yugoslavia at the 1982 & 1974 World Championships.[4]

As a manager he has coached RK Zagreb, KC Veszprém and RK Podravka,[5] before joining Zvezda Zvenigorod in May 2011.[6]

In April 2013, Zovko became the assistant coach of Slavko Goluža in the Croatian national handball team.[7]

Honours

Player

Medveščak Zagreb
Ortigia Siracusa

Coach

Zagreb[8]
Celje
Veszprem
Podravka Koprivnica
Dunaferr
Individual

Orders

References

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