Zdravko Zovko
Zdravko Zovko (born 28 May 1955[1]) is a retired Croatian handball player.[2]
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Player
[edit]- Medveščak Zagreb
- Yugoslav Cup (3): 1978, 1983, 1986
- Ortigia Siracusa
- Serie A (3): 1987, 1988, 1989
Coach
[edit]- Zagreb[8]
- Yugoslav First League (1): 1990–91
- Croatian First League (4): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 1999–00
- Croatian Cup (4): 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000
- European Champions Cup (2): 1991–92, 1992–93, Finalist (1): 1999–00
- European Super Cup (1): 1993
- Celje
- First Slovenian League (3): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
- Slovenian Cup (3): 1996, 1997, 1998
- Veszprem
- Hungarian First League (5): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
- Magyar Kupa (5): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
- EHF Champions League Finalist (1): 2001–02
- EHF Men's Champions Trophy Finalist (1): 2002
- Podravka Koprivnica
- Croatian First League (3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
- Croatian Cup (3): 2008, 2009, 2010
- Dunaferr
- Individual
Orders
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References
[edit]- ^ "Zdravko Zovko Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ M, CS (20 October 2020). "Női kézi: Zdravko Zovko a Siófok új vezetőedzője – hivatalos - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "POVIJEST KLUBA". RK Medveščak. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ Korać, Branimir (5 August 2008). "Hrvatske medalje u Jugoslaviji". sportnet.rtl.hr. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ Ambroš, Ivan (31 May 2007). "Zdravko Zovko new coach of Podravka Vegeta". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "Zdravko Zovko takes Zvezda Zvenizgorod". Planet Handball. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ Pinevic, Bruno (28 October 2010). "THREE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS ARE COACHING CROATIA". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ Zovko, Zdravko. "Andrija Nikolić | RK PPD Zagreb". rk-zagreb.hr.
- ^ "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.
External links
[edit]- Profile on Database Olympics
- Zdravko Zovko at Olympedia (archive)
- Női kézi NB I: Danyi Gábor és Zdravko Zovko is távozik a Siófoktól – hivatalos
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