Josip Cavar

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Josip Cavar
Personal information
Full name Josip Cavar
Born (1993-10-03) 3 October 1993 (age 31)
Skövde, Sweden
Nationality Swedish/Bosnian
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club KIF Kolding
Number 1
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
2009-2014
 Redbergslids IK
2013-2014
 → Alstermo IF
2014-2016
 Ystads IF
2016-2019
 Lugi HF
2019-2021
 SønderjyskE Håndbold
2021-2024
 TTH Holstebro
2024-2025
 KIF Kolding
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019-
 Sweden 2 (0)

Josip Cavar (born 3 October 1993) is a Swedish handball player for KIF Kolding and the Swedish national team. [1] [2]

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Career

Cavar's mother club is Vetlanda HF. He moved to Gothenburg to go to handball high school there, and then started playing for Redbergslids IK, already as a 16-year-old. [3] [4]

He came to KIF Kolding after several seasons at TTH Holstebro. [5] In the 2024-25 season with KIF Kolding he suffered relegation, after finishing last in the regular season. This was the first relegation for the team in 41 years. [6] He has announced that he will leave the club after the season. [5]

Because he also has origins from Bosnia and Herzegovina, he has played for their U-national teams, including in the U21 WC 2013. [7] He made international debut on the Swedish national team in July 2019, against Japan. [8]

Private life

He is cohabiting with Swedish national team player Melissa Petrén. [9]

References

  1. ↑ EHF Profile
  2. ↑ "Spelarstatistik - Handbollslangslaget" (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation . Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Josip Cavar: "Det var en käftsmäll"". Handbollsligan (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Gr, Jimmy; in (2 March 2016). "Josip Cavar till LUGI". Handbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  5. 1 2 Morten Ravn. "KIF Kolding tager afsked med Josip Cavar efter sæsonen" (in Danish). KIF Kolding . Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Kolding rykker ned for første gang i 41 år". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 12 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Josip Cavar klar för Alstermo". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 15 November 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sverige sprang ifrån Japan i Tokyo" (in Swedish). Swedish Handball Federation. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Kärleksflytten från Lugi: "Det blir lättare för oss"". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 June 2022.


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