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.