Zdravko Zovko

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Zdravko Zovko
Personal information
Full name Zdravko Zovko
Born (1955-05-25) 25 May 1955 (age 69)
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
YearsTeam
1972–1986
 Medveščak Zagreb
1986–1989
 C.C. Ortigia Siracusa
National team
YearsTeamApps
1974–1984
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  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
2007–2008
 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 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Team
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1974 East Germany Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1982 West Germany Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1979 Split Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983 Casablanca Team
Representing Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
European Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Portugal Coach
World Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Iceland Coach
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1993 Languedoc-Roussillonu Coach

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

Contents

Career

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

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References

  1. ↑ "Zdravko Zovko Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  2. ↑ M, CS (20 October 2020). "Női kézi: Zdravko Zovko a Siófok új vezetőedzője – hivatalos - NSO". NSO.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "POVIJEST KLUBA". RK Medveščak. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Korać, Branimir (5 August 2008). "Hrvatske medalje u Jugoslaviji". sportnet.rtl.hr. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Ambroš, Ivan (31 May 2007). "Zdravko Zovko new coach of Podravka Vegeta". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Zdravko Zovko takes Zvezda Zvenizgorod". Planet Handball. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  7. ↑ Pinevic, Bruno (28 October 2010). "THREE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS ARE COACHING CROATIA". European Handball Federation . Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Zovko, Zdravko. "Andrija Nikolić | RK PPD Zagreb". rk-zagreb.hr.
  9. ↑ "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.


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