Ivica Tucak

Ivica Tucak
Tucak with Croatia at the 2015 World Championship
Personal information
Born (1970-02-08) 8 February 1970
Šibenik, SFR Yugoslavia
Coaching information
Current team Croatia (2012–present)
Club career
Teams
Solaris
Brodograditelj Betina
Crvena zvezda
Palermo
Como
Genova
Milan
Šibenik
Medveščak
Šibenik
National team career
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroCoach
World Championship
2017 BudapestCoach
2013 BarcelonaCoach
2015 KazanCoach
European Championship
2018 BarcelonaCoach
Mediterranean Games
2013 MersinCoach
World Cup
2014 AlmatyCoach
World League
2015 ItalyCoach
2017 RussiaCoach
Europa Cup
2018 RijekaCoach

Ivica Tucak (born 8 February 1970) is a Croatian water polo coach and former water polo player. He is currently coaches the Croatian national team.[1]

Career

Playing career

Tucak started in 1985 for junior team of Solaris Šibenik, of the Yugoslav First League. He played with Perica Bukić. After one season in Solaris, he signed with Yugoslav Second League team Brodograditelj. In 1988 he signed with First League team Crvena zvezda. In 1990 he left Crvena zvezda and went to the Italy, where he played for Palermo, Como, Genova and Milan. In 1999 he came back to Šibenik, whom he left in 2002, when he became Medveščak Zagreb's player. He finished career in Šibenik in 2005. He wasn't a member of the Croatia national water polo team.

Coaching career

Tucak started as the head coach of Šibenik, with whom he was at the LEN Cup final in 2007. He also was the assistant coach in the Croatia national junior team, under the coaching staff of Veselin Đuho. Later, in 2009 Tucak became the head coach of Montenegrin First League team Jadran Herceg Novi, with whom he won two Adriatic Leagues. He left Jadran HN in 2012. From 2005 to 2012 he also was the assistant coach of Ratko Rudić in the Croatia national senior team. Since 16 September 2012 he coaches the Croatia national senior team. As the head coach of Croatia, he won ten medals. In July 2017 Tucak won the 2017 World Championship. On 29 July 2018 with Croatian national team, Tucak won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Championship.

Personal life

He was born in Šibenik. He is married Marijana Tucak, with whom he had a daughter Tena, who died on June 21, 2005 in Šibenik. He graduated from Water Polo at the Zagreb Faculty of Kinesiology in 2013, and his mentor was a Croatian former water polo player Dubravko Šimenc. In 2009, City of Šibenik awarded him for Best Trainer Award. He is nominated for ever more Best Trainer Award of the City of Šibenik in 2017. He is also nominated for ever more Best Trainer Award of the World by FINA, in December 2017.

References

  1. ↑ "Razočarani Tucak iskreno priznao: Treba biti čovjek i reći - Srbija je bolja!". gol.dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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