Lino Červar

Lino Červar
Personal information
Born (1950-09-22) 22 September 1950
Delići, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Club information
Current club Croatia
RK Zagreb (manager)
Teams managed
Years Team
1974–1980 Triko Novigrad
1980–1991 Istraturist Umag
1991 Klagenfurt
1994–2000 Italy
2000–2001 Badel 1862 Zagreb
2002–2010 Croatia
2002–2004 Papilon Conversano
2004–2009 Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb
2009–2017 RK Metalurg Skopje
2016–2017 Macedonia
2017– Croatia
2018– RK Zagreb

Lino Červar (born 22 September 1950) is a Croatian handball coach for the Croatian national team and RK Zagreb.

He is a former member of the Croatian Parliament.

Coaching career

National teams

After serving as the coach of the Italian national handball team, Červar started his tenure coaching the Croatian men's national handball team in 2002.[1] He led the Croatian team to victory in the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship in Portugal, gold medals in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and silver medals in the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship. The Croatian team received then silver medals at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship, after playing the final game against Denmark, and at the 2009 World and 2010 European Men's Handball Championships, after the latter's final game against France. He parted ways with the team in 2010. In 2016 he was named the Macedonian national coach, where he stayed for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship, but left after the team's poor performance. In April 2017, Červar returned as a head coach of the Croatian national team, after the departure of Željko Babić in January 2017.[2]

Červar in Croatian national team

Clubs

He started his handball coaching career in 1974, in Triko Novigrad, where he coached for 24 years. Later, he became the head coach of Istraturist Umag. He left and went to Klagenfurt, Austria in 1991. In 2000 he was hired by Croatian club champions Badel 1862 Zagreb, but was sacked in 2001. From 2002 to 2004 he coached Italian club Papilon Conversano, and became the coach of Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb a few months after his departure. In 2009, he was hired by Macedonian club RK Metalurg Skopje of the VIP Super League, but he left Metalurg in April 2017 to return to the Croatian national team. In June 2018, he was named the head coach of RK Zagreb in addition to the national team.[3]

Červar with Metalurg Skopje

Personal life

He was born in Delići near Vrsar in Istria, Croatia, and married Klaudija Červar in 1975. He lived in Italy when he coached the Italian national team and Papilon Conversano.

Honours

Triko Novigrad
  • Croatian Regional League – West: 1977–78
Istraturist Umag
Zagreb
Papilon Conversano
  • Serie A: 2002–03, 2003–04
  • Italian Cup: 2003
Metalurg Skopje
Italy
Croatia
Individual
  • Franjo Bučar lifetime achievement award – 2003
  • Croatian Coach of the Year – 2004
  • Honoured for coaching career by Kineziološki fakultet in Zagreb – 2009
  • Matija Ljubek HOO lifetime achievement Award – 2010
  • Best handball Coach of the Year in Macedonia – 2011
  • Most successful coach of Italy
  • Most successful coach of Croatia
  • 2016 – EHF Coaching Achievement Award[4]

References

  1. ↑ "EHF Euro: Croatia". ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Iz Makedonije stiže vijest: Lino Červar se vraća u Hrvatsku, Metalurg pronašao novog trenera". net.hr. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lino Červar novi trener PPD Zagreba". www.index.hr. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "EHF Award". vecernji.hr. Večernji List. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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