Slavko Goluža

Slavko Goluža
Personal information
Full name	Slavko Goluža
Born	17 September 1971; Stolac, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Center back/left back
Club information
Current club	HT Tatran Prešov (manager)
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1988–1989	Mehanika Metković
1989–1998	RK Zagreb
1998–1999	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
1999–2002	Metković Jambo
2002–2003	Paris Saint-Germain
2003–2004	Fotex Veszprém
2004–2006	RK Zagreb
National team
Teams managed
2006–2010	Croatia (assistant)
2008–2010	RK Siscia
2010–2015	Croatia
2012–2013	Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb
2017	RK Zagreb (interim)
2017–	HT Tatran Prešov
Representing Croatia
Men's handball
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Mediterranean Games

Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a retired Croatian handball player. He is ex-coach and player of the Croatia national handball team and currently head coach of Slovakian Tatran Presov.^[1]

Club career

Goluža was born in Stolac, SR BiH, Yugoslavia. He began his career in Mehanika Metković. At the age of 18 he moved to Zagreb-Chromos. Goluža won two European Champions Cup's as a player with RK Zagreb in 1992 and 1993.^[2]

He won the EHF Cup with Metković Jambo in 2000 and the year later the club reached the final again.^[3]

He also played in Germany for TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke, France for PSG and Hungary for Fotex Veszprém.

International career

He was a member of the Croatian national team that won Olympic gold medals two times: at the 1996 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics. For over a decade he participated in all medals that Croatian team has won on World Championship (gold in 2003, silver in 1995 and 2005) and European Championship (bronze in 1994).

Coaching career

He was assistant coach of Lino Červar in Croatian national team from 2005 and 2010. Lino Červar went, and Goluža was appointed a head coach of national team. He also coached Croatian club Siscia (Sisak). In June 2017, he became the Slovakian Tatran Presov head coach. In two times, he coached RK Zagreb, but in 2017 he was interim manager for the SEHA League final four tournament.

Personal life

He is a supporter of HDZ. He was married for Iva Goluža, with whom he has a son.

Honours

Zagreb

Croatian First League (9): 1991-92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2005–06
Croatian Cup (9): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006
Yugoslav First League (1): 1990-91
EHF Champions League (2): 1991-92, 1992–93
European supercup (1): 1993

Metković

Croatian Cup (2): 2001, 2002
EHF Cup (1): 2000

Veszprém

Hungarian Premier League (1): 2003-04
Magyar Kupa (1): 2004

Coach
Zagreb

Croatian Premier League (2): 2012-13, 2016-17
Croatian Cup (2): 2013, 2017

Individual

Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 1996, 2004 and 2009
Best Croatian handball player by Sportske novosti & CHF: 2001
Trophy MOO for sports and promoting optimism: 2007
Best Croatian handball coach by Sportske novosti & CHF: 2012, 2013 and 2014

Orders

References

↑ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
↑ "O klubu" (in Croatian). http://rk-zagreb.hr/.
↑ "Made in Metković: Grad koji je dao Ćavara, Čupića, Golužu..." (in Croatian). 24 sata.
↑ "Slavko Goluža biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).

Sporting positions
Preceded by Patrik Ćavar 5	Captain of Croatia 1999-2006	Succeeded by Petar Metličić 6

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[1] "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[2] "O klubu" (in Croatian). http://rk-zagreb.hr/.

[3] "Made in Metković: Grad koji je dao Ćavara, Čupića, Golužu..." (in Croatian). 24 sata.

[4] "Slavko Goluža biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).