Zdravko Zovko

Zdravko Zovko
Personal information
Full name Zdravko Zovko
Born (1955-05-25) 25 May 1955
Gornje Kolibe, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Senior clubs
Years Team
1972–1988 Medveščak Zagreb
National team
Years Team Apps
1974-1984  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 Fotex Veszprém
2007–2008 Croatia (women)
2007–2010 Podravka Koprivnica
2011 TSV Lohr
2011–2013 Zvezda Zvenigorod
2013–2015 Croatia (men) (assistant coach)
2014–2015 SSV Bozen Loacker
20152017 Dunaferr SE
2017–2018 PPD Zagreb (Youth)
2018– Győri ETO (assistant coach)
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Men's Handball
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Team
World Championship
1974 East Germany Team
1982 West Germany Team
Mediterranean Games
1979 Split Team
1983 Casablanca Team
Representing  Croatia
Men's Handball
European Championship
1994 Portugal Coach
World Championship
1995 Iceland Coach
Mediterranean Games
1993 Languedoc-Roussillonu Coach

Zdravko Zovko (born 28 May 1955 in Gornje Kolibe, Bosnia and Herzegovina)[1] is a former Croatian handball player who is currently the assistant coach of Győri Audi ETO KC.[2]

Career

Zovko spent his entire playing career in RK Medveščak from Zagreb. He won four Yugoslav Cup's with the club and during his last season at the club got to the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.[3]

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 Championship.[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

Coach

Zagreb[8]
Celje
Veszprem
Podravka Koprivnica
SSV Bozen Loacker
  • Serie A (1): 2014-15
Dunaferr
Individual

Orders

References

  1. ↑ "Zdravko Zovko Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Danyi Gábor váltja Ambros Martint, Zdravko Zovko lesz a segítője" (in Hungarian). hetmeteres.com. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "POVIJEST KLUBA". rk-medvescak.hr. 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". eurohandball. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Zovko, Zdravko. rk-zagreb.hr http://rk-zagreb.hr/omladinski-pogon-treneri/rk-zagreb/luka-panza. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.

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