Zlatko Horvat

Zlatko Horvat (born 25 September 1984) is a Croatian handball player for RK Metalurg Skopje and the Croatia national team.[1][2]

Zlatko Horvat
Horvat with Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1984-09-25) 25 September 1984
Zagreb, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club RK Metalurg Skopje
Number 18
Senior clubs
Years Team
2002–2020
RK Zagreb
2020–
RK Metalurg Skopje
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–
Croatia 182 (565)

Horvat has been a member of the Croatian national team since 2005.

He is also captain of the Croatian handball team.[3]

Career

Since 2003 Horvat's Zagreb has not lost a match in the domestic league and cup.[4] Horvat has reached the quarter final of the EHF Champions League in 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15 and 2015–16. In 2013 Zagreb had won the SEHA League.[5]

He represented his country at the European Championships in 2006 and 2008 as well as the 2009 World Championship, winning two silver medals with the team. He also played for Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2012 Summer Olympics where Croatia won bronze.[6]

Honours

Zagreb
Individual

References

  1. EHF profile
  2. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. "KAZNA ZA ZAGREBOVOG KAPETANA Zlatko Horvat propušta Celje: 'Bio je to namjeran, osvetnički čin'". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian).
  4. "O klubu". rk-zagreb.hr (in Croatian).
  5. "SEHA LIGA: Zagreb osvojio SEHA ligu". mojzagreb.info (in Croatian).
  6. Profile
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