Blaženko Lacković (born 25 December 1980) is a retired Croatian
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
player.
He is
World champion
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from 2003,
["Croatia"]
– ''European Handball Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) and
Olympic champion
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A. Including military patrol e ...
from 2004 with the
Croatia national team.
["2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) He received silver medals at the
2005
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and
2009 World championships, silver medals at the
2008
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and
2010 European championships and bronze medals at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, the
2012 European Championship and the
2013 World Championship.
Clubs
Lacković has played for the Croatian clubs ''RK Varteks di Caprio'', Metković and
RK Zagreb
Rukometni klub Zagreb ( en, Zagreb Handball Club, ) is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the
Croatian Premier League, SEHA League, and the EHF Champions League.
RK Zagreb won 33 national championships and ...
. He was a member of German club
SG Flensburg-Handewitt
SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since formin ...
, which reached the
EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...
final in 2007. He eventually won the title with
HSV Hamburg
Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, Handball Hamburg competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. The full name in German is ''Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V.'' but the club has traditionally b ...
during the
2012–13 season. After six years in Hamburg Lacković signed for Macedonian side
RK Vardar Skopje
RK Vardar 1961 ( mk, РК Вардар 1961) is a professional handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Vardar is the most successful handball team in the country, having won fifteen national League and Cup titles. Also, Vardar is the ...
in the summer of 2014.On February 3, 2016 Lackovic signed for German club
THW Kiel
THW Kiel is a handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 22 titles.
2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, win ...
. In Kiel he plays with his teammates in national team
Domagoj Duvnjak
Domagoj Duvnjak (born 1 June 1988) is a Croatian professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Croatia national team. Duvnjak is regarded as one of the best handball players of all time alongside fellow Croatian Ivano Balić.
He became a mem ...
and
Ilija Brozovic.
Honours
;Zagreb
*
Croatian First League
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(3): 2001-02, 2002–03, 2003–04
*
Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to:
*Croatian Football Cup
*Croatian Football Super Cup
* Croatian Women's Football Cup
*Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup
*Croatian Handball Cup
*Croatian Water Polo Cup
*Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...
(3): 2002, 2003, 2004
;Flensburg
*
DHB-Pokal
The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga
The Handball-Bund ...
(1): 2005
*
EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...
Finalist (1):
2006-07
;HSV
*
Bundesliga
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(1):
2010-11
*
DHB-Pokal
The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga
The Handball-Bund ...
(1): 2010
*Super Cup (2): 2009, 2010
*
EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...
(1):
2012-13
;Vardar
*
Macedonian Super League (2): 2014-15, 2015–16
*
Macedonian Cup
The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was establ ...
(2): 2015, 2016
*
SEHA League
South East Handball Association League or simply SEHA League is a regional men's club handball league in Southeast and East Europe, divided in two zones. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as the Gazprom League (or Gazprom South ...
(1):
2015-16
;Kiel
*
DHB-Pokal
The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga
The Handball-Bund ...
(1): 2017
;Individual
*
Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport ( hr, Državna nagrada za šport "Franjo Bučar") is the highest recognition that Republic of Croatia gives for extraordinary achievements and contributions of remarkable meaning for the development of sport in Cr ...
- 2004
*3rd top assist at
2006 European Championship
*Best left back at
2009 World Championship
Orders
*
Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar
References
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1980 births
Living people
People from Novi Marof
Croatian male handball players
Olympic handball players for Croatia
Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in handball
Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia in handball
RK Zagreb players
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
RK Vardar players
Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany