Damir Čavlović (born 28 January 1952) is a former

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player. He has coached clubs such as

RK Zamet RK Zamet (Rukometni Klub Zamet) is a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian Premier Handball League and the Croatian Handball Cup. Although the club has not won any mayor trophies, it has ...

, RK Split Brodokumer,

ŽRK Zamet ŽRK Zamet (Ženski rukometni Klub Zamet) is a women's handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian First League and the Croatian Handball Cup. History The club was founded in September 1957 as ...

, ŽRK Tvin Trgocentar and RK Kvarner Kostrena. In 1996 he was also coach of the

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. Čavlović last coached

in senior competition during the 2009-10 season. Since then he has coached various youth selection in Zamet and Trsat.

Career

Playing career

Čavlović started his playing career in his

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club RK Dubovac. After two seasons in Dubovac he was called up by

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to come play for

RK Kvarner RK Kvarner Rijeka (Rukometni Klub Kvarner Rijeka) was a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1963. It was later incorporated into Kvarner Kostrena. History RK Kvarner The club was founded 27 February 1963, as RK Kvarner. The first ...

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. Čavlović played for the greatest generation of the club, while they were playing in the

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. In 1973 Ivan Munitić became head coach and the same season

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was relegated. The next season they quickly earned promotion back to the first tier but were relegated again after one season. In 1976 he moved to

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side HC Rovetto where he played for one season winning the Italian Cup. After his short stint in

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Čavlović returned to

to play

(then Partizan Rijeka) with whom he entered the

. The club one knocked out after one season. In 1980 Čavlović moved to

for one season and returned to

where he retired in 1985.

Coaching career

Čavlović started his coaching career in

coaching various youth selections. After the sacking of Josip Šojat in 1990 he became head coach of the senior team. He only lasted for one season leading them to twelfth place in the last season of the

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before being replaced by

Drago Žiljak Drago Žiljak (born 14 January 1960 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player and coach. He is currently the head coach of women's side ŽRK Zamet. Playing career Žiljak started playing handball in 1974 when he was picked by coach Vjeko ...

. In 1991 he briefly coached the women's side

. On 18 November 1993 Čavlović was named head coach of Karlovačka Pivovara. Gaining good results in the first season Karlovac played the EHF City Cup in 1994 reaching the quarter final where they lost to TUSEM Essen (34:29 aggregate). In 1995 Čalović took the club to the Croatian Cup Final where they lost to champions Badel 1862 Zagreb 23:29. During his stay in

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the club had the least conceded goals in the Croatian First A League. In 1995 Čavlović took over Split Brodokumer where he coached then young talents

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and

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Čavlović moved to

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and coached the women's side from the Second league (then First B League) and after one season took them to the First A league. In 1998 Čavlović moved to

and coached Alpi Prato. With the club Čavlović won

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and reached the Coppa Italia Final. He also played the

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group stage where Prato finished last. After winning the league in

in 1999 Čavlović returned to

(then called Zamet Crotek). In his first season Čavlović took Zamet to their first Croatian Cup Final where they lost to champions

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. The next season Čavlović also took them to the Croatian Cup Final where they lost to Metković Jambo. During his three year stay Čavlović took Zamet to the EHF City Cup and

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. After getting sacked from Zamet he took over the newly established RK Kvarner Kostrena and help them get promoted from the 3.HRL - West before leaving them to Ivan Munitić. Čavlović took over

during the summer of 2005. In his first season the club finished fifth. During his second season Čavlović quit due to poor results in February 2007.

Honours

As a player

;Kvarner *

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(1): 1974-75 ;Rovetto *

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(1): 1977 ;Zamet *

(1): 1977-78

As a coach

;Zamet U-21 * Croatian Handball Championship U-19 (1): 1990 ;Karlovac * Croatian Cup Final (1): 1995 ;Split * Croatian First A League: Runner-up (1): 1996-97 ;Tvin Trgocentar * Croatin Women's First B League - North: 1997-98 ;Prato *

: 1998-99 * Coppa Italia Final (1): 1999 ;Zamet * Croatian Cup Final (2): 2000, 2001 ;Kvarner Kostrena * 3.HRL - West (1): 2002–03

References

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