Luka Kovačević (born 1 June 1992 in

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

) is a

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handballer 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 ...

, who plays as right back for

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club Emmen.

Career

Kovačević has been playing for Zamet since 2008 in Croatian Premier League the highest rank in Croatian handball. In 2011 he played for Croatia U-21 team in the qualification phase for

IHF Men's Junior World Championship The IHF Men's Junior World Championship is the official competition for men's national handball teams of under-21 years category. It is being organized by the International Handball Federation since 1977. It takes place every two years in odd year ...

which they failed to qualify for. In 2012 Zamet came to the finals of the

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 ...

but lost to Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb. Next season they played

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

but lost in the first round to Meso Lovosica. In 2016 Kovačević with Zamet entered Champion play-offs in the Croatian Premier League an achievement since Zamet's last play-offs were 10 years before in 2005/06 season.

Honours

;RK Zamet *

Runner-up (1): 2012

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacevic, Luka 1992 births Living people Croatian male handball players Handball players from Rijeka RK Zamet players Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland