Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) 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 and current coach of

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 a ...

Club career

Goluža was born in the village of Pješivac-Kula near

Stolac Stolac is an ancient city located in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the region of Herzegovina. Stolac is one of the oldest cities in Bosnia and Herzego ...

. He began his career with RK Mehanika Metković. At the age of 18, he moved to RK Zagreb-Chromos, with which he won two consecutive European Cups in

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and

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. He won the

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with RK Metković Jambo in 2000 and the year later the club reached the final again. Goluža also played in Germany for

TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke is a handball club from Lübbecke, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. Accomplishments *2. Handball-Bundesliga: 5 ** : 1994, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2017 * DHB-Pokal: ** : 1981 * EHF Cup Winner's Cup: ** : 1981 * ...

, in France for

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and in Hungary for Fotex Veszprém.

International career

He was a member of the Croatian national team that won

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gold medals twice: at the

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and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. For over a decade he participated in all medals that Croatia had won at the

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(gold in

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, silver in

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and

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), and at the European Championship (bronze in

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Coaching career

Goluža worked as an assistant coach with the Croatian national team between 2006 and 2010 under the coaching staff of the head coach

Lino Červar Lino Červar (born 22 September 1950) is a Croatian retired handball coach. In 2003 he guided Croatia men's national handball team to gold in the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship, 2003 World Championship as well as to gold at the Handball a ...

. He also worked as head coach for

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once and for RK CO Zagreb in two terms. In September 2010, Goluža succeeded Červar as the head coach of the Croatian national team, guiding Croatia to the bronze medals at the 2012 European Championship,

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and at the 2013 World Championship. In February 2015, following Croatia's surprisingly unsuccessful

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in Qatar, he left the bench and was replaced by his assistant Željko Babić. In April 2017, Goluža became the head coach for

HT Tatran Prešov HT Tatran Prešov is a handball club from Prešov, Slovakia, that plays in the Slovenská hadzanárska extraliga, Niké Handball Extraliga, SEHA League, EHF European League. History The official establishment of the club begins in 1952 under ...

Personal life

Goluža is a supporter of the

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Croatian Democratic Union The Croatian Democratic Union ( hr, Hrvatska demokratska zajednica, lit=Croatian Democratic Community, HDZ) is the major conservative, centre-right political party in Croatia. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Croa ...

(HDZ). He was married Iva Goluža, with whom he has a son Ivan. The couple got divorced after 11 years of marriage, in 2013.

Honours

Player

;RK Zagreb *

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva ...

(9): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2004–05, 2005–06 * Croatian Cup (9): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006 *

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

(1): 1990–91 *

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 ...

(2): 1991–92, 1992–93 *European Supercup (1): 1993 ;RK Metković Jambo * Croatian Cup (2): 2001, 2002 *

(1): 2000 ;Fotex Veszprém *

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(1): 2003–04 *

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(1): 2004

Head coach

;RK Zagreb *

(2): 2012–13, 2016–17 * Croatian Cup (2): 2013, 2017 ;Croatia *

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third place:

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third place:

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* European Championship third place:

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runner-up:

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 ...

: 1996, 2004, 2009 *Best Croatian handballer by ''

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'' & HRS: 2001 * Trophy MOO for sports and promoting optimism: 2007 *Best Croatian handball coach by ''

'' & CHF: 2012, 2013, 2014

Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 1995 * Ribbon of the Order of Duke Trpimir

Order of Duke Trpimir with Neck Badge and Morning Star – 1996

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goluza, Slavko 1971 births Living people People from Stolac Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian male handball players Olympic handball players of Croatia Olympic gold medalists for Croatia Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Croatian handball coaches Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia RK Zagreb players RK Zagreb coaches Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball