Zdenko Hibšer (8 February 1950 - 25 July 2014) was a

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player and former coach.

Career

Hibšer entered the first team of Kvarner in 1967. He quickly entered

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, ...

with his team and was part of the golden generation of

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 ...

. Hibšer played three matches for the Yugoslav national team in November of 1970 at the Carpat Cup in

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. He scored six goals. After being suspended in 1976 by the disciplinary committee for missing a match against

Partizan Bjelovar RK Bjelovar (Rukometni Klub Bjelovar) is a team handball club from Bjelovar, Croatia formed in 1955. The club currently competes in the Croatian Second League of Handball (North) and the Croatian Handball Cup. During Communist Yugoslavia, the cl ...

due to a work engagement he left Kvarner and joined RK Matulji. He played for Matulji for two seasons and later coached the side. In 1994 alongside Duško Milošević and Marko Kosanović, Hibšer coached Kvarner and gained promotion to the First B League.

Death

Zdenko Hibšer passed away on 25 July 2014 at the age of 64. He was buried at Kozala cemetery.

Honours

As Player

;Kvarner *

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- West (1): 1974-75 * Croatian Unique League (1): 1969-70 * Regional League of Primorje and Istra (2): 1967–68, 1968–69

As coach

;Kvarner * 2. HRL - West (1): 1993-94 ;Individual *Best

player of

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 ...

: 1970 and 1971

External links

*Petar Orgulić - 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci (2004), Adria public

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hibser, Zdenko Yugoslav male handball players Croatian handball coaches RK Kvarner players RK Kvarner coaches Handball players from Rijeka 1950 births 2014 deaths