Zdravko Zovko (born 28 May 1955) 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.

Career

Zovko spent his entire playing career in

RK Medveščak Rukometni klub "Medveščak" is a handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. They are one of the more famous branches of the Medveščak sports society, named after the Medveščak neighbourhood of Zagreb. They play in the sports and recreational centre ...

from

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...

and in

Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse ( ; it, Siracusa ; scn, Sarausa ), ; grc-att, wikt:Συράκουσαι, Συράκουσαι, Syrákousai, ; grc-dor, wikt:Συράκοσαι, Συράκοσαι, Syrā́kosai, ; grc-x-medieval, Συρακοῦσαι, Syrakoûs ...

, for C.C. Ortigia. He won three

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

s with the club and during his last season at the club got to the semi-finals of the

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

. In Italy he won three italian championship in a row. Zovko competed in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, representing

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. He played in six matches and contributed with five goals to win the gold medal. Apart for winning the Olympic gold Zovko won a silver and bronze medal for Yugoslavia at the

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

& 1974 World Championships. As a manager he has coached

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 ...

, KC Veszprém and

RK Podravka Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a Croatian women's handball club from Koprivnica. It is the most successful club in Croatian women's handball since formation of the league in 1992. The team currently competes in the Croatia women's first hand ...

, before joining

Zvezda Zvenigorod Zvezda Zvenigorod (russian: Звезда Звенигород, lit. ''Star Zvenigorod'') is a Russian women's handball club from Zvenigorod, near Moscow. They won the Champions League and the Champions Trophy in 2008, and the EHF Cup in 2006/07. ...

in May 2011. In April 2013 Zovko became the assistant coach of

Slavko Goluža Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a retired Croatian handball player and current coach of RK Zagreb. Club career Goluža was born in the village of Pješivac-Kula near Stolac. He began his career with RK Mehanika Metković. At the age ...

in the Croatian national handball team.

Honours

Player

;Medveščak Zagreb *

(3): 1978, 1983, 1986 ;Ortigia Siracusa *

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(3): 1987, 1988, 1989

Coach

;Zagreb *

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 *

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 ...

(4): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 1999–00 *

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 ...

(4): 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000 * European Champions Cup (2): 1991–92, 1992–93, Finalist (1): 1999–00 *

European Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originall ...

(1):

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;Celje * First Slovenian League (3): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 *

Slovenian Cup Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia * Sl ...

(3): 1996, 1997, 1998 ;Veszprem * Hungarian First League (5): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

(5): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 *

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): 2001–02 *

EHF Men's Champions Trophy The EHF Champions Trophy (named IHF Supercup between 1979 and 1983, named EHF Supercup between 1996 and 2007) was an official annual club competition of the European Handball Federation, that was contested until 2008. History Regarded as one of t ...

Finalist (1):

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;Podravka Koprivnica *

(3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *Croatian Cup (3): 2008, 2009, 2010 ;Dunaferr *

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 ...

(1): 2015–16 ;Individual *Best

coach in

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by '' SN'' & CHF: 1994, 1995 and 2002

Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 1995

References

External links

Profile on Database Olympics
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Női kézi NB I: Danyi Gábor és Zdravko Zovko is távozik a Siófoktól – hivatalos
1955 births Living people Croatian male handball players RK Medveščak Zagreb players RK Zagreb coaches Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Yugoslavia Yugoslav male handball players Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Croatian handball coaches Olympic medalists in handball Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Russia People from Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina Sportspeople from Doboj Region Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Mediterranean Games medalists in handball {{Croatia-handball-bio-stub