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 ha ...

, 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 (women's handball), Croatian First League and the Croatian First League (women's h ...

, 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 hometown club RK Dubovac. After two seasons in Dubovac he was called up by Vlado Stenzel to come play for RK Kvarner in

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

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

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. In 1973

Ivan Munitić Ivan Munitić (born 7 April 1942) is a former Croatian Team handball, handball player and Team handball, handball coach. Playing career Munitić started playing handball in RK Zamet, RK Partizan Zamet. In 1963 he transferred to newly established ...

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 RK Kvarner 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 Josip Šojat (born 6 March 1948) is a former Croatian handball player. He was the coach of the women's national team of Croatia. His biggest achievement is winning the Women's EHF Champions League in 1996 after losing in the final in the year b ...

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. In 1991 he briefly coached the women's side

. On 18 November 1993 Čavlović was named head coach of

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. Gaining good results in the first season Karlovac played the EHF City Cup in 1994 reaching the quarter final where they lost to

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(34:29 aggregate). In 1995 Čalović took the club to the Croatian Cup Final where they lost to champions

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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 1998–99 EHF Champions League 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

RK Zagreb Rukometni klub Zagreb (, ) is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier League and the EHF Champions League. RK Zagreb has won 38 national championships and the national cup 32 times. The c ...

. 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

. 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 *

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

(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 * Croatian 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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