Luka Kovačević (born 1 June 1992) is a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

handballer Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thro ...

, 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 U21 Handball World Championship (or 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 ...

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 The Croatian Water Polo C ...

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. Previo ...

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kovacevic, Luka 1992 births Living people Croatian male handball players 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Handball players from Rijeka RK Zamet players Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland