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 of 18, he moved to
RK Zagreb-Chromos, with which he won two consecutive
European Cups in
1992 and
1993
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.
He won the
EHF Cup
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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, in France for
Paris Saint-Germain and in Hungary for
Fotex Veszprém.
International career
He was a member of the
Croatian national team that won
Olympic gold medals twice: at the
1996 and
2004 Summer Olympics. For over a decade he participated in all medals that Croatia had won at the
World Championships (gold in
2003
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, silver in
1995
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and
2005), and at the
European Championship (bronze in
1994
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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. He also worked as head coach for
RK Siscia 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,
2012 Summer Olympics and at the
2013 World Championship. In February 2015, following Croatia's surprisingly unsuccessful
World Championship
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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.
Personal life
Goluža is a supporter of the
centre-right
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Croatian Democratic Union (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 (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 (1): 1990–91
*
EHF Champions League (2): 1991–92, 1992–93
*European Supercup (1): 1993
;RK Metković Jambo
*
Croatian Cup (2): 2001, 2002
*
EHF Cup
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(1): 2000
;Fotex Veszprém
*
Hungarian Premier League (1): 2003–04
*
Magyar Kupa (1): 2004
Head coach
;RK Zagreb
*
Croatian First League (2): 2012–13, 2016–17
*
Croatian Cup (2): 2013, 2017
;Croatia
*
Summer Olympics
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third place:
2012
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*
World Championship
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third place:
2013
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*
European Championship third place:
2012
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*
Mediterranean Games runner-up:
2013
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Individual
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Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 1996, 2004, 2009
*Best Croatian handballer by ''
Sportske novosti'' &
HRS: 2001
*
Trophy MOO for sports and promoting optimism: 2007
*Best Croatian handball coach by ''
Sportske novosti'' &
CHF: 2012, 2013, 2014
Orders
*
Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 1995
*
Order of Duke Trpimir with Neck Badge and Morning Star – 1996
References
External links
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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