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

handball 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 thr ...

player and former coach.

Career

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

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

with his team and was part of the golden generation of RK Kvarner. Hibšer played three matches for the Yugoslav national team in November of 1970 at the Carpat Cup in

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. 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 c ...

due to a work engagement he left

Kvarner The Kvarner Gulf (, or ; ; or ) sometimes also Kvarner Bay, is a bay in the northern Adriatic Sea, located between the Istrian peninsula and the northern Croatian Littoral mainland. The bay is a part of Croatia's internal waters. The largest i ...

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

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 *

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 ...

- 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 (; 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 ...

: 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