Zlatko ( sr-Cyrl, Златко, ) is a South Slavic masculine given name. The name is derived from the word ''zlato'' meaning

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with hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' common in

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. Zlatko is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Zlatko Ćosić, experimental filmmaker and video artist * Zlatko Čajkovski (1923–1998), Croatian and Yugoslavian football (soccer) player and coach * Zlatko Đorić (born 1976), Serbian footballer * Zlatko Škorić (1941–2019), former Croatian football player * Zlatko Šugman (1932–2008), one of Slovenia's best known theater, television and film actors * Zlatko Arambašić (born 1969), former Australian football (soccer) player *

Zlatko Baloković Zlatko Baloković (March 31, 1895 – March 29, 1965) was a Croatian violinist. Early years He was born in Zagreb, Croatia (at the time part of Austria-Hungary), and began violin lessons at age ten. He made such progress that, after three years, ...

(1895–1965), Croatian violinist * Zlatko Burić (born 1953), Croat-Danish actor * Zlatko Crnković, several people *

Zlatko Dalić Zlatko Dalić (; born 26 October 1966) is a Croatian people, Croatian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former Football player, player. He has been the manager of the Croatia national football ...

(born 1966), Croatian football coach and former player * Zlatko Dedič (born 1984), Slovenian football forward * Zlatko Gall (born 1954), Croatian journalist, commentator and rock critic from Split *

Zlatko Grgić Zlatko Grgić (21 June 1931 – 4 October 1988) was a Croats, Croatian animator who emigrated to Canada in the late 1960s. Born in Zagreb, in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Grgić was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film at the 52nd ...

(1931–1988), Croatian animator who emigrated to Canada in the late 1960s * Zlatko Horvat (born 1984), Croatian handball player *

Zlatko Ivanković Zlatko Ivanković (born 22 November 1952) is a Croatian football coach. He is the brother of former national team coach Branko Ivanković. Career in Iran He managed Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also ...

, Croatian football coach current Head Coach of NK Sloboda Varaždin * Zlatko Janjić (born 1986), Bosnian footballer * Zlatko Jovanović (born 1984), Bosnian professional basketball player * Zlatko Junuzović (born 1987), Austrian footballer of Bosnian descent *

Zlatko Komadina Zlatko Komadina (born 24 October 1958) is a Croatian politician who has been prefect Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying ...

(born 1958), Croatian politician, vice-president of the Social Democratic Party of Croatia *

Zlatko Kramarić Zlatko Kramarić (born 5 February 1956) is a Croatian liberal politician from Osijek. Kramarić was born in Osijek and graduated in philology (Macedonian literature) at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. Late ...

(born 1956), Croatian liberal politician from Osijek *

Zlatko Kranjčar Zlatko "Cico" Kranjčar (; 15 November 1956 – 1 March 2021) was a Croatian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and Football player, player. Kranjčar started his career as a player with GNK Dinam ...

(1956–2021), Croatian football manager and former striker *

Zlatko Krasni Zlatko Krasni (, (born 1951, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia—died 31 October 2008) was a Serbian poet of Czech origin who resided in Belgrade for most of his life. He held a BA and an MA in Germanic Languages from the Philology College of the University of ...

(1951–2008), Serbian poet of Czech origin, lived in Belgrade for most of his life *

Zlatko Krmpotić Zlatko Krmpotić (; born 7 August 1958) is a Serbian former player and manager. Club career Between 1977 and 1986, Krmpotić spent nine seasons with Red Star Belgrade, making over 200 appearances in all competitions and winning five major troph ...

(born 1958), Serbian football manager and former defender *

Zlatko Lagumdžija Zlatko Lagumdžija (born 26 December 1955) is a Bosnian diplomat and politician serving as List of current permanent representatives to the United Nations, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations since July 2023. ...

(born 1955), Bosniak politician *

Zlatko Manojlović Zlatko Manojlović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Златко Манојловић; born 1951), also known internationally as Zed Mitchell, is a Serbian and Yugoslav guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, currently based in Germany. Manojlović rose to prom ...

(born 1951), Serbian musician *

Zlatko Mateša Zlatko Mateša (; born 17 June 1949) is a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 1995 to 2000. A member of the Croatian Democratic Union, Mateša is currently the president of the Croatian Olympic Committee and honora ...

(born 1949), the Prime Minister of Croatia from late 1995 until January 31, 2000 *

Zlatko Nastevski Zlatko Nastevski ( Macedonian: Златкo Hacтeвcки; born 4 August 1957) is a retired Macedonian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. In October 2009, he played in the Australian "Olderoos" squad in the World Masters Games. ...

(born 1957), Macedonian retired football (soccer) player *

Zlatko Papec Zlatko Papec (17 January 1934 – 3 February 2013) was a Croatian footballer. Club career He began his career playing as a left winger at Zagreb's Lokomotiva, at the time when the club was a regular member of the Yugoslav First League, and w ...

(1934–2013), former Croatian footballer *

Zlatko Pejaković Zlatko Pejaković (born 29 August 1950) is a Croatian singer. He has released 27 albums over his five decade long career. He started his music career in 1967 with local bands in Osijek. In 1972 he joined Korni Grupa, who in turn reached their pea ...

, Croatian singer * Zlatko Perica (born 1969), guitarist * Zlatko Portner (born 1962), former Yugoslav handball player *Zlatko Prangasevic (born 1987), Serbian-Swedish hiphop artist and music producer known as Meta Four * Zlatko Runje (born 1979), former Croatian football goalkeeper *

Zlatko Saračević Zlatan "Zlatko" Saračević (5 July 1961 – 21 February 2021) was a Croatian professional handball player and coach who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia men's national handball team, Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics ...

(born 1961), Croatian former handball player * Zlatko Sedlar, Croatian slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1990s * Zlatko Sudac (born 1971), Roman Catholic diocesan priest for the diocese of Krk, Croatia * Zlatko Tanevski (born 1983), Macedonian footballer (defender) * Zlatko Tesanovic (1956–2012), Bosnian-American physics professor *

Zlatko Tomčić Zlatko Tomčić (; born 10 July 1945) is a Croatian politician who served as President of the Croatian Peasant Party from 1994 to 2005, as Speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 2000 to 2003, as a representative in the Croatian Parliament, and ...

(born 1945), Croatian politician, former leader of the Croatian Peasant Party *

Zlatko Topčić Zlatko Topčić (born 30 April 1955) is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: ''Remake (2003 film), Remake'', ''The Abandoned (2010 film), The Abandoned'', ''Miracle in Bosnia''; theater p ...

(born 1955), famous multiple award-winning Bosnian writer and screenwriter * Zlatko Tripić (born 1992), Norwegian-Bosnian footballer * Zlatko Vitez (born 1950), Croatian theatre and film actor *

Zlatko Vujović Zlatko Vujović (; born 26 August 1958) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a striker. His twin brother, Zoran, was also a professional footballer. They were both Yugoslav internationals, and both spent a large part of their prof ...

(born 1958), former Bosnian footballer who played as a striker * Zlatko Yankov (Bulgarian: Златко Янков) (born 1966), retired Bulgarian football midfielder * Zlatko Zahovič (born 1971), retired Slovenian footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder * Zlatko Zebić (born 1979), Serbian football player * Zlatko Vukusic Automotive designer (probably) and founder of the car company Zlatko (Car Brand)

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