Slavko Goluža

Slavko Goluža
Personal information
Born	17 September 1971; Stolac, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, ; SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Centre back, left back
Club information
Current club	HT Tatran Prešov (manager)
Youth career
Years	Team
0000	RK Razvitak Metković
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1988–1989	RK Razvitak Metković
1989–1998	Badel 1862 Zagreb
1998–1999	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
1999–2002	RK Metković Jambo
2002–2003	Paris Saint-Germain
2003–2004	Fotex Veszprém
2004–2006	RK CO Zagreb
National team
Teams managed
2006–2010	Croatia (assistant)
2008–2010	RK Siscia
2010–2015	Croatia
2012–2013	RK CO Zagreb
2017	RK Zagreb (interim)
2017–	HT Tatran Prešov
Men's handball
Representing Croatia
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship
Mediterranean Games

Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a Croatian professional handball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of HT Tatran Prešov.[1]

Club career

Goluža was born in the village of Pješivac-Kula near Stolac. He began his career in RK Mehanika Metković. At the age of 18, he moved to RK Zagreb-Chromos, with which he won two European Champions Cups in 1992 and 1993.[2]

He won the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo in 2000 and the year later the club reached the final again.[3]

Goluža also played in Germany for TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke, in France for PSG and in Hungary for Fotex Veszprém.

International career

He was a member of the Croatia national team that won Olympic gold medals twice: at the 1996 and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[4] For over a decade he participated in all medals that Croatia has won on the World Championships (gold in 2003, silver in 1995 and 2005), and the European Championship (bronze in 1994).

Coaching career

Goluža has worked as an assistant coach for the Croatia national team between 2006 and 2010, under the coaching staff of Lino Červar.

He was appointed the head coach for the national team in 2010,[5] leading Croatia to bronze medals at the 2012 European Championship, the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2013 World Championship, and to the silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. In February 2015, after Croatia's unsuccessful 2015 World Championship, he left the bench and was replaced by his assistant, Željko Babić.[6]

In April 2017, Goluža became the head coach for HT Tatran Prešov.[7]

He also worked as the head coach for RK Siscia and RK CO Zagreb in two terms.

Personal life

He is a supporter of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). He was married Iva Goluža, with whom he has a son.

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 (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 third place: 2012
World Championship third place: 2013
European Championship third place: 2012
Mediterranean Games runner-up: 2013

Individual

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

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gollark: This is in fact wrong, my raspberry pi is not *deserving* of a domain.

gollark: Browsers are *somehow* okay with this.

gollark: You can, technically, just assign things addresses without a `.` in them internally.

gollark: Now make your own dial up ISP!

References

"2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
"O klubu". rk-zagreb.hr (in Croatian). RK Zagreb.
"Made in Metković: Grad koji je dao Ćavara, Čupića, Golužu..." (in Croatian). 24 sata.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Slavko Goluža". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
"Slavko Goluža nasljeđuje Linu Červara". www.mojarijeka.hr. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
"Slavko Goluža podnio ostavku na mjesto izbornika!". www.tportal.hr. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
"Slavko Goluža novi trener slovačkog prvaka". sportklub.hr. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
"Slavko Goluža biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).

External links

Slavko Goluža at Olympedia
Slavko Goluža at the Olympic Channel
Slavko Goluža at the International Olympic Committee
Slavko Goluža at the Croatian Olympic Committee (also available in Croatian)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Patrik Ćavar 5	Captain of Croatia 1999–2006	Succeeded by Petar Metličić 6

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[1] "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.

[2] "O klubu". rk-zagreb.hr (in Croatian). RK Zagreb.

[3] "Made in Metković: Grad koji je dao Ćavara, Čupića, Golužu..." (in Croatian). 24 sata.

[4] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Slavko Goluža". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.

[5] "Slavko Goluža nasljeđuje Linu Červara". www.mojarijeka.hr. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[6] "Slavko Goluža podnio ostavku na mjesto izbornika!". www.tportal.hr. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[7] "Slavko Goluža novi trener slovačkog prvaka". sportklub.hr. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[8] "Slavko Goluža biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).