Mirza Džomba
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| Full name | Mirza Džomba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 February 1977 Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1990-1994 | Zamet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994–1996 1997–2001 2001–2004 2004–2007 2007–2010 2010–2011 |
Zamet Badel 1862 Zagreb Fotex Veszprém BM Ciudad Real Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb Vive Targi Kielce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–2008 | Croatia | 173 (667) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mirza Džomba (born 28 February 1977)[1] is a retired Croatian handball player, World champion and Olympic champion. He played for RK Zamet, RK Zagreb, Fotex Veszprém, BM Ciudad Real and Vive Targi Kielce before retiring in 2011.
Club Career
Džomba began his career by his hometown club RK Zamet, where he stayed until 1996, when he signed to RK Zagreb. He spent five years with the capital team, winning the national championship and cup title in each season. Mirza's father is called Džafer Džomba. In addition, he reached the EHF Champions League finals with Zagreb three times in row between 1997 and 1999, however, they fell short to Spanish giants FC Barcelona in all three occasions.[2] In 2001 Džomba moved abroad and joined Hungarian top team KC Veszprém. With the Central Transdanubian club he has obtained both the domestic league and cup title in 2002 and also played the EHF Champions League final, but lost once again, this time against SC Magdeburg. Following the successes both in the Hungarian championship and the Hungarian cup in the next two years, Džomba got an offer from BM Ciudad Real and switched to the reigning Spanish champions in the summer of 2004.[3] The Croatian right wing collected almost all possible clubs titles while at Ciudad Real, including the EHF Champions League, the EHF Champions Trophy and the IHF Super Globe. On domestic level he acquired the Spanish league gold and the Spanish Supercup.[4]
He left Spain in the summer of 2007 to join his former team RK Zagreb. During his second spell at the club he added further three Croatian league and cup gold to his collection and also had good runs in the Champions League, regularly getting to the knockout phase of the continental tournament. On 15 June 2010 it was confirmed that the Džomba signed a contract with Polish Extraklasa title holders Vive Targi Kielce.[5] He played one season in Poland, winning the cup and reaching in the league playoff finals, where regular season winners Kielce were beaten 1–3 by Wisła Płock in the best-of-five series. Džomba announced his retirement from professional handball in August 2011 at the age of 34.[6]
International career
Džomba made his first appearance for the Croatian national team at the 1997 World Championship in Japan. Croatia finished at 13th place. A month later Džomba won his first medalfor Croatia in the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari were they defeated Italy in the final.
After five years of poor results on tournaments, not qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and finishing last at the 2002 European Championship in Sweden Croatia won the World Championship in 2003. Džomba was voted the best right wing of the tournament and he was put in the tournament dream team. 2004. was a big year for Džomba, in January Croatia played the 2004 European Championship and finished at fourth place. Even though Croatia did not win a medal Džomba was the tournamentas top goalscorer with 46 goals. August the same year saw Džomba winning a gold medal with Croatia at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. At the tournament Džomba was voted best right wing, voted in the tournament dream team and was the 2nd goalscorer of the tournament.
The next year Croatia played the 2005 World Championship in Tunis as defending champions. Croatia got to the finals but lost to Spain in the finals. Džomba was yet again named best right wing of the tournament.
Džomba retired from the national team in 2009 after the 2008 Summer Olympic Games where they finished fourth. He wanted to have his farewell with the national team and the fans at the 2009 World Championship in Croatia but could not play due to injury on his right leg.[7]
Retirement
Since his retirement Džomba has stayed involved in handball especially with Zamet and its youth academy. [8] Džomba spent some time playing for football club Pomorac veterans team. He was a studio commentator for the 2015 World Championship with Blaženko Lacković and for the 2016 European Championship with Goran Šprem on Croatian channel RTL.[9] As of March 2016 Džomba is the president of the Handball Association of Primorje-Gorski Kotar, taking the position from his former coach Darko Dunato.[10]
Appearances on TV
Džomba si a well known and well liked TV personality in Croatia. Besides sports related TV shows and commercials he appeared in the first episode of Najveći hrvatski misteriji with colleague Igor Vori in 2009. The same year he was prank phone called by comedians Davor Jurkotić and Mario Batifjaka on the show Bijele udovice. [11]
Personal life
Džomba has been married to former television host Belma Hodžić since 2010. They had there first daughter Una in 2012. Their expecting their second child. [12]
Honours
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References
- ↑ "Mirza Džomba Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ↑ "EHF Champions League". EHF. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Mirza Džomba brings victory to Ciudad Real and ensures Spanish Championship" (in Croatian). sportnet.hr. 31 October 2004. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ http://www.hand-ball.org/en/mejores_jugadores/dzomba.php
- ↑ http://rk-zagreb.hr/aktualni-sastav/
- ↑ "Férfi kézilabda: Mirza Dzomba befejezte aktív pályafutását" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ↑ "Džomba injured". vijesti.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "RINA". rk-zamet.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "2016 European Championship in one week". Vijesti.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ Igor Duvnjak (22 March 2016). "Mirza Džomba new president of HAPG" (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ "Džomba IMDb". IMDb.
- ↑ "Belma & Džomba expecting their second child". 24sata (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Best handball players of the decade". Index.hr.
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