Slavko Goluža

Slavko Goluža

Personal information
Full name	Slavko Goluža
Born	11 May 1970 Stolac, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Center back/left back
Club information
Number	15
Youth clubs
	Zagreb Chromos
Senior clubs
1989–1998 1998-1999 1999-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006	RK Zagreb TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke Metković Jambo PSG Fotex Veszprém RK Zagreb
National team
1992–2005	Croatia	204 (545)
Teams managed
2006-2010 2010-2015 2012-2013	Croatia (Assistant Coach) Croatian Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb
Medal record Representing  Croatia Men's handball Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team 2004 Athens Team 2012 London Coach World Championships 2003 Portugal Team 1995 Iceland Team 2005 Tunisia Team 2009 Croatia Assistant 2013 Spain Coach European Championships 2008 Norway Assistant 2012 Serbia Coach 1994 Portugal Team Mediterranean Games 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Team 2001 Tunis Team

Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a retired Croatian handball player. He is ex-coach of the Croatia national handball team.^[1]

Goluža was born in Stolac, SR BiH, Yugoslavia. He was a member of the Croatian national team that won Olympic gold medals two times: at the 1996 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics. For over a decade he participated in all medals that Croatian team has won on World Championship (gold in 2003, silver in 1995 and 2005) and European Championship (bronze in 1994).

Honours

Zagreb

• Yugoslav First League (1): 1990-91
• 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
• EHF Champions League
  • Winner (2): 1991-92, 1992-93
  • Runner-up(3): 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98
• European supercup (1): 1993
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup runner-up (1): 2005

Metković

• Croatian First League
  • Winner (1): 1999-00 (revoked)
  • Runner-up(2): 2000-01, 2001-02
• Croatian Cup (2): 2001, 2002
• EHF Cup
  • Winner (1): 2000
  • Runner-up(2): 2001

Veszprém

• Hungarian Premier League (1): 2003-04
• Magyar Kupa (1): 2004

Coach

Zagreb

• Croatian Premier League (1): 2012-13
• Croatian Cup (1): 2013
• SEHA League (1): 2012-13

Orders

• Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar
• Order of Duke Trpimir with Neck Badge and Morning Star^[2]

References

1. "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
2. "Slavko Goluža biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).