Valter Matošević
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| Full name | Valter Matošević | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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11 May 1970 Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Zamet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1984-1987 | RK Zamet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1986–1987 1987–1993 1993–1996 1996–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2015 |
Zamet II RK Zamet RK Badel 1862 Zagreb RK Zamet RK Metković Jambo Bologna 69 RK Zagreb Wilhelmshavener HV RK Zagreb HSG Wetzlar Portland San Antonio FCK Håndbold RK Zamet TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke ThSV Eisenach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1989-1991 1992–2004 |
 Yugoslavia Croatia |
22 (0) 191 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010-present 2012-present 2013-present |
Croatian U-19 (GK Coach) Zamet (Assistant Coach) Croatia (GK Coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Valter Matošević (born 11 June 1970 in Rijeka, Croatia) is a former Croatian team handball player who was at the goalkeeper position. He played for professional teams in Croatia, Germany, Spain, Denmark and Italy. He is currently the goalkeeper coach at Zamet, Croatia and Croatia U-19.
Career
Matošević started his career in his hometown club RK Zamet where he competed in Yugoslav First League and Croatian First League.
In 1993 he left to join Badel 1862 Zagreb later Croatia Banka the Croatian handball title holders.[3] At Zagreb Matošević had three successful winning the league and cup while reaching Champions League finals in 1995.
He returned to Zamet in 1996 who just came out of the Croatian Second League and spent four years there helping return the club to the top of Croatian handball. Later his career took him to Metković Jambo, Bologna 69, Wilhelmshavener HV, two more spells at Zagreb, HSG Wetzlar, Portland San Antonio and FCK Håndbold. After playing out of Croatia for a few years Matošević returned to RK Zamet to end his career.
In December of 2010 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke called up Matošević to play for half a season do to the injury of their goalkeeper Nikola Blažičko.[4]
In 2015. he came out of retirement again to play for ThSV Eisenach so they could get promoted to the A rank bundesliga.[5]
International career
Matošević made his first appearance for the Yugoslav national team in 1989. He competed for Yugoslavia at 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens.
He played for the Croatian national team from 1992 till 2004.
Matošević was a member of the Croatian national team that won gold Olympic medals two times: at the 1996 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
He played in: 1994 European Championship, 1995 World Championship, 1996 European Championship, 1997 World Championship, 1998 European Championship, 2000 European Championship 2001 World Championship, 2002 European Championship and 2003 World Championship where Croatia was the world champion.[6]
He also played in various friendly tournaments for Croatian such as: Croatia Cup, Elfag Cup, Paris tournament and Super League.
Matošević scored a goal against United States in 2001. [7] He also scored a goal at the 2003 World Championship Qualification Tournament against Saudi Arabia.[8]
After the 2004 Summer Olympics he into retirement form the national team.
Coaching career
After his second retirement he started coaching the goalkeepers of Croatia U-19, RK Zamet[9] where he is also the assistant coach and the Croatian national team.[10] Matošević has also been a part of the RINA handball academy, coaching young children in Rijeka and Kastav.[11]
Honours
Club
RK Zamet
- Croatian Premier Handball League Runner-up (1): 1992
- Croatian Cup Runner-up (1): 2000
- Team of the year by CHF - 1998
RK Zagreb
- Croatian Premier Handball League (5): 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 2002-03, 2004-05
- Croatian Handball Cup (5): 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2005
- EHF Champions League Runner-up (1): 1995
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup Runner-up (1): 2005
RK Metković
- Croatian Premier Handball League Runner-up (1): 2000-01
- Croatian Handball Cup (1): 2001
- EHF Cup Runner-up (1): 2001
FCK Håndbold
- Danish Handball Cup (1): 2009
ThSV Eisenach
- 2. Bundesliga promotion (1): 2014-15
Individual
- 2nd best goalkeeper at World Championship in Iceland 1995
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 1996 and 2004[12]
- Record in Croatian national team for the number of defenses - 24[13]
- Rijeka's sportsperson with the most sports honours
- RK Zamet hall of fame[14]
Orders
Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar 
Order of Duke Trpimir with Neck Badge and Morning Star[15]
References
- ↑ "Valter Matošević hall of fame". rk-zamet.com (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Croatia 3rd in the European Championship". voicefromcroatia.com (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Zamet hall of fame legendary players reveal jersey's". EHF.
- ↑ "Matošević still active now in Lubbecke". handball-planet.com.
- ↑ "Matošević comeback". thsv-eisenach (in German).
- ↑ "Croatia world champions". index-hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Croatia's biggest victory in history!". sportnet (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Croatia wins tournament in Visseu". index-hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Matošević and Smajlagić return to Zamet". Novi list (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Matošević again in the national team". Novi list (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Famous Olympic player Valter Matošević". liburnija.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Valter Matošević two time winner of the Franjo Bulčar State Award for Sport". hrvatskareprezentacija.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "The recorder by the defense was not Filip Ivić with 21, but Matošević with 24". Večernji list (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Zamet hall of fame legendary players reveal jersey's". HRT (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Valter Matošević biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).
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