Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a retired Croatian

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player and most recently coach of RK Zagreb.

Club career

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

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

and

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

. He won the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo in 2000 and the year later the club reached the final again. Goluža also played in Germany for TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke, in France for

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and in Hungary for Fotex Veszprém.

International career

He was a member of the Croatian national team that won Olympic gold medals twice: at the

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

and

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. For over a decade he participated in all medals that Croatia had won at the World Championships (gold in

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

, silver in

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

and

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

), and at the European Championship (bronze in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

Coaching career

Goluža worked as an assistant coach with the Croatian national team between 2006 and 2010 under the coaching staff of the head coach Lino Červar. He also worked as head coach for RK Siscia once and for RK CO Zagreb in two terms. In September 2010, Goluža succeeded Červar as the head coach of the Croatian national team, guiding Croatia to the bronze medals at the 2012 European Championship,

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and at the 2013 World Championship. In February 2015, following Croatia's surprisingly unsuccessful

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in Qatar, he left the bench and was replaced by his assistant Željko Babić. In April 2017, Goluža became the head coach for HT Tatran Prešov.

Personal life

Goluža is a supporter of the

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Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). He was married Iva Goluža, with whom he has a son Ivan. The couple got divorced after 11 years of marriage, in 2013.

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 The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

(1): 1990–91 *

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(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 *

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third place:

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third place:

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* European Championship third place:

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runner-up:

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

* Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 1995 * Ribbon of the Order of Duke Trpimir

Order of Duke Trpimir with Neck Badge and Morning Star – 1996

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goluza, Slavko 1971 births Living people People from Stolac Croatian male handball players Olympic handball players for Croatia Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in handball Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Croatian handball coaches Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia in handball RK Zagreb players RK Zagreb coaches Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Sportspeople from Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Croatian sportspeople from Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslav male handball players Croatian expatriate handball players in France Croatian expatriate handball players in Hungary Croatian expatriate handball players in Germany TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke players Veszprém KC players Paris Saint-Germain Handball players Coaches at the 2012 Summer Olympics Expatriate handball coaches Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia