Hrvoje Horvat

Hrvoje Horvat
Personal information
Full name Hrvoje Horvat
Born (1946-05-22) 22 May 1946
Bjelovar, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club RK Nexe Našice (Manager)
Youth clubs
1959–1962 RK Partizan Bjelovar
Senior clubs
1962–1979
1979–1980
1980–1983
Partizan Bjelovar
Milbertshofen
MTSV Schwabing
National team
1966–1976  Yugoslavia 231 (621)
Teams managed
1991–1994
1994–1997
1997–1999
1999–2003
2005–2009
2009–2011
2011–2013
2013–2016
2016–present
VfL Gummersbach
TV Eitra
TV 08 Willstätt
MT Melsungen
HSC 2000 Coburg
RK Dubrava
HSC 2000 Coburg
RK Dubrava
RK Nexe

Hrvoje Horvat (born 22 May 1946 in Bjelovar, Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics for SFR Yugoslavia.

International career

He was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at the Munich Games. He played all six matches and scored fifteen goals.Four years later he was a member of the Yugoslav team which finished fifth. He played all six matches and scored fifteen goals again.

Managerial career

In 2005 he became coach of German team HSC 2000 Coburg and has led them up into the second league.

Personal life

His nickname is Cveba, which is the Croatian word for raisin. Horvat has a daughter Jasenka who was married to the late Iztok Puc, one of the best players in handball history.[1]

Honours

Player
Partizan Bjelovar
Coach
HSC 2000 Coburg

References

  1. Marjan Beloševič (27 October 2011). ""Moj oče je bil najboljši oče na svetu," je dejal Borut Puc!" ["My father was the best father in the world", said Borut Puc!]. tenisportal.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 20 November 2011.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Mirko Sandić
Flagbearer for  Yugoslavia
Montreal 1976
Succeeded by
Matija Ljubek


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