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Nikola Blažičko
Nikola Blažičko
	Nikola Blazicko in Lübbecke 2014
Personal information
Born	13 September 1977 (age 47); Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Number	1
Youth career
Years	Team
1991–1993	RK Zamet
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1994–2000	Zamet
2000–2002	Split Brodokumer
2002–2004	Zamet Crotek
2004–2006	RK Zagreb
2006–2007	PSG
2007–2017	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
National team
Years	Team
1993–1994	Croatia U-18; Croatia
Medal record
Representing Croatia
World Championship
Mediterranean Games

Nikola Blažičko (born 13 September 1977) is a former Croatian handball goalkeeper and co-trainer at Nettelstedt-Lübbecke.

Early life

Blažičko grew up in Rijeka. His parents Duško and Nada were also handball players, so him becoming a handball player himself was inevitable.^[2]

Career

Blažičko began his career in his hometown club Zamet in Rijeka. Soon he became a pivotal player and 1st goalkeeper at the club. In 2000 Blažičko moved to Split for 2 seasons before returning to Zamet. In 2004 he went to Croatian powerhouse Zagreb. With Zagreb Blažičko got to the finals of EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2005.

The same year he played for the national team in World Championship in Tunis and Mediterranean Games in Almería where Croatia finished second. He also played at the 2006 European Championship in Switzerland where Croatia finished fourth losing the third-place match to Denmark 32:27.

Since 2007 he's been playing in TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke in Germany.^[3]

In March 2011 he was called up by Slavko Goluža to play for Croatia in the Euro-qualifiers. ^[4] Unfortunately in June the same year Blažičko got injured losing his spot in the national team and being replaced with Venio Losert.^[5]

In 2015 Blažičko got another injury and didn't play for the vast majority of the season. At the end of the season his club Nettelstedt-Lübbecke was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.^[6]