Slavko Goluža

Slavko Goluža
Personal information
Born (1971-09-17) 17 September 1971 (age 53)
Stolac, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Centre back, left back
Youth career
Years Team
 RK Razvitak Metković
Senior clubs
Years Team
1988–1989
 RK Razvitak Metković
1989–1998
 Badel 1862 Zagreb
1998–1999
 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
1999–2002
 RK Metković Jambo
2002–2003
 Paris Saint-Germain
2003–2004
 Fotex Veszprém
2004–2006
 RK CO Zagreb
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–2005
 Croatia 204 (545)
Teams managed
2006–2010
 Croatia (assistant)
2008–2010
 RK Siscia
2010–2015
 Croatia
2012–2013
 RK CO Zagreb
2017
 RK Zagreb (interim)
2017–2021
 HT Tatran Prešov
2022–2023
 RK Zagreb
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Coach
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Portugal Team
Silver medal – second place 1995 Iceland Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Tunisia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Spain Coach
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Portugal Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Serbia Coach
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin Coach

Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a retired Croatian handball player and most recently coach of RK Zagreb.[1]

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 and 1993.[2]

He won the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo in 2000 and the year later the club reached the final again.[3]

Goluža also played in Germany for TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke, in France for Paris Saint-Germain 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 and 2004 Summer Olympics.[4] For over a decade he participated in all medals that Croatia had won at the World Championships (gold in 2003, silver in 1995 and 2005), and at the European Championship (bronze in 1994).

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.[5][6][7][8]

In September 2010, Goluža succeeded Červar as the head coach of the Croatian national team,[9][10] guiding Croatia to the bronze medals at the 2012 European Championship, 2012 Summer Olympics and at the 2013 World Championship. In February 2015, following Croatia's surprisingly unsuccessful World Championship in Qatar, he left the bench and was replaced by his assistant Željko Babić.[11]

In April 2017, Goluža became the head coach for HT Tatran Prešov.[12]

Personal life

Goluža is a supporter of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).[13] He was married Iva Goluža, with whom he has a son Ivan.[14] The couple got divorced after 11 years of marriage, in 2013.[15]

Honours

Player

RK Zagreb
RK Metković Jambo
Fotex Veszprém

Head coach

RK Zagreb
Croatia

Individual

Orders

References

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "O klubu" (in Croatian). RK Zagreb.
  3. ^ "Made in Metković: Grad koji je dao Ćavara, Čupića, Golužu..." 24 sata (in Croatian).
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Slavko Goluža". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  5. ^ Attias, Vedran (14 September 2010). "Goluža (ni)je novi izbornik". Sportnet.rtl.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Slavko Goluža novi trener Croatia osiguranja Zagreb!" (in Croatian). RK Zagreb. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Smjena trenera u PPD Zagrebu: Goluža umjesto Ivandije". Sport.hrt.hr (in Croatian). 3 April 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Slavko Goluža vodi sisačke rukometaše!". Sisak.info (in Croatian). 23 September 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Slavko Goluža nasljeđuje Linu Červara". Mojarijeka.hr (in Croatian). 14 September 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  10. ^ Čabraja, Jozo (16 September 2010). "Slavko Goluža novi izbornik". Hrs.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Slavko Goluža podnio ostavku na mjesto izbornika!". Tportal.hr (in Croatian). 6 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Slavko Goluža novi trener slovačkog prvaka" [Slavko Goluža is the new coach of Slovak champion]. Sportklub.hr (in Croatian). 1 April 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  13. ^ Mihić, Ante (15 February 2011). "Vjeran sam HDZ-u, ali od toga nemam nikakve koristi". Nacional (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  14. ^ "SLAVKO I IVA GOLUŽA: NAŠIH DESET GODINA BRAKA". Gloria (in Croatian). 26 January 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Spašavanje braka nije uspjelo: Razvod nakon 11 godina!". Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 1 May 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  16. ^ "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.
  17. ^ "Slavko Goluža biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).
Sporting positions
Preceded by Captain of Croatia Croatia
1999–2006 		Succeeded by