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Croatian handball player (born 1946) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hrvoje Horvat (born 22 May 1946) is a Croatian handball coach and player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics for SFR Yugoslavia.
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Full name | Hrvoje Horvat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Bjelovar, FPR Yugoslavia | 22 May 1946||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1959–1962 | RK Partizan Bjelovar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1962–1979 | Partizan Bjelovar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | Milbertshofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1983 | MTSV Schwabing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1966–1976 | Yugoslavia | 231 | (621) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1994 | VfL Gummersbach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1997 | TV Eitra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | TV 08 Willstätt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2003 | MT Melsungen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2009 | HSC 2000 Coburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | RK Dubrava | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | HSC 2000 Coburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
In 2005 he became coach of German team HSC 2000 Coburg and has led them up into the second league.
His nickname is Cveba, which is the Croatian word for raisin. Horvat has a son Hrvoje, who is also a handball coach, and daughters Jasenka, who was married to the late Iztok Puc, one of the best players in handball history, and Vanja, who was married to former footballer and now a manager Zoran Mamić.[1]
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