Hrvoje Horvat

Hrvoje Horvat
Hrvoje Horvat
Personal information
Full name	Hrvoje Horvat
Born	22 May 1946 (age 77); Bjelovar, FPR Yugoslavia
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
1966–1976	Yugoslavia
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
Representing Yugoslavia
Men’s handball
World Championship
Mediterranean Games

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.

International career[edit]

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[edit]

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

Personal life[edit]

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]

Honours[edit]

Player
Partizan Bjelovar

Yugoslav First League (7): 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1976–77, 1978–79
European Cup
- Winner (1): 1971–72
- Finalist (1): 1972–73

Coach
HSC 2000 Coburg

Regionaliga Süd (1): 2006–07

References[edit]

^ 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.

External links[edit]

Olympic Games
Preceded by Mirko Sandić	Flagbearer for Yugoslavia Montreal 1976	Succeeded by Matija Ljubek

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[tenisportal1-1] 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.

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