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Zlatko Horvat

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Zlatko Horvat
Horvat with Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1984-09-25) 25 September 1984 (age 39)
Zagreb, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Right wing
Club information
Current club RK Zagreb
Number 18
Senior clubs
Years Team
2002–2020
RK Zagreb
2020–2021
RK Metalurg Skopje
2022–
Dabas KK
2024
RK Zagreb (loan)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2020
Croatia 182 (565)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2009 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Spain
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2008 Norway
Silver medal – second place 2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Serbia
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Poland
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Almería Team

Zlatko Horvat (born 25 September 1984) is a Croatian handball player for RK Zagreb and the Croatia national team.[1][2]

Career

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Since 2003 Horvat's Zagreb has not lost a match in the domestic league and cup.[3] Horvat has reached the quarter-final of the EHF Champions League in 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15 and 2015–16. In 2013 Zagreb had won the SEHA League.[4]

He represented his country at the European Championships in 2006 and 2008 as well as the 2009 World Championship, winning two silver medals with the team. He also played for Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China and the 2012 Summer Olympics where Croatia won bronze.[5]

Honours

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Zagreb
Individual

References

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  1. ^ EHF profile
  2. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  3. ^ "O klubu". rk-zagreb.hr (in Croatian).
  4. ^ "SEHA LIGA: Zagreb osvojio SEHA ligu". mojzagreb.info (in Croatian).
  5. ^ Profile
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