Zdravko Zovko
# Zdravko Zovko

Zdravko Zovko (born 28 May 1955) is a retired Croatian handball player.

## Career

Zovko spent his entire playing career in RK Medveščak from Zagreb and in Syracuse, Sicily, for C.C. Ortigia. He won three Yugoslav Cups with the club and during his last season at the club got to the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. In Italy he won three italian championship in a row.

Zovko competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, representing Yugoslavia. He played in six matches and contributed with five goals to win the gold medal. Apart for winning the Olympic gold Zovko won a silver and bronze medal for Yugoslavia at the 1982 & 1974 World Championships.

As a manager he has coached RK Zagreb, KC Veszprém and RK Podravka, before joining Zvezda Zvenigorod in May 2011.

In April 2013 Zovko became the assistant coach of Slavko Goluža in the Croatian national handball team.

## Honours

### Player

**Medveščak Zagreb**

* Yugoslav Cup (3): 1978, 1983, 1986

**Ortigia Siracusa**

* Serie A (3): 1987, 1988, 1989

### Coach

**Zagreb**

* Yugoslav First League (1): 1990–91
* Croatian First League (4): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 1999–00
* Croatian Cup (4): 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000
* European Champions Cup (2): 1991–92, 1992–93, Finalist (1): 1999–00
* European Super Cup (1): 1993

**Celje**

* First Slovenian League (3): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
* Slovenian Cup (3): 1996, 1997, 1998

**Veszprem**

* Hungarian First League (5): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
* Magyar Kupa (5): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
* EHF Champions League Finalist (1): 2001–02
* EHF Men's Champions Trophy Finalist (1): 2002

**Podravka Koprivnica**

* Croatian First League (3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
* Croatian Cup (3): 2008, 2009, 2010

**Dunaferr**

* EHF Cup (1): 2015–16

**Individual**

* Best handball coach in Croatia by SN & CHF: 1994, 1995 and 2002

## Orders

* Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 1995
