Zlatko Saračević

As of January 8, 2014

Zlatan " Zlatko " Saračević (Cyrillic Златан Сарачевић; born July 5, 1961 in Banja Luka, Yugoslavia ) is a former Croatian handball player.

Association

The 1.87 m wide right half- back player began playing handball in his birthplace at the multi-confessional Bosnian top club of the 1970s, RK Borac Banja Luka. At this stage on the basis of the dominance of Metaloplastika Sabac he succeeded no title. In the late 1980s, then arrived in Yugoslavia nationalist currents. After nationalist Serbs had burned 16 mosques and one of the two Catholic churches in the city, had Saračević and his family only " a few hours to flee the city, otherwise the Serbs had cut off their heads. " Then took the son of a Muslim and a Croatian mother, the Croatian citizenship and went in 1987 to RK Zagreb Medvescak Zagreb, with whom he won the trophy in 1989 and 1990. He then moved into the French League to USAM Nîmes and celebrated there in 1991 and 1993 the championship. After working at Girondins de Bordeaux HB, U.S. Créteil HB and the climber from 1995 Istres OHP he signed in 1997 after the descent of Istres in the Croatian series champion Badel 1862 Zagreb, with which he in a row FC Barcelona in the final of the EHF Champions League was defeated three times. Here, the strong throw back player was top scorer. With the Hungarian giants Fotex Veszprém 2002 he reached his fourth final, but lost this time to the SC Magdeburg. In June 2002, he was appointed by Al -Sadd Sports Club of Qatar borrowed for the IHF Super Globe and won it at the side of other veterans. His career ended in 2003 as player-manager of RK Zamet Crotek Rijeka.

After short-term engagements as a coach in Croatia, Hungary and Bosnia- Herzegovina Saračević currently working for RK Zagreb as co- trainer and youth.

National

Saračević in 1981 with the Yugoslav junior national champion. With the national team of men he repeated this triumph in 1986. In the 1988 Olympics he won silver. With the Croatian national team, he won the gold medal at the 1995 World Championships silver and bronze at the European Championships in 1994 at the Olympic Games in 1996. After Euro 2000, he finished his international career.

Achievements

RK Zagreb Medvescak Zagreb:

• Yugoslavian Cup Winner 1989, 1990

With USAM Nîmes:

• French Champion 1991, 1993

With Badel 1862 Zagreb:

• Croatian champion in 1998, 1999, 2000
• Croatian Cup Winners' Cup in 1998, 1999, 2000
• Champions League finalists in 1998, 1999
• Champions League top scorer in 1999, 2000

With Fotex Veszprém:

• Hungarian Champion 2001, 2002
• Hungarian Cup Winners 2002
• Champions League finalists 2002

For the Olympic title in 1996 he was awarded the State Award for Sport Bučar Franjo (Croatian Drzavna nagrada za šport " Franjo Bučar ").