Blaženko Lacković (born 25 December 1980) is a retired Croatian handball player.
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| Full name | Blaženko Lacković | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
25 December 1980 Novi Marof, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2001 | RK Varteks Di Caprio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2004 | Badel 1862 Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2014 | HSV Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2016 | RK Vardar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | THW Kiel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | HSV Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2013 | Croatia | 195 | (571) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2020– | HSV Hamburg (Assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He is World champion from 2003,[1] and Olympic champion from 2004 with the Croatia national team.[2][3] He received silver medals at the 2005 and 2009 World championships, silver medals at the 2008 and 2010 European championships and bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2012 European Championship and the 2013 World Championship.
Clubs edit
Lacković has played for the Croatian clubs RK Varteks di Caprio, Metković and RK Zagreb. He was a member of German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt, which reached the EHF Champions League final in 2007. He eventually won the title with HSV Hamburg during the 2012–13 season. After six years in Hamburg Lacković signed for Macedonian side RK Vardar Skopje in the summer of 2014.On February 3, 2016 Lackovic signed for German club THW Kiel. In Kiel he plays with his teammates in national team Domagoj Duvnjak and Ilija Brozovic.
Honours edit
- Zagreb
- Croatian First League (3): 2001-02, 2002–03, 2003–04
- Croatian Cup (3): 2002, 2003, 2004
- Flensburg
- DHB-Pokal (1): 2005
- EHF Champions League Finalist (1): 2006-07
- HSV
- Bundesliga (1): 2010-11
- DHB-Pokal (1): 2010
- Super Cup (2): 2009, 2010
- EHF Champions League (1): 2012-13
- Vardar
- Macedonian Super League (2): 2014-15, 2015–16
- Macedonian Cup (2): 2015, 2016
- SEHA League (1): 2015-16
- Kiel
- DHB-Pokal (1): 2017
- Individual
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 2004
- 3rd top assist at 2006 European Championship
- Best left back at 2009 World Championship
Orders edit
References edit
- ^ "Croatia" Archived 2008-02-05 at the Wayback Machine – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
- ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Blaženko Lacković". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Blaženko Lacković biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).
External links edit
- Blaženko Lacković at Olympedia
- Blaženko Lacković at Olympics.com
- Blaženko Lacković at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
