| Nikola Blažičko | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Nikola Blazicko in Lübbecke 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
(1977-09-13) 13 September 1977 (age 47) Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | RK Zamet | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–2000 | Zamet | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Split Brodokumer | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Zamet Crotek | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | RK Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | PSG | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2017 | TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 |
Croatia U-18 Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nikola Blažičko (born 13 September 1977) is a former Croatian handball goalkeeper and co-trainer at Nettelstedt-Lübbecke.
Early life
Blažičko grew up in Rijeka. His parents Duško and Nada were also handball players, so him becoming a handball player himself was inevitable.
Career
Blažičko began his career in his hometown club Zamet in Rijeka. Soon he became a pivotal player and 1st goalkeeper at the club. In 2000 Blažičko moved to Split for 2 seasons before returning to Zamet. In 2004 he went to Croatian powerhouse Zagreb. With Zagreb Blažičko got to the finals of EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2005.
The same year he played for the national team in World Championship in Tunis and Mediterranean Games in Almería where Croatia finished second. He also played at the 2006 European Championship in Switzerland where Croatia finished fourth losing the third-place match to Denmark 32:27.
Since 2007 he's been playing in TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke in Germany.
In March 2011 he was called up by Slavko Goluža to play for Croatia in the Euro-qualifiers. Unfortunately in June the same year Blažičko got injured losing his spot in the national team and being replaced with Venio Losert.
In 2015 Blažičko got another injury and didn't play for the vast majority of the season. At the end of the season his club Nettelstedt-Lübbecke was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.
Honours
- Zamet
- Croatian Handball Championship U-18
- Third (1): 1994
- Croatian Handball Championship U-19
- Winner (1): 1996
- First B League
- Winner (1): 1995-96
- First A League
- Third (2): 1997–98, 1998–99
- Croatian Cup
- Runner-up(1): 2000
- Split
- First A League
- Third (1): 2000-01
- Zagreb
- First League
- Winner (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
- Croatian Handball Cup
- Winner (2): 2005, 2006
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup
- Runner-up (1): 2005
- PSG
- Coupe de France
- Winner (1): 2007
- TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
- 2nd Bundesliga
- Winner (1): 2016-17
- Croatia
- 2005 World Championship in Tunis - 2nd
- 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería - 2nd
- 2006 European Championship in Switzerland - 4th
- Individual
- Best goalkeeper at Croatian Handball Championship U-19 - 1996
- RK Zamet hall of fame - 2015
Orders
References
- "Mirza Džomba retiring" (in Croatian). Novi list.
- "Mirza Džomba odlazi u igračku mirovinu: Okrećem se moru i tajnama ribolova" (in Croatian). Novi list.
- "Blažičko renews contract" (in Croatian). Večernji list.
- "Blažičko: "Vratari su uvijek individue"" (in Croatian). sportnet.com.
- "Losert umjesto Blažička na okupljanju reprezentacije" (in Croatian). Večernji list.
- "Luebbecke relegationsspiele" (in German). fupa.net.
- "Order of the Croatian Trefoil" (in Croatian). Narodne novine.
External links
- Nikola Blažičko at the European Handball Federation
- Eurohandball profile
- Scoresway profile
- Bundesliga profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 July 2016)
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Croatian male handball players
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Handball players from Rijeka
- RK Zamet players
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia
- Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
- 21st-century Croatian sportsmen