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| Venio Losert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Losert in 2013 with Targi Kielce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
(1976-07-25) 25 July 1976 (age 48) Zavidovići, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Egypt (GK coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1999 | Badel 1862 Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Garbel Saragosse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Teka Cantabria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | BM Granollers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Portland San Antonio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | CB Cangas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Créteil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Ademar León | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Copenhague | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Vive Targi Kielce | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Montpellier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2014 | Croatia | 211 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Veszprém (GK coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Croatia (GK coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Egypt (GK coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | RK Vardar 1961 (GK coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Al Ahly (GK coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Venio Losert (born 25 July 1976) is a Croatian former handball player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Egypt and Al Ahly.
Losert was born in Zavidovići, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, grew up in Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia.
Winning the first medal at the age of 19 at 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, when Croatia won the first gold medal as an independent nation, he is considered the youngest debutant of the team.
Losert was also the member of the golden national handball team that won the first place at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
As a child, he joined Badel Zagreb, the strongest team in the country and was part of the team who won the European Cup in 1992 and 1993. In total, he won seven league titles and seven cups with Badel Zagreb. In 1999, Venio Losert moved into Spanish handball, signing for Garbel Zaragoza (1999–2000). He later played for various ASOBAL League teams including Teka Cantabria (2000–01), BM Granollers (2001–04), Portland San Antonio (2004–05) and Cangas Frigoríficos del Morrazo. In the Portland team he won the ASOBAL League title.
As one of the best goal keepers, with plenty of honours in the game, Venio Losert was given the honour to be the flag bearer in London 2012. Unlike other icons of the handball, Losert has always called himself a "normal, regular and not a showy keeper who only does what's needed to keep the ball out". Losert has always been a key part of the Croatian national team, winning also silver medals in the 1995 and 2005 World Championships. He was voted Croatian player of the year in 1997.
In 2016, he became the goalkeeping coach of Croatian national team in staff of Željko Babić.
Honours
- Badel 1862 Zagreb
- Croatian First League (6): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
- Croatian Cup (6): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
- EHF Champions League
- Runner-up (4): 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999
- Granollers
- EHF Cup
- Runner-up (1): 2002
- Portland San Antonio
- Liga ASOBAL (1): 2004–05
- Supercopa ASOBAL (1): 2004–05
- Barcelona
- Copa del Rey (2): 2007, 2009
- Supercopa ASOBAL (2): 2007, 2009
- Pirenees Leagues (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
- Individual
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 1996 and 2004
- Best Croatian handballer of 1998 by: CHF & Sportske novosti
References
- "XI European Championship 2014. Team Roster, Croatia" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
External links
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| Preceded byIvano Balić | Flagbearer for  Croatia London 2012 |
Succeeded byJosip Pavić |
- Croatian male handball players
- Olympic handball players for Croatia
- Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in handball
- Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia in handball
- FC Barcelona Handbol players
- Liga ASOBAL players
- Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- People from Zavidovići
- Sportspeople from Zenica-Doboj Canton
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Slavonski Brod
- RK Zagreb players
- Olympic medalists in handball
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- BM Granollers players
- Vive Kielce players
- Croatian sportspeople from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Croatian expatriate handball players in Spain
- Expatriate handball players in Denmark
- Croatian expatriate handball players in France
- Expatriate handball players in Poland
- Croatian handball coaches
- Expatriate handball coaches
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia