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{{short description|Croatian handball player (born 1962)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name                = Goran Perkovac
| image               = 
| fullname            = Goran Perkovac
| nationality         = Croatian
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1962|9|16|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Slatina, Croatia|Slatina]], [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|PR Croatia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|FPR Yugoslavia]]
| death_date          =
| height              = 
| weight              = 
| position            = Left back
| currentclub         = 
| clubnumber          = 
| youthclubs1         = RK Slatina
| years1              = 1979–1989
| clubs1              = [[RK Medveščak]]
| years2              = 1989–1996
| clubs2              = [[BSV BORBA Luzern]]
| years3              = 1996–2001
| clubs3              = [[:de:HSC Suhr Aarau|TV Suhr]]
| years4              = 2001–2003
| clubs4              = [[Pfadi Winterthur]]
| nationalyears1      = 1988–1990
| nationalteam1       = [[Yugoslavia men's national handball team|Yugoslavia]]
| nationalcaps1       = 
| nationalgoals1      = 
| nationalyears2      = 1992–2000
| nationalteam2       = [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]]
| nationalcaps2       = 192
| nationalgoals2      = 300
| manageryears1       = 2000–2001
| managerclubs1       = [[:de:HSC Suhr Aarau|TV Suhr]]
| manageryears2       = 2001–2003
| managerclubs2       = [[Pfadi Winterthur]]
| manageryears3       = 2003–2007
| managerclubs3       = [[Kadetten Schaffhausen]]
| manageryears4       = 2007–2008
| managerclubs4       = [[Greece men's national handball team|Greece]]
| manageryears5       = 2008–2013
| managerclubs5       = [[Switzerland men's national handball team|Switzerland]]
| manageryears6       = 2013–2015
| managerclubs6       = [[GWD Minden]]
| manageryears7       = 2015–2016
| managerclubs7       = [[TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke]]
| manageryears8       = 2018–2022
| managerclubs8       = [[HC Kriens-Luzern]]
| manageryears9       = 2023–2024
| managerclubs9       = [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]]
| ntupdate            = 
| medaltemplates      = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Team handball|handball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{hb|YUG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]|[[Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{hb|CRO}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Croatia at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Men's Handball Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1995 World Men's Handball Championship|1995 Iceland]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Men's Handball Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994 Portugal]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1993 Mediterranean Games|1993 Languedoc-Roussillon]]|Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[1997 Mediterranean Games|1997 Bari]]|Team}}
}}
'''Goran Perkovac''' (born 16 September 1962) is a Croatian [[handball]] coach and former player who is the most recently head coach of the [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia national team]]. 

Perkovac competed in the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] and in the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] for [[Yugoslavia men's national handball team|Yugoslavia]] and Croatia respectively.

Perkovac's daughter [[Korina Perkovac|Korina]] is a volleyball player who has played for the [[Switzerland women's national volleyball team]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vckanti.ch/news/der-vc-kanti-schaffhausen-setzt-weiter-auf-junges-schweizer-talent-korina-perkovac/|title=Der VC Kanti Schaffhausen setzt weiter auf junges Schweizer Talent Korina Perkovac|access-date=Aug 29, 2019}}</ref>

==Playing career== 
In 1988, he was part of the Yugoslavia national team which won the bronze medal at the Olympics. He played five matches and scored four goals.

Eight years later he won the gold medal with the Croatia national team. He played all seven matches and scored 17 goals.

==Managerial career==
From 2008 until 2013, he managed the [[Switzerland men's national handball team|Switzerland national team]]. On 9 July 2013, he signed a two-year contract with [[GWD Minden]].<ref>{{cite web|title=GWD Minden hat einen neuen Trainer verpflichtet |url=http://www.dkb-handball-bundesliga.de/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=16265&type=&menuid=225&topmenu=823 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130731113851/http://www.dkb-handball-bundesliga.de/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=16265&type=&menuid=225&topmenu=823 |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 July 2013 |publisher=dkb-handball-bundesliga.de |access-date=31 July 2013 |language=de }}</ref>

On 1 February 2023, Perkovac was named the new head coach of the [[Croatia men's national handball team]], following the unsuccessful [[2023 World Men's Handball Championship|World Championship]] tournament and dismissal of [[Hrvoje Horvat Jr.|Hrvoje Horvat]].

==Honours==
;Player
;RK Medveščak
*[[Yugoslav Handball Championship|Yugoslav Cup]] (4): 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989

;Borba
*[[Swiss Handball League|Swiss First League]] (1): 1992–93

;TV Suhr
*[[Swiss Handball League|Swiss First League]] (2): 1998–99, 1999–00
*Swiss Super Cup (1): 1999

;Player/Coach
;Pfadi Winterthur
*[[Swiss Handball League|Swiss First League]] (2): 2001–02, 2002–03
*Swiss Cup (1): 2003

;Coach
*[[Swiss Handball League|Swiss First League]] (3): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
*Swiss Cup (3): 2004, 2005, 2007

;Individual
*[[Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport]]: 1996

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070824194634/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=PERKOGOR01 Profile]
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[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in handball]]
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