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{{short description|Croatian handball player (born 1955)}}
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{{Infobox handball biography
| name                = Zdravko Zovko
| nationality         = Croatian
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1955|5|25|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Gornje Kolibe]], [[PR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], <br>[[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|FPR Yugoslavia]]
| death_date         =
| height                = {{height|m=1.83|precision=0}}
| position              = 
| currentclub         = [[Siófok KC]] (manager) 
| years1              = 1972–1986
| clubs1              = [[RK Medveščak|Medveščak Zagreb]]
| years2              = 1986–1989
| clubs2              = [[C.C. Ortigia Siracusa]]
| nationalyears1   = 1974–1984
| nationalteam1    = {{hb|YUG}}
| nationalcaps1    = 119
| nationalgoals1    = 
| manageryears1       = 1990–1994
| managerclubs1       = [[RK Zagreb|Zagreb Loto]]
| manageryears2       = 1993–1995
| managerclubs2       = [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia (men)]]
| manageryears3       = 1995–1998
| managerclubs3       = [[RK Celje|Laško Pivovara Celje]]
| manageryears4       = 1999–2000
| managerclubs4       = [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia (men)]]
| manageryears5       = 1999–2000
| managerclubs5       = [[RK Zagreb|Badel 1862 Zagreb]]
| manageryears6       = 2000–2007
| managerclubs6       = [[Veszprém KC|MKB Veszprém]]
| manageryears7       = 2007–2010
| managerclubs7       = [[Croatia women's national handball team|Croatia (women)]]
| manageryears8       = 2007–2010
| managerclubs8       = [[RK Podravka Koprivnica|Podravka Koprivnica]]
| manageryears9       = 2011
| managerclubs9       = TSV Lohr
| manageryears10      = 2011–2013
| managerclubs10      = [[Zvezda Zvenigorod]]
| manageryears11      = 2013–2015
| managerclubs11      = [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia (men)]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears12      = 2015–2017
| managerclubs12      = [[Dunaújvárosi Kohász KA|Dunaferr SE]]
| manageryears13      = 2017–2018
| managerclubs13      = [[RK Zagreb]] (youth)
| manageryears14      = 2018–2020
| managerclubs14      = [[Győri Audi ETO KC|Győri ETO]] (assistant coach)
| manageryears15      = 2020–2021
| managerclubs15      = [[Siófok KC]]
| ntupdate            = 
| medaltemplates      = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Team handball|handball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{hb|YUG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] |Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Men's Handball Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1974 World Men's Handball Championship|1974 East Germany]] | Team }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1982 World Men's Handball Championship|1982 West Germany]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1979 Mediterranean Games|1979 Split]] | Team}}
{{MedalGold | [[1983 Mediterranean Games|1983 Casablanca]] | Team}}
{{MedalCountry | {{hb|CRO}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Men's Handball Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994 Portugal]] | Coach}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Men's Handball Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1995 World Men's Handball Championship|1995 Iceland]] | Coach }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1993 Mediterranean Games|1993 Languedoc-Roussillonu]] | Coach}}
|managerclubs16=[[Siófok KC]] (assistant coach)|manageryears16=2021}}
'''Zdravko Zovko''' (born 28 May 1955<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zo/zdravko-zovko-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417183812/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zo/zdravko-zovko-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Zdravko Zovko Biography and Olympic Results|publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=10 August 2011}}</ref>) is a retired Croatian [[handball]] player.<ref>{{Cite web|last=M|first=CS|date=2020-10-20|title=Női kézi: Zdravko Zovko a Siófok új vezetőedzője – hivatalos - NSO|url=http://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/noi-kezi-zdravko-zovko-a-siofok-uj-vezetoedzoje-hivatalos-2790559|access-date=2020-10-20|website=NSO.hu|language=hu}}</ref>

==Career==
Zovko spent his entire playing career in [[RK Medveščak]] from [[Zagreb]] and in [[Syracuse, Sicily]], for [[C.C. Ortigia]]. He won three [[Yugoslav Handball Championship|Yugoslav Cup]]s with the club and during his last season at the club got to the semi-finals of the [[EHF Cup Winners' Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rk-medvescak.hr/povijest-kluba/#1485924972010-a210cfe3-6990|title=POVIJEST KLUBA|publisher=[[RK Medveščak]]|date=28 October 2010|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref>
In Italy he won three [[Serie A (men's handball)|italian championship]] in a row.

Zovko competed in the [[1984 Summer Olympics]], representing [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. He played in six matches and contributed with five goals to win the gold medal. Apart for winning the Olympic gold Zovko won a silver and bronze medal for Yugoslavia at the [[1982 World Men's Handball Championship|1982]] & [[1974 World Men's Handball Championship|1974 World Championship]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportnet.rtl.hr/vijesti/363439/fanatik-price-iz-davnine/hrvatske-medalje-u-jugoslaviji/|title=Hrvatske medalje u Jugoslaviji|first=Branimir |last=Korać|work=sportnet.rtl.hr|date=5 August 2008|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref>

As a manager he has coached [[RK Zagreb]], [[KC Veszprém]] and [[RK Podravka]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ehfcl.com/women/2007-08/article/10359/Zdravko+Zovko:+new+coach+of+Podravka+Vegeta|title=Zdravko Zovko new coach of Podravka Vegeta|first=Ivan|last=Ambroš|publisher=European Handball Federation|date=31 May 2007|access-date=10 August 2011}}</ref> before joining [[Zvezda Zvenigorod]] in May 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.handball-planet.com/2011/05/zdravko-zovko-takes-zvezda-zvenizgorod/|title=Zdravko Zovko takes Zvezda Zvenizgorod|publisher=Planet Handball|date=21 May 2011|access-date=10 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721235018/http://www.handball-planet.com/2011/05/zdravko-zovko-takes-zvezda-zvenizgorod/|archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref>

In April 2013, Zovko became the assistant coach of [[Slavko Goluža]] in the [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatian national handball team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/article/017958/Three+Olympic+champions+are+coaching+Croatia|title=THREE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS ARE COACHING CROATIA|first=Bruno |last=Pinevic|publisher=[[European Handball Federation]]|date=28 October 2010|access-date=5 September 2017}}</ref>

==Honours==
===Player===
;Medveščak Zagreb
*[[Yugoslav Handball Championship|Yugoslav Cup]] (3): 1978, 1983, 1986

;Ortigia Siracusa
*[[Serie A (men's handball)|Serie A]] (3): 1987, 1988, 1989

===Coach===
;Zagreb<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rk-zagreb.hr/omladinski-pogon-treneri/rk-zagreb/luka-panza|title=Andrija Nikolić {{!}} RK PPD Zagreb|first=Zdravko |last=Zovko|publisher=rk-zagreb.hr}}</ref>
*[[Yugoslav Handball Championship|Yugoslav First League]] (1): 1990–91
*[[Croatian Premier Handball League|Croatian First League]] (4): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94 1999–00
*[[Croatian Handball Cup|Croatian Cup]] (4): 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000
*[[EHF Champions League|European Champions Cup]] (2): [[1991–92 European Cup (handball)|1991–92]], [[1992–93 European Cup (handball)|1992–93]], '''Finalist''' (1): [[1999–2000 EHF Champions League|1999–00]]
*[[EHF Men's Champions Trophy|European Super Cup]] (1): [[EHF Men's Champions Trophy|1993]]

;Celje
*[[Slovenian First League of Handball|First Slovenian League]] (3): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
*[[Slovenian Handball Cup|Slovenian Cup]] (3): 1996, 1997, 1998

;Veszprem
*[[Nemzeti Bajnokság I (men's handball)|Hungarian First League]] (5): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
*[[Magyar Kupa (men's handball)|Magyar Kupa]] (5): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
*[[EHF Champions League]] '''Finalist''' (1): [[2001–02 EHF Champions League|2001–02]]
*[[EHF Men's Champions Trophy]] '''Finalist''' (1): [[EHF Men's Champions Trophy|2002]]

;Podravka Koprivnica
*[[Croatian First League (women's handball)|Croatian First League]] (3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
*Croatian Cup (3): 2008, 2009, 2010

;Dunaferr	
*[[Women's EHF Cup|EHF Cup]] (1): [[2015–16 Women's EHF Cup|2015–16]]

;Individual
*Best [[handball]] coach in [[Croats|Croatia]] by ''[[Sportske novosti|SN]]'' & [[Croatian Handball Federation|CHF]]: 1994, 1995 and 2002

==Orders==
*[[File:Order of DH Franjo Bučar.jpg|50px]] [[Order of Danica Hrvatska|Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar]] – 1995<ref>{{cite news | url = http://hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr/nn-arhiva/00025/0256f.asp|title = ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA | language = hr | publisher= hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930030536/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ZOVKOZDR01 Profile on Database Olympics]
*{{Olympedia}}
*[https://www.nemzetisport.hu/kezilabda/noi-kezi-nb-i-danyi-gabor-es-zdravko-zovko-is-tavozik-a-siofoktol-hivatalos-2859307 Női kézi NB I: Danyi Gábor és Zdravko Zovko is távozik a Siófoktól – hivatalos]

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