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Moving from Category:Sportspeople from Metković to Category:Handball players from Metković using Cat-a-lot

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{{short description|Croatian handball player (born 1971)}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Patrik Ćavar
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|3|24}}
| birth_place = [[Metković]], [[Socialist Republic of Croatia|SR Croatia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
| death_date = 
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| nationality = Croatian
| height = 1.95 m
| position = Left wing, centre back
| currentclub =
| clubnumber = 13
| youthyears1 = 1983–1986
| youthclubs1 = [[RK Metković|Metković]]
| years1 = 1986–1989
| clubs1 = [[RK Metković|Mehanika Metković]]
| years2 = 1989–1990
| clubs2 = [[RK Borac Banja Luka|Borac Banja Luka]]
| years3 = 1990–1997
| clubs3 = [[RK Zagreb|Badel 1862 Zagreb]]
| years4 = 1997–2001
| clubs4 = [[FC Barcelona Handbol|FC Barcelona]]
| years5 = 2001–2005
| clubs5 = [[BM Granollers]]
| years6 = 2005
| clubs6 = [[RK Medveščak|Agram Medveščak]]
| years7 = 2005–2007
| clubs7 = [[:fr:Saint-Marcel Vernon|Saint-Marcel Vernon]]
| nationalyears1 = 1988–1989
| nationalteam1 = [[Yugoslavia men's national handball team|Yugoslavia U-21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 45
| nationalgoals1 = ?
| nationalyears2 = 1989–1991
| nationalteam2 = [[Yugoslavia men's national handball team|Yugoslavia]]
| nationalcaps2 =
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| nationalyears3 = 1991–2004
| nationalteam3 = [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]]
| nationalcaps3 = 120
| nationalgoals3 = 639
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[handball]] }}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Goodwill Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Goodwill Games|1990 Seattle]]|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IHF Men's Junior World Championship|IHF Junior World Championship]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[IHF Men's Junior World Championship|1989 Spain]]|Team}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Handball 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}}
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'''Patrik Ćavar''' (born 24 March 1971) is a retired Croatian [[handball]] player. The legendary left wing played in [[Croatia]] for [[RK Metković|Mehanika Metković]], [[RK Zagreb|Badel 1862 Zagreb]] and [[RK Medveščak|Agram Medveščak]], in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] for [[RK Borac Banja Luka|Borac Banja Luka]], in [[Spain]] for [[FC Barcelona Handbol|FC Barcelona]], [[BM Granollers]], and in [[France]] for [[:fr:Saint-Marcel Vernon|Saint-Marcel Vernon]].

Ćavar has stated that [[Veselin Vujović]] was a big influence on him opting to playing handball.

He played for the [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatian national team]] at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, where Croatia won the gold medal.<ref name=sports-ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/patrik-cavar-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/patrik-cavar-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Patrik Čavar |accessdate=17 January 2009}}</ref> Ćavar was the top goalscorer of the Croatian national team from 1996 to 2007, when [[Mirza Džomba]] broke his record.

He is also the only Croatian handball player to have won five [[EHF Champions League]] titles.

==Career==

===Mehanika Metković===
Ćavar started his career in his hometown club [[RK Metković|RK Mehanika Metković]]. He entered the senior squad at the age of 15. At [[RK Metković|Metković]] he played in the [[Yugoslav Handball Championship|Yugoslav Second League]] finishing in the middle of the table.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dnevnik.hr/showbuzz/inmagazin/patrik-cavar-otkrio-detalje-iz-privatnog-zivota---447478.html |title=ZLATNI RUKOMETAŠ 'Nema mi micanja, tu sam upoznao buduću suprugu' |publisher=[[Nova TV (Croatia)|dnevnik.hr]] |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref>

===Borac Banja Luka===
Due to his performances in [[RK Metković|Metković]] Ćavar caught the eye of top-tier club [[RK Borac Banja Luka]] and moved to the club in 1989.
He spent one season with the club finishing the regular part of the season in first place and then losing to Proleter Naftagas Zrenjanin in the final of the play-offs.

===Zagreb===
In 1990 Ćavar moved to [[RK Zagreb|RK Zagreb-Chromos]].

During his first season with [[RK Zagreb|Zagreb]] Ćavar had won the [[Yugoslav Handball Championship|Yugoslav First League]] and was the league's top goalscorer. They had also won the [[Yugoslav Handball Championship|Yugoslav Cup]] in a tense final against [[RK Crvena Zvezda]].

Due to [[Croatia]] gaining [[Independence of Croatia|Independence]] that same year the [[Yugoslav Handball Championship]] was dismantled and the [[Croatian Premier Handball League|Croatian Handball Championship]] was formed. The [[Croatian Premier Handball League|First A League]] started on 21 March.

By that time Ćavar and his team qualified for the semi-finals of the [[EHF Champions League|European Champions Cup]]. The club had changed its name to [[RK Zagreb|Zagreb-Loto]] due to sponsorship.
Their campaign started with a win at home and a loss away with the aggregate coming to a win of 54:48 against Dukla Liberec. The quarter-final match was played against [[SKIF Krasnodar]], they won both matches with the result 50:44 for [[RK Zagreb|Zagreb]]. In the semi-final [[RK Zagreb|Zagreb-Loto]] won the first match against [[KIF Kolding|Kolding IF]] 26:17 and lost the second match 20:26 with this result they entered the final due to aggregate 46:43 being in their favor.
The first final match was played in [[Zagreb]] where Ćavar and his team beat [[CB Cantabria|TEKA Santander]] 22:20.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHL06xrFwXA |title=Zagreb - Teka Santander 22:20 [1992.] |publisher=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref> In the second match [[RK Zagreb|Zagreb-Loto]] destroyed [[CB Cantabria|TEKA Santander]] in big 28:18 defeat.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwR4-AZlMPk |title=Teka Santander - Zagreb 18:28 [1992.] |publisher=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref> Ćavar scored 4 goals in each of the final matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soundset.hr/kvartoteka/patrik-cavar-u-kvartoteci-steta-sto-bbb-vise-ne-prate-rukomet-obiljezili-su-moju-karijeru |title=Patrik Ćavar u Kvartoteci: Šteta što BBB više ne prate rukomet; obilježili su moju karijeru |publisher=soundset.hr |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref>

Ćavar also took the first ever [[Croatia]]n domestic titles beating [[RK Zamet|Zamet]] in the league and [[RK Medveščak|Coning Medveščak]] in the finals.

The following season Ćavar's club changed its name again due to sponsorship reasons into [[RK Zagreb|RK Badel 1862 Zagreb]].

Ćavar and his team conquered [[Croatia]] and [[Europe]] once again. Their [[EHF Champions League|European campaign]] brought them to the finals of the [[EHF Champions League|European Champions Cup]] yet again defeating [[RK Celje|Pivovara Laško Celje]], [[Maccabi Tel Aviv (handball)|Maccabi]], [[ABC/UMinho|ABC Braga]] and [[:fr:Vénissieux handball|HB Venissieux Lyon]]. They played against [[SG Wallau-Massenheim]] winning both matches and taking the last [[EHF Champions League|European Champions Cup]] trophy. Ćavar scored 4 goals in each of the final matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7HU3dsVNKk |url-status=|title=Wallau - Zagreb 18:22 [1993.] |publisher=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=31 December 2016}}{{deadlink|date=September 2023}}</ref>
They had also won the domestic league and cup for another year in a row. Ćavar was awarded the best player of the [[:hr:Premijer liga (rukomet)|Croatian First A League]] for that season.

The 1993–94 season saw Ćavar winning the domestic title and he was awarded the best player of the [[:hr:Premijer liga (rukomet)|Croatian First A League]] yet again. In 1994 he was named best [[Croatia]]n handballer by [[Croatian Handball Federation]] and [[Sportske novosti]].

The next three season Ćavar won all of the domestic titles and reached the [[EHF Champions League]] final in 1995 and 1997.

===Barcelona===
In 1997 Ćavar moved to [[FC Barcelona Handbol]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.24sata.hr/sport/cavar-kao-da-je-barca-sinoc-igrala-protiv-kluba-iz-osme-lige-415415 |title=Ćavar: Kao da je Barça sinoć igrala protiv kluba iz osme lige |publisher=[[24sata (Croatia)|24 sata]] |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref>

The same year he was voted the best [[Croatia]]n handballer by [[Croatian Handball Federation]] and [[Sportske novosti]] again. In 1998 he was the 9th best [[IHF World Player of the Year|handball player]] of the year.

In [[Barcelona]] Ćavar won: three [[EHF Champions League]], two [[EHF Men's Champions Trophy|EHF Champions Trophy]], three [[Liga ASOBAL]], two [[Copa del Rey de Balonmano|Copa del Rey]], two [[Copa ASOBAL]], four [[Supercopa ASOBAL]] and four [[Pyrenean handball league|Pirenees League]] titles.

He was also awarded in 2000 for a then record breaking third time as the best [[Croatia]]n handballer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/1122/rukomet/patrik-cavar-najbolji-hrvatski-rukometas/ |title=Patrik Ćavar najbolji hrvatski rukometaš |publisher=hrssport.net |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref> The same year [[FC Barcelona Handbol|Barcelona]] named him their best foreign player and then their best player of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20000731/prilozi-sp3.htm |title=METKOVSKO RUKOMETNO ČUDO (2) SVJETSKI PAKO |publisher=[[Slobodna Dalmacija]] |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref>

In his last season with the club Ćavar lost the [[EHF Champions League]] final to [[SDC San Antonio]] and the league as well as the [[EHF Men's Champions Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20010618/prilozi-sp3.htm |title=Još nije sigurno Barcelona ili Granollers |publisher=[[Slobodna Dalmacija]] |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref>

===Granollers===
In the summer of 2001 Ćavar joined [[BM Granollers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20011001/prilozi-sp1.htm |title=PREVIŠE OBIČNA UTAKMICA |publisher=[[Slobodna Dalmacija]] |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref>

Ćavar played at the club for four years. Even though he did not win any trophies at the club they had a solid league position and in his last season with the club they reached the quarter-final of the [[EHF Cup]].

===Agram Medveščak===
In the summer of 2005 it was announced that Patrik Ćavar would be moving to [[RK Medveščak|Agram Medveščak]] though his move was slowed down due to registration problems.

On 25 October 2005 Ćavar announced that his retirement from [[handball]] due to his various injuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/294856/rukomet/patrik-cavar-zavrsio-karijeru/ |title=Patrik Ćavar završio karijeru |publisher=hrsport.net. |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref>

===Saint-Marcel Vernon===
A month after announcing his retirement on November 25 Ćavar announced that he would be moving to the [[France|French]] second division club [[:fr:Saint-Marcel Vernon|Saint-Marcel Vernon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/294708/rukomet/patrik-cavar-u-francuskoj/ |title=Patrik Ćavar u Francuskoj |publisher=hrsport.net. |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref>

He helped the club win the [[LNH Division 1|French Second League]] and earn promotion to the [[LNH Division 1|First League]].

In July 2007 at the age of 36, he announced his retirement from [[handball]].

==International career==

===Yugoslavia===
Ćavar was selected on 45 occasions as a junior for [[Yugoslavia]] he won a bronze medal at the [[IHF Men's Junior World Championship|1989 IHF Junior World Championship]] in [[Spain]].

Ćavar won a silver medal at the [[Goodwill Games|1990 Goodwill Games]] in [[Seattle]] for [[Yugoslavia men's national handball team|Yugoslavia]].

===Croatia===
Ćavar debuted for [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]] on 14 January 1991 on [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]]'s first ever national team match. They played against [[Japan men's national handball team|Japan]] and the match ended in a draw of 23:23.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.24sata.hr/sport/protiv-japana-na-danasnji-su-dan-prvi-put-zaigrali-kauboji-401976 |title=Protiv Japana: Na današnji su dan prvi put zaigrali "kauboji" |publisher=[[24sata (Croatia)|24 sata]] |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref>

Ćavar's first tournament with the [[Croatia men's national handball team|national team]] was in at the [[1993 Mediterranean Games]] in [[Languedoc-Roussillon]] where he won his first gold medal for [[Croatia]].

His first major competition came a year later in June 1994 when he played at the [[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994 European Championship]]. A year later he was called up to play the [[1995 World Men's Handball Championship|1995 World Championship]] in [[Iceland]]. [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]] lost in the final to [[France]] and Ćavar had bagged his first silver medal for the national team.

At the [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996 European Championship]] in [[Spain]], [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]] finished in fifth place. Ćavar was the second top goalscorer 40 goals just one goal behind [[:de:Thomas Knorr|Thomas Knorr]].
Two months later history was made at the [[Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]]. Ćavar and his teammates won the against [[Sweden men's national handball team|Sweden]] in the final and won their first and [[Croatia]]'s first ever [[Olympic medal|Olympic]] [[Gold medal]]. Ćavar was also the tournaments top goalscorer with 43 goals and he was voted the best left wing of the tournament and put in the all-star team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/spektakli/ispovijest-rukometne-legende-slucajni-posjet-metkovicu-bila-je-sudbina.-nisam-htio-ostati-ali-ugledao-sam-dubravku-zaljubio-se-i-ostao/3707856/ |title=ISPOVIJEST RUKOMETNE LEGENDE 'Slučajni posjet Metkoviću bila je sudbina. Nisam htio ostati, ali ugledao sam Dubravku, zaljubio se i ostao!' |publisher=[[Jutarnji list|jutarnji.hr]] |accessdate=31 December 2016}}</ref>

Unfortunately years of bad results would come to haunt the national team of [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]] and Ćavar would not win another medal. He also competed at the [[1997 World Men's Handball Championship|1997 World Championship]] in [[Japan]], [[1998 European Men's Handball Championship|1998 European Championship]] in [[Italy]], [[1999 World Men's Handball Championship|1999 World Championship]] in [[Egypt]], and at the [[2001 World Men's Handball Championship|2001 World Championship]] in [[France]].

In 2004 he retired from the [[Croatia men's national handball team|national team]] with 120 appearances and as the top goalscorer with 639 goals. He held the record until 2007 when [[Mirza Džomba]] broke his record.

==Influence==
Ćavar has been a big influence to [[handball]] players such as [[Nikola Karabatić]] and [[Mohamed Mokrani]].

==Personal life==
As of 2009, Ćavar lives in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Rukomet/tabid/190/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/36645/Default.aspx |title=Patrik Ćavar: Bit će to spektakl! Očekujem od naših velike stvari |date=4 January 2009 |work=[[Slobodna Dalmacija]] |language=Croatian |accessdate=25 December 2010}}</ref>
And as of 2012, he's back to [[Metković]]

==Honours==
;Zagreb
*[[Yugoslav Handball Championship|Yugoslav Championship]]
**'''Winner''' (1): [[:hr:Jugoslavensko rukometno prvenstvo 1990./91.|1990-91]]
*[[Yugoslav Handball Championship|Yugoslav Cup]]
**'''Winner''' (1): [[:hr:Jugoslavenski rukometni kup|1991]]
*[[Croatian Premier Handball League|Croatian A First League]]
**'''Winner''' (6): [[:hr:1.A HRL 1991./92.|1991-92]], [[:hr:1.A HRL 1992./93.|1992–93]], [[:hr:1.A HRL 1993./94.|1993–94]], [[:hr:1.A HRL 1994./95.|1994–95]], [[:hr:1.A HRL 1995./96.|1995–96]], [[:hr:1.A HRL 1996./97.|1996–97]]
*[[Croatian Handball Cup|Croatian Cup]]
**'''Winner''' (6): [[Croatian Handball Cup|1992]], [[Croatian Handball Cup|1993]], [[Croatian Handball Cup|1994]], [[Croatian Handball Cup|1995]], [[Croatian Handball Cup|1996]], [[Croatian Handball Cup|1997]]
*[[EHF Champions League|European Champions Cup]]
**'''Winner''' (2): [[1991–92 European Cup (handball)|1992]], [[1992–93 European Cup (handball)|1993]]
*[[EHF Champions League]]
**'''Finalist''' (2): [[1994–95 EHF Champions League|1995]], [[1996–97 EHF Champions League|1997]]
*[[EHF Men's Champions Trophy|EHF Super Cup]]
**'''Winner''' (1): [[EHF Men's Champions Trophy|1993]]

;Barcelona
*[[Liga ASOBAL]]
**'''Winner''' (3): [[Liga ASOBAL 1997–98|1997-98]], [[Liga ASOBAL 1998–99|1998–99]], [[Liga ASOBAL 1999–2000|1999-00]]
**'''Runner-up''' (1): [[Liga ASOBAL 2000–01|2000-01]]
*[[Copa del Rey de Balonmano|Copa del Rey]]
**'''Winner''' (2): [[Copa del Rey de Balonmano|1998]], [[Copa del Rey de Balonmano|2000]]
**'''Finalist''' (1): [[Copa del Rey de Balonmano|1999]]
*[[Copa ASOBAL]]
**'''Winner''' (2): [[Copa ASOBAL|2000]], [[Copa ASOBAL|2001]]
**'''Finalist''' (1): [[Copa ASOBAL|1999]]
*[[Supercopa ASOBAL]]
**'''Winner''' (4): [[Supercopa ASOBAL|1997]], [[Supercopa ASOBAL|1998]], [[Supercopa ASOBAL|2000]], [[Supercopa ASOBAL|2001]]
*[[Pyrenean handball league|Pirenees League]]
**'''Winner''' (4): [[Pyrenean handball league|1997-98]], [[Pyrenean handball league|1998–99]], [[Pyrenean handball league|1999-00]], [[Pyrenean handball league|2000-01]]
*[[EHF Champions League]]
**'''Winner''' (3): [[1997–98 EHF Champions League|1997-98]], [[1998–99 EHF Champions League|1998-99]], [[1999–2000 EHF Champions League|1999-00]]
**'''Finalist''' (1): [[2000–01 EHF Champions League|2000-01]]
*[[EHF Men's Champions Trophy|EHF Champions Trophy]]
**'''Winner''' (2): [[EHF Men's Champions Trophy|1998]], [[EHF Men's Champions Trophy|1999]]
**'''Finalist''' (1): [[EHF Men's Champions Trophy|2000]]

;Saint-Marcel Vernon
*[[LNH Division 1|French Second League]]
**'''Winner''' (1): [[LNH Division 1|2005-06]]

;Individual
*[[Yugoslav Handball Championship|Yugoslav First League]] top scorer: 1990-91
*Best player of the [[:hr:Premijer liga (rukomet)|Croatian First A League]]: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
*Best [[Croatia]]n handballer of 1994, 1997 and 2000 by: [[Croatian Handball Federation|CHF]] & [[Sportske novosti]]
*2nd top scorer at the [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996 European Championship]]
*Best left wing at [[Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]]
*Top scorer of the [[Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]]
*All-star team of the [[Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics]]
*[[Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport]]: 1996
*[[IHF World Player of the Year]] award 9th - 1998
*Best player of the [[Liga ASOBAL]]: 1998-99
*Best foreign player of [[FC Barcelona Handbol|Barcelona]] - 1999-2000
*Best player of [[FC Barcelona Handbol|Barcelona]] - 1999-2000

;Records
*2nd top goalscorer of [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]] - 639 goals
*Best % of goals scored for [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]] - 5.33

==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=Croatian |website=[[Narodne novine]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/1996-97/player/500080/Cavar+Patrik European record]
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|oc_archive=20201017013841|org_archive=20200725072100}}
* {{HOO profile|4800|hr_archive=20210924032528|en_archive=20200725072056}}

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Patrik Ćavar - Revision history

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