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Goran Perkovac

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Goran Perkovac
Personal information
Full name Goran Perkovac
Born (1962-09-16) 16 September 1962 (age 62)
Slatina, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Playing position Left back
Youth career
Team
RK Slatina
Senior clubs
Years Team
1979–1989
RK Medveščak
1989–1996
BSV BORBA Luzern
1996–2001
TV Suhr
2001–2003
Pfadi Winterthur
National team
Years Team
1988–1990
Yugoslavia
1992–2000
Croatia 192 (300)
Teams managed
2000–2001
TV Suhr
2001–2003
Pfadi Winterthur
2003–2007
Kadetten Schaffhausen
2007–2008
Greece
2008–2013
Switzerland
2013–2015
GWD Minden
2015–2016
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
2018–2022
HC Kriens-Luzern
2023–2024
Croatia
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Team
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1995 Iceland Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Portugal Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Team
Gold medal – first place 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 national team.

Perkovac competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and Croatia respectively.

Perkovac's daughter Korina is a volleyball player who has played for the Switzerland women's national volleyball team.[1]

Playing career

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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

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From 2008 until 2013, he managed the Switzerland national team. On 9 July 2013, he signed a two-year contract with GWD Minden.[2]

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

Honours

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Player
RK Medveščak
Borba
TV Suhr
Player/Coach
Pfadi Winterthur
Coach
Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Der VC Kanti Schaffhausen setzt weiter auf junges Schweizer Talent Korina Perkovac". Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  2. ^ "GWD Minden hat einen neuen Trainer verpflichtet" (in German). dkb-handball-bundesliga.de. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Captain of Croatia Croatia
1996–1998
Succeeded by