Blaženko Lacković
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Full name | Blaženko Lacković | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Novi Marof, SFR Yugoslavia | 25 December 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Lac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | THW Kiel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1997-2001 2001-2004 2004-2008 2008-2014 2014-2016 2016-present |
RK Varteks Di Caprio RK Zagreb SG Flensburg-Handewitt HSV RK Vardar THW Kiel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2001-2013 | Croatia | 195 (571) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Blaženko Lacković (born 25 December 1980 in Novi Marof) is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team,[1] and Olympic champion from 2004.[2] He received silver medals at the 2005 and 2009 World championships, silver medals at the 2008 and 2010 European championships and bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2013 World Championships and the 2012 European championships.
Clubs
Lacković has played for the Croatian clubs RK Varteks di Caprio, Metković and RK Zagreb. He was a member of German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt, which reached the EHF Champions League final in 2007. He eventually won the title with HSV Hamburg during the 2012–13 season. After six years in Hamburg Lacković signed for Macedonian side RK Vardar Skopje in the summer of 2014.On February 3,2016 Lackovic signed for German club THW Kiel. In Kiel he play with his teammates in national team Domagoj Duvnjak and Ilija Brozovic.
Honours
- Zagreb
- Croatian First League Winner(3): 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04
- Croatian Cup Winner (3): 2002, 2003, 2004
- Flensburg
- Bundesliga Runner-up (3): 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08
- DHB-Pokal Winner (1): 2005
- EHF Champions League Finalist (1): 2006-07
- HSV
- Bundesliga Winner (1): 2010-11
- DHB-Pokal Winner (1): 2010
- Super Cup Winner (2): 2009, 2010
- EHF Champions League Winner (1): 2012-13
- Vardar
- Macedonian Super League Winner (2): 2014-15, 2015-16
- Macedonian Cup Winner (2): 2015, 2016
- SEHA League Runner-up (1): 2015-16
- Individual
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 2004
- 3rd top assist at 2006 European Championship
- Best left back at 2009 World Championship
Orders
References
- ↑ "Croatia" – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
- ↑ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
- ↑ "Blaženko Lacković biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).