Goran Perkovac

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.

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 1988 Seoul Team Representing  Croatia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team World Championship 1995 Iceland Team European Championship 1994 Portugal Team Mediterranean Games 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Team 1997 Bari 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

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 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

Player

RK Medveščak

• Yugoslav Cup (4): 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989

Borba

• Swiss First League (1): 1992–93

TV Suhr

• Swiss First League (2): 1998–99, 1999–00
• Swiss Super Cup (1): 1999

Player/Coach

Pfadi Winterthur

• Swiss First League (2): 2001–02, 2002–03
• Swiss Cup (1): 2003

Coach

• 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

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.

External links

• Profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alvaro Načinović 2	Captain of Croatia 1996–1998	Succeeded by Patrik Ćavar 4