Slavko Goluža


Slavko Goluža is a Croatian professional handball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of HT Tatran Prešov.

Club career

Goluža was born in the village of Pješivac-Kula near Stolac. He began his career in RK Mehanika Metković. At the age of 18, he moved to RK Zagreb-Chromos, with which he won two European Champions Cups in 1992 and 1993.
He won the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo in 2000 and the year later the club reached the final again.
Goluža also played in Germany for TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke, in France for PSG and in Hungary for Fotex Veszprém.

International career

He was a member of the Croatia national team that won Olympic gold medals twice: at the 1996 and at the 2004 Summer Olympics. For over a decade he participated in all medals that Croatia has won on the World Championships, and the European Championship.

Coaching career

Goluža has worked as an assistant coach for the Croatia national team between 2006 and 2010, under the coaching staff of Lino Červar.
He was appointed the head coach for the national team in 2010, leading Croatia to bronze medals at the 2012 European Championship, the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2013 World Championship, and to the silver medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. In February 2015, after Croatia's unsuccessful 2015 World Championship, he left the bench and was replaced by his assistant, Željko Babić.
In April 2017, Goluža became the head coach for HT Tatran Prešov.
He also worked as the head coach for :hr:RK Siscia|RK Siscia and RK CO Zagreb in two terms.

Personal life

He is a supporter of the centre-right Croatian Democratic Union. He was married Iva Goluža, with whom he has a son.

Honours

Player

;RK Zagreb
;RK Metković Jambo
;Fotex Veszprém
;RK Zagreb
;Croatia