Denis Špoljarić

Denis Milan Špoljarić (born 20 August 1979) is a Croatian former handball player who currently works as an assistant coach of RK Zagreb. He was a World champion in 2003 with the Croatian national team,[1] and Olympic champion in 2004.[2] He received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship and a silver medal at the 2008 European Championship.

Denis Špoljarić
Personal information
Full name Denis Milan Špoljarić
Born (1979-08-20) 20 August 1979
Dubrovnik, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club RK Zagreb (assistant manager)
Senior clubs
Years Team
1997–2001
 Badel 1862 Zagreb
2001–2002
 Pfadi Winterthur
2002–2006
 RK Zagreb
2006–2007
 RK Pivovara Laško Celje
2007–2010
 RK CO Zagreb
2010–2017
 Füchse Berlin
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2009
 Croatia 131 (58)
Teams managed
2020–
 RK Zagreb (assistant)
Medal record
Representing  Croatia
Men's handball
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Portugal Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Tunisia Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Croatia Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2008 Norway Team
Statoil World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2006 Sweden & Germany Team
Super Cup
Silver medal – second place 1999 Germany Team

Honours
Zagreb
  • Premier League
    • Winner (11): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
  • Croatian Cup
    • Winner (10): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • EHF Cup Winners' Cup
    • Finalist (1): 2005
Pfadi Winterthur
Pivovara Laško Celje
Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf.
Individual

Orders

References
  1. "Croatia" Archived 2008-02-05 at the Wayback Machine – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
  2. "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
  3. "President Mesić gives commendation" (in Croatian). Večernji list.


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