Nikola Blažičko

Nikola Blažičko (born 13 September 1977) is a former Croatian handball goalkeeper and co-trainer at Nettelstedt-Lübbecke.

Nikola Blažičko
Nikola Blazicko in Lübbecke 2014
Personal information
Born (1977-09-13) 13 September 1977
Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Number 1
Youth career
Years Team
1991–1993
 RK Zamet
Senior clubs
Years Team
1994–2000
 Zamet
2000–2002
 Split Brodokumer
2002–2004
 Zamet Crotek
2004–2006
 RK Zagreb
2006–2007
 PSG
2007–2017
 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
National team
Years Team
1993–1994
 Croatia U-18[1]
Croatia
Medal record
Representing  Croatia
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2005 Tunis Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Almería Team

Early life

Blažičko grew up in Rijeka. His parents Duško and Nada were also handball players, so him becoming a handball player himself was inevitable.[2]

Career

Blažičko began his career in his hometown club Zamet in Rijeka. Soon he became a pivotal player and 1st goalkeeper at the club. In 2000 Blažičko moved to Split for 2 seasons before returning to Zamet. In 2004 he went to Croatian powerhouse Zagreb. With Zagreb Blažičko got to the finals of EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2005.

The same year he played for the national team in World Championship in Tunis and Mediterranean Games in Almería where Croatia finished second. He also played at the 2006 European Championship in Switzerland where Croatia finished fourth losing the third-place match to Denmark 32:27.

Since 2007 he's been playing in TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke in Germany.[3]

In March 2011 he was called up by Slavko Goluža to play for Croatia in the Euro-qualifiers. [4] Unfortunately in June the same year Blažičko got injured losing his spot in the national team and being replaced with Venio Losert.[5]

In 2015 Blažičko got another injury and didn't play for the vast majority of the season. At the end of the season his club Nettelstedt-Lübbecke was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.[6]

Honours
Zamet
Split
Zagreb
PSG
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
Croatia
Individual

Orders

References
  1. "Mirza Džomba retiring" (in Croatian). Novi list.
  2. "Mirza Džomba odlazi u igračku mirovinu: Okrećem se moru i tajnama ribolova" (in Croatian). Novi list.
  3. "Blažičko renews contract" (in Croatian). Večernji list.
  4. "Blažičko: "Vratari su uvijek individue"" (in Croatian). sportnet.com.
  5. "Losert umjesto Blažička na okupljanju reprezentacije" (in Croatian). Večernji list.
  6. "Luebbecke relegationsspiele" (in German). fupa.net.
  7. "Order of the Croatian Trefoil" (in Croatian). Narodne novine.
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