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Full name | Lino Červar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Delići, SFR Yugoslavia |
22 September 1950 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Metalurg Skopje / Croatia (manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1974–1980 1980–1991 1991 1991–1994 1994–2000 2000–2002 2002–2010 2002–2004 2004–2009 2009– 2016–2017 2017- |
Triko Novigrad Istraturist Umag Croatia (assistant) Klagenfurt Italy Zagreb Croatia Papilon Conversano Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb Metalurg Skopje Macedonia Croatia |
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Lino Červar (born 22 September 1950 in Delići near Vrsar) is a Croatian-Macedonian handball coach, who is currently coaching the Macedonian handball team RK Metalurg Skopje and Macedonia men's national handball team, and a former member of the Croatian Parliament.
After an experience as coach of Italy, Červar has been head coach for the Croatian men's national handball team from 2002. He led the Croatian team to win the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship in Portugal. His team followed up by winning gold medals in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and the Croatian team received silver medals in the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship. The Croatian team received silver medals at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship, after playing the final game against Denmark. Also, they received the silver medal at the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship and 2010 European Men's Handball Championship, after the final game against France.