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Full name | Mirza Džomba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia |
28 February 1977 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Right wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current club | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990-1994 | Zamet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1997 1997–2001 2001–2004 2004–2007 2007–2010 2010–2011 |
Zamet Badel 1862 Zagreb Fotex Veszprém BM Ciudad Real Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb Vive Kielce Trade Fairs |
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National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–2001 1997–2008 |
Croatia U-19 Croatia U-20 Croatia U-21 Croatia B Croatia |
15 (52) 173 (667) |
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Title | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016-present 2016-present |
President Board member |
HA-PGK RSF |
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Medal record
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Mirza Džomba (born 28 February 1977) is a retired Croatian handball player, World champion and Olympic champion. He played for RK Zamet, RK Zagreb, Fotex Veszprém, BM Ciudad Real and Vive Targi Kielce before retiring in 2011.
He was also a member of the Croatia national handball team which whom he represented from 1997 to 2008. He holds the national team's top goalscorer record with 719 goals. He was part of the golden generation that won the 2003 World Championship and 2004 Summer Olympics.
He is noted by many critics as one of the best right wings ever. In 2013 Džomba was awarded the best right wing in the history of the EHF Champions League by the European Handball Federation.
Džomba has also played in six EHF Champions League finals while winning one with Ciudad Real. Among other awards he was nominated three times for the IHF World Player of the Year award reaching third place in 2004 and 2005, second place in 2006.
Džomba was born 28 February 1977 in Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. He is the son of Mirsada and Mensur Džomba. He has a brother, Amir, who is two years older.
His talent was discovered by Veno Đonlić in Škurinje, in the former elementary school "Ivo Lola Ribar", today Elementary School "Škurinje". Later he joined RK Zamet where his first coach in youth selections was Vjekoslav Sardelić.