Alvaro Načinović
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| Full name | Alvaro Načinović | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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22 March 1966 Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Line player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Number | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1980-1983 | RK Zamet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1983-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1998 1998-1999 1999-2001 2001-2006 |
Zamet Zagreb Loto Zamet Pivovara Laško Celje Zamet Autotrans Pivovara Laško Celje Crikvenica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1985-1987 1988-1990 1992-2000 |
 Yugoslavia U-21 Yugoslavia Croatia |
? (?) 33 (?) 105(?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007-2010 2012-2014 2016-present |
Sports director Sports director Sports director |
Zamet Zamet Kozala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alvaro Načinović (born 2 March 1966 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and Croatia respectively.
Career
Načinović first played for his hometown club of Zamet at youth level. He started playing for the senior squad in March 1983.
In 1987 Zamet won the Yugoslav Second League and got promoted to Yugoslav First League. Two years later after the departure of Darko Dunato, Načinović became team captain.[1]
After five season in the first Yugoslav league Načinović transferred to Zagreb Loto. That season Načinović was part of a historic Zagreb team witch won Croatian league, Croatian Cup and European Champions Cup.
Načinović returned to Zamet in the summer of 1992. In September of the same year the club played against Laško Pivovara Celje in the first round of European Champions Cup.
With poor league results and a coaching aftermath going in his club Načinović left for Celje at the end of the season. He played in Celje for five years playing top level handball and winning the Slovenian league and cup every year.[2]
In 1998 Načinović returned to Zamet then Zamet Autotrans for a season helping them in EHF City Cup and league. After that season he returned to Laško Pivovara Celje where he dominated the league and cup for two more years.
In 2001 Načinović went to play for RK Crikvenica who just got promoted to the First League.[3] He played in Crikvenica until 2006 when he retired.
International career
As a young player Načinović showed great promise and got called up to play for Yugoslav U-19 team at IHF Men's Junior World Championship in Italy 1985 and Rijeka in 1987 where he captined his team .
Načinović debuted for Yugoslavia in June 1988 at the tournament 27th Trophy of Yugoslavia witch was played in Skopje. The same year he competed at 1988 Summer Olympics where Yugoslavia got to the semi-finals losing (18:24) to Soviet Union who would win the tournament. Yugoslavia won third place defeating Hungary 27:23.[4]
Načinović made 33 appearances for the Yugoslavia national handball team and scored
Načinović also played for Croatia national handball team. He played in Croatia's first tournament appearance at 1993 Mediterranean Games in Languedoc-Roussillon where they won a gold medal.
Načinović competed for Croatia in eight major tournaments winning a bronze medal at 1994 European Championship, silver medals at 1995 World Championship, and a gold medal at 1996 Atlanta.[5]
Načinović retired from the Croatian national team in 2000 although his wish was to retire at the 2000 European Championship in Croatia it didn't come true due to coach Zdravko Zovko not calling him up.
Retirement
Since his retirement from professional handball Načinović has become a sports director at RK Zamet. In April 2016 it was announced he'd become RK Kozala's new sports director.[6]
In 2012 Načinović became a member of The Committee of State Award for Sport which function is deciding and giving the most prestigious Croatian sports award the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport.[7] The same year he appeared in a documentary called Riječki Olimpijci.
In 2016 he appeared in two documentaries Od ponora do Olimpa and Prvi Put which follows the events of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta were Croatia won their first gold medal in handball.[8]
Personal life
Načinović is by trade an electronic technician.
Načinović has a son named Veron who is currently playing handball for RK Zamet.
Honours
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| Preceded by Mirko Bašić 1 |
Captain of Croatia 1993-1996 |
Succeeded by Goran Perkovac 3 |
References
- ↑ "Povijest kluba". www.rk-zamet.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "CPL v številkah". www.rk-celje.si (in Slovenian).
- ↑ "CRIKVENICA - BRODOMERKUR 22:21". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 30 September 2001.
- ↑ "1988 Summer Olympics report". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2007.
- ↑ "Handballers one first olympics gold". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Alvaro Načinović sports director of RK Kozala". SportCom.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Odluka o imenovanju predsjednika i članove odbora". Narodne novine (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Dokumentarni film…". scena.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "OTKRIVENA PLOČA S IMENIMA RIJEČKIH OLIMPIJACA". www.rijeka.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Zamet hall of fame". rk-zamet.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.
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