Blaženko Lacković | |
Fullname: | Blaženko Lacković |
Nationality: | Croatian |
Birth Date: | 1980 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Novi Marof, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
Position: | Left back |
Years1: | 1997–2001 |
Clubs1: | RK Varteks Di Caprio |
Years2: | 2001–2004 |
Clubs2: | Badel 1862 Zagreb |
Years3: | 2004–2008 |
Clubs3: | SG Flensburg-Handewitt |
Years4: | 2008–2014 |
Clubs4: | HSV Hamburg |
Years5: | 2014–2016 |
Clubs5: | RK Vardar |
Years6: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs6: | THW Kiel |
Years7: | 2017–2020 |
Clubs7: | HSV Hamburg |
Nationalyears1: | 2001–2013 |
Nationalteam1: | Croatia |
Nationalcaps1: | 195 |
Nationalgoals1: | 571 |
Manageryears1: | 2020– |
Managerclubs1: | HSV Hamburg (Assistant) |
Blaženko Lacković (born 25 December 1980) is a retired Croatian handball player.
He is World champion from 2003,[1] and Olympic champion from 2004 with the Croatia national team.[2] He received silver medals at the 2005 and 2009 World championships, silver medals at the 2008 and 2010 European championships and bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2012 European Championship and the 2013 World Championship.
Lacković has played for the Croatian clubs RK Varteks di Caprio, Metković and RK Zagreb. He was a member of German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt, which reached the EHF Champions League final in 2007. He eventually won the title with HSV Hamburg during the 2012–13 season. After six years in Hamburg Lacković signed for Macedonian side RK Vardar Skopje in the summer of 2014.On February 3, 2016 Lackovic signed for German club THW Kiel. In Kiel he plays with his teammates in national team Domagoj Duvnjak and Ilija Brozovic.