Venio Losert

Venio Losert
Personal information
Born (1976-07-25) 25 July 1976
Zavidovići, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 92 kilograms (203 lb)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Telekom Veszprém (goalkeeping coach)
Number 1
Senior clubs
1993-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2009
2009-2010
2010-2012
2012
2013-2014
2014
Badel 1862 Zagreb
Garbel Saragosse
Teka Cantabria
BM Granollers
Portland San Antonio
CB Cangas
Barcelona
Créteil
Ademar León
Copenhague
Targi Kielce
Montpellier
National team
1995-2014 Croatia 211 (0)[1]
Teams managed
2016-present
2016-present
Veszprém (GK coach)
Croatia (GK coach)

Venio Losert (born 25 July 1976) is a Croatian team handball player who plays at the goalkeeper position. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Croatia.

Losert was born in Zavidovići, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, grew up in Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia.

Winning the first medal at the age of 19 at 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, when Croatia won the first gold medal as an independent nation, he is considered the youngest debutant of the team.

Losert was also the member of the golden national handball team that won the first place at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

As a youngster he joined Badel Zagreb, the strongest team in the country and was part of the team who won the European Cup in 1992 and 1993. In total he won 7 league titles and 7 cups with Badel Zagreb. In 1999, Venio Losert took the plunge into Spanish handball, signing for Garbel Zaragoza (1999-2000). He later played for various ASOBAL League teams including Teka Cantabria (2000–01), BM Granollers (2001-04), Portland San Antonio (2004–05) and Cangas Frigoríficos del Morrazo. In the Portland team he won the ASOBAL League title.

As one of the best goal keepers, with plenty of honours in the game, Venio Losert was given the honour to be the flag bearer in London 2012. Unlike other icons of the handball, Losert has always called himself a "normal, regular and not a showy keeper who only does what's needed to keep the ball out". Losert has always been a key part of the Croatian national team, winning also silver medals in the 1995 and 2005 World Championships. He was voted Croatian player of the year in 1997.

Venio's current club is Franch club Montpellier.

Honours

Badel 1862 Zagreb

Runner-up (4): 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999

Granollers

Runner-up (1): 2002

Portland San Antonio
Barcelona
Vive Targi Kielce
Montpellier

References

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Olympic Games
Preceded by
Ivano Balić
Flagbearer for  Croatia
London 2012
Succeeded by
Josip Pavić
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