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Biography
Lino Červar (born 22 September 1950) is a Croatian handball coach, who is currently coaching RK Metalurg Skopje and the Croatia national handball team. He is a former member of the Croatian Parliament.
Career as handball coach
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.
Honours
- Croatian Regional League – West: 1977–78
- Yugoslav Third League: 1980–81, 1983–84
- Yugoslav Second League: 1989–90
- Croatian First League: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
- Croatian Cup: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 2005
- Serie A: 2002–03, 2003–04
- Italian Cup: 2003
- Macedonian Super League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
- Macedonian Cup: 2010, 2011, 2013
- SEHA League runner-up: 2011–12
- First and only appearance of Italy in a World Championship – 1997 Japan
- Second place at Mediterranean Games – 1997 Bari
- 2003 World Championship in Portugal – 1st place
- 2003 Sportske novosti awards – Team of the year
- 2004 Olympic Games in Athena – 1st place
- 2004 – Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport
- 2004 Sportske novosti awards – Team of the year
- 2005 – Croatia Cup - 1st place
- 2005 World Championship in Tunis – 2nd place
- 2005 Mediterranean Games in Armenia – 2nd place
- 2006 – Croatia Cup – 1st place
- 2006 – BiH Trophey – 3rd place
- 2006 – World Cup in Sweden & Germany – 1st place
- 2007 – Croatia Cup – 1st place
- 2008 – Crroatia Cup – 1st place
- 2008 European Championship in Norway – 2nd place
- 2008 – Interwetten kup – 2nd place
- 2009 World Championship in Croatia
- 2009 Sportske novosti awards – Team of the year
- 2010 – Interwetten kup – 1st place
- 2010 European Championship Austria
- Franjo Bučar lifetime achievement award – 2003
- Croatian Coach of the Year – 2004
- Honoured for coaching career by Kineziološki fakultet in Zagreb – 2009
- Matija Ljubek HOO lifetime achievement Award – 2010
- Best handball Coach of the Year in Macedonia – 2011
- Most successful coach of Italy
- Most successful coach of Croatia
- 2016 – EHF Coaching Achievement Award