Venio Losert

Venio Losert
Losert in 2013 with Targi Kielce
Personal information
Born	(1976-07-25) 25 July 1976 Zavidovići, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Telekom Veszprém (GK coach)
Number	1
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1993–1999	Badel 1862 Zagreb
1999–2000	Garbel Saragosse
2000–2001	Teka Cantabria
2001–2004	BM Granollers
2004–2005	Portland San Antonio
2005–2006	CB Cangas
2006–2009	Barcelona
2009–2010	Créteil
2010–2012	Ademar León
2012	Copenhague
2013–2014	Vive Targi Kielce
2014	Montpellier
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2014	Croatia	211	(0)
Teams managed
2016–present	Veszprém (GK coach)
2016–2017	Croatia (GK coach)
Medal record Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team 2004 Athens Team 2012 London Team World Championship 1995 Iceland Team 2005 Tunisia Team 2009 Croatia Team European Championship 2012 Serbia Team 2016 Poland GK coach

Venio Losert (born 25 July 1976) is a retired Croatian handball player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of MVM Veszprém KC.

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.

In 2016 he became the goalkeeping coach of Croatian national team in staff of Željko Babić.

Honours

Badel 1862 Zagreb

• Croatian First League (6): 1993-94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
• Croatian Cup (6): 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
• EHF Champions League
  • Runner-up (4): 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999

Granollers

• EHF Cup
  • Runner-up (1): 2002

Portland San Antonio

• Liga ASOBAL (1): 2004-05
• Supercopa ASOBAL (1): 2004-05

Barcelona

• Copa del Rey (2): 2007, 2009
• Supercopa ASOBAL (2): 2007, 2009
• Pirenees Leagues (2): 2006-07, 2007–08

Individual

• Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 1996 and 2004
• Best Croatian handballer of 1998 by: CHF & Sportske novosti

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• Venio Losert at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)