User:Timbouctou/Colombia managers
List of managers
[edit]- Key
| ‡ | Manager won both the League and Cup in the same season, completing the Swedish domestic Double. |
| † | National Cup won by team from outside the top league. |
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| Year | Winner | Sport | Age | Note |
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| 1952 (s) | Duje Bonačić | Rowing | 23 | Gold medalists at the 1952 Olympics in the coxless four event, the first ever Olympic medal for Yugoslavia in rowing. All four were members of the VK Gusar rowing club in Split. |
| 1952 (s) | Petar Šegvić | Rowing | 22 | |
| 1952 (s) | Mate Trojanović | Rowing | 22 | |
| 1952 (s) | Velimir Valenta | Rowing | 23 | |
| 1953 | Perica Vlašić | Rowing | 21 | Gold medalist at the 1953 European Championship in the single sculls event. Also an eight-time champion of Yugoslavia in the same event, and two-time Olympian (1956, 1960). |
| 1954 | Žarko Dolinar | Table tennis | 34 | Gold medalist in doubles at the 1954 World Championships, with Vilim Harangozo, and bronze medalist in mixed doubles, with Ermelinde Wertl of Austria. Won six more medals at the World Championships from 1939 to 1955. |
| 1955 | Bernard Vukas | Association football | 28 | Winner and top scorer in the 1954–55 Yugoslav championship and finalist of the 1955 Marshal Tito Cup with Hajduk Split. Also won two more domestic titles with Hajduk (1950, 1952) and two Olympic silvers with Yugoslavia (1948, 1952). |
| 1956 | Krešimir Račić | Athletics | 24 | Finalist in the hammer throw event at the 1956 Olympics. |
| 1957 | Hrvoje Kačić | Water polo | 25 | Silver medalists at the 1956 Olympics water polo tournament. |
| 1958 | Joško Murat | Athletics | 26 | 1958 European Athletics Championships |
| 1959 | Dujam Smoljanović | Bowling | 31 | Gold team medalist with Yugoslavia at the 1959 World Ninepin Bowling Classic Championships and silver medalist in men's individual. |
| 1960 | Željko Perušić | Association football | 23 | Winner of the 1959–60 Marshal Tito Cup with Dinamo Zagreb and gold medalist at the 1960 Summer Olympics. |
| 1961 | Boro Jovanović | Tennis | 22 | Double gold medalist at the 1961 Summer Universiade. |
| 1962 (s) | Boro Jovanović (2) | Tennis | 23 | Finalists in the men's doubles tournament at the 1962 Wimbledon Championships, losing to the Australian pair of Bob Hewitt and Fred Stolle. |
| 1962 (s) | Nikola Pilić | Tennis | 23 | |
| 1963 | Josip Gjergja | Basketball | 26 | Silver medalist with Yugoslavia at the 1963 FIBA World Championship in Brazil. |
| 1964 | Nikola Pilić (2) | Tennis | 25 | Winner of the 1964 Moscow International, beating fellow Yugoslav Jovanović in the final. In the following years won the 1970 US Open doubles tournament, with Pierre Barthès of France, and reached the final of the 1973 French Open. |
| 1965 | Andro Depolo [hr] | Swimming | 23 | |
| 1966 | Cvitko Bilić | Bicycle racing | 23 | |
| 1967 | Nikola Pilić (3) | Tennis | 28 | Beat Roy Emerson to reach the 1967 Wimbledon men's singles semi-final. |
| 1968 | Dragutin Šurbek | Table tennis | 22 | 1968 European Champion in singles, bronze medalist with Yugoslavia at the 1969 World Championship. Later won 12 more World and 17 European Championship medals from 1970 to 1986. |
| 1969 | Dragutin Šurbek (2) | Table tennis | 23 | |
| 1970 | Petar Skansi | Basketball | 27 | 1970 World Championship winner with Yugoslavia. Also won silver at the 1965 European and 1967 World Championships, and the 1968 Olympics. |
| 1971 | Mate Parlov | Boxing | 23 | European Amateur Champion in 1971 and 1973, gold medalist at the 1972 Olympics, World Amateur Champion in 1974. Widely considered Croatia's greatest boxer of all time. |
| 1972 | Mate Parlov (2) | Boxing | 24 | |
| 1973 | Mate Parlov (3) | Boxing | 25 | |
| 1974 | Luciano Sušanj | Athletics | 26 | Gold medalist at the 1974 European Championship in 800 metres. |
| 1975 | Antun Stipančić | Table tennis | 26 | Triple silver medalist (singles, doubles, team) at the 1975 World Championship in Calcutta. |
| 1976 | Matija Ljubek | Canoeing | 23 | Gold and bronze medalist at the 1976 Olympics. |
| 1977 | Joško Alebić | Athletics | 30 | Silver medalist with Team Europe at the 1977 IAAF World Cup in 4×400 m relay. Also silver medalist at the 1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships in 400 m. |
| 1978 | Milan Janić | Kayaking | 21 | Gold and silver medalist at the 1978 World Championship in Belgrade. Later won two more golds (1979, 1982), as well as silver in the 1984 Olympics. |
| 1979 | Dragutin Šurbek (3) | Table tennis | 33 | Gold medalist in doubles at the 1979 World Championship in Pyongyang, with Antun Stipančić. |
| 1980 | Krešimir Ćosić | Basketball | 32 | Gold medalist with Yugoslavia at the 1980 Olympics. Also two-time silver medalist (1968, 1976), World Cup winner (1970, 1978), and European Champion (1973, 1975, 1977). |
| 1981 | Dragutin Šurbek (4) | Table tennis | 35 | Won three bronze medals at the 1981 World Championships in Novi Sad, including men's doubles with Antun Stipančić and mixed doubles with Branka Batinić. |
| 1982 | Matija Ljubek (2) | Canoeing | 29 | Gold and silver medalist at the 1982 World Championships in Belgrade. Later won four more World Championship medals (1983, 1985) and two more medals at the 1984 Olympics. |
| 1983 | Dragutin Šurbek (5) | Table tennis | 37 | Oldest athlete to win the award, until Modrić in 2022, and one of only three five-time winners. Gold medalist in doubles at the 1983 World Championship in Tokyo, with Zoran Kalinić. |
| 1984 | Vlado Lisjak | Wrestling | 22 | Gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1984 Olympics. |
| 1985 | Dražen Petrović | Basketball | 21 | With KK Cibona won the Triple Crown in 1984–85 and the European Champions Cup in 1985–86. With Yugoslavia won bronze at the 1986 FIBA World Championship and was named MVP of the tournament. Also three-time Olympic medalist (1984, 1988, 1992). |
| 1986 | Dražen Petrović (2) | Basketball | 22 | |
| 1987 | Ivan Šabjan | Canoeing | 26 | Gold medalist at the 1987 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. |
| 1988 | Zoran Primorac | Table tennis | 19 | Youngest ever winner of the award. Silver medalist from the 1988 Olympics in doubles, with Ilija Lupulesku. |
| 1989 | Toni Kukoč | Basketball | 21 | With Yugoslavia silver medalist at the 1988 Olympics, gold at the 1989 and 1991 European Championships, and the 1990 World Championships. With club KK Split two-time winner of Triple Crown (1990, 1991). Later also three-time NBA champion with Chicago Bulls (1996, 1997, 1998). |
| 1990 | Toni Kukoč (2) | Basketball | 22 | |
| 1991 | Toni Kukoč (3) | Basketball | 23 | |
| 1992 | Goran Ivanišević | Tennis | 21 | Finalist of the 1992 Wimbledon tournament; won bronze medals in the Olympic singles and doubles tournaments (paired with Goran Prpić) in Barcelona 1992. Reached another Wimbledon final in 1994. Ranked among top seven in the world from 1992 to 1994. |
| 1993 | Goran Ivanišević (2) | Tennis | 22 | |
| 1994 | Goran Ivanišević (3) | Tennis | 23 | |
| 1995 | Željko Mavrović | Boxing | 26 | Two-time Olympian from 1988 and 1992, won the EBU European heavyweight title in 1995, becoming the most successful Croatian boxer since Parlov in the 1970s. |
| 1996 | Goran Ivanišević (4) | Tennis | 25 | Reached 1996 US Open semi-final and 1996 Wimbledon quarter-final. Ranked No. 4 at the end of 1996. |
| 1997 | Željko Mavrović (2) | Boxing | 28 | Won three matches to defend the European heavyweight title in 1997, bringing his professional record to 27 wins out of 27 bouts, and becoming number one contender for the world title. The following year he fought Lennox Lewis for the WBC heavyweight title in a match billed as "Battle of the Giants." |
| 1998 | Davor Šuker | Association football | 31 | Croatia's top scorer of all time and top scorer of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, where the national team reached the semi-final and won third place on its debut. |
| 1999 | Gordan Kožulj | Swimming | 23 | Double silver medalists at the 1999 European Aquatics Championships and an Olympian from 1996. Kožulj would go on to represent Croatia at three more Olympics and win World Championship medals in 2000 and 2003. |
| 2000 | Nikolaj Pešalov | Weightlifting | 30 | Originally Bulgarian, Pešalov became naturalized in 2000, and is the only foreigner to win the award. A multiple Olympian, Pešalov won a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics, Croatia's first ever achievement in weightlifting. |
| 2001 | Goran Ivanišević (5) | Tennis | 30 | Winner of the 2001 Wimbledon singles title, his first triumph in his fourth final, and the first ever major men's title won by a Croatian player. He also became the first wild card title winner in the history of the sport, ranked No. 125 and nursing a shoulder injury. |
| 2002 | Ivica Kostelić | Alpine skiing | 23 | Won first place in slalom in the 2001–02 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season, and gold in the same discipline at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003. |
| 2003 | Ivica Kostelić (2) | Alpine skiing | 24 | |
| 2004 | Duje Draganja | Swimming | 21 | Silver medalist at the 2004 Olympics. |
| 2005 | Ivan Ljubičić | Tennis | 26 | Bronze medalist at the 2004 Olympic doubles tournament and winner of the 2005 Davis Cup with Mario Ančić, the national team's first world title. Reached three ATP Masters finals in 2005 and 2006, became world's No. 3 in May 2006. |
| 2006 | Ivan Ljubičić (2) | Tennis | 27 | |
| 2007 | Ivano Balić | Handball | 28 | Best player at the 2007 World Championship with Croatia. Also, two-time Olympic medalist (2004, 2012), three-time World Championship medalist (2003, 2005, 2009) and three-time European Championship medalist (2008, 2010, 2012). |
| 2008 | Filip Ude | Gymnastics | 22 | Silver gold medalist from the 2008 Olympics in the pommel horse event, the first Olympic medal won by any Croatian gymnast. |
| 2009 | Ivica Kostelić (3) | Alpine skiing | 30 | Finished second in the 2008–09 Alpine Ski World Cup season in the slalom event. Won two silver medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics, a bronze in the 2011 World Championships and was overall winner of the 2010–11 World Cup season. |
| 2010 | Ivica Kostelić (4) | Alpine skiing | 31 | |
| 2011 | Ivica Kostelić (5) | Alpine skiing | 32 | |
| 2012 | Giovanni Cernogoraz | Trap | 30 | European champion and gold medalist in men's trap at the 2012 Olympics, the first ever gold for Croatia in sports shooting. |
| 2013 | Mario Mandžukić | Association football | 27 | Won five club trophies in 2013 with Bayern Munich (the 2012–13 German championship and German Cup, the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, the 2013 UEFA Super Cup and the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup). |
| 2014 | Marin Čilić | Tennis | 26 | Winner of the singles tournament at the 2014 US Open, and only the second Croatian to win a major men's singles title since Ivanišević in 2001. |
| 2015 | Ivan Rakitić | Association football | 27 | Won five club trophies in 2015 with FC Barcelona (the 2014–15 Spanish championship and Spanish Cup, the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, the 2015 UEFA Super Cup and the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup). |
| 2016 | Damir Martin | Rowing | 28 | Olympic silver medalist from 2012 and 2016 in quadruple sculls and single sculls. Gold medalist at the 2016 European Championship and the 2016 World Rowing Cup. |
| 2017 | Tin Srbić | Gymnastics | 21 | Gold medalist at the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in the horizontal bars event, the first Croatian world champion in gymnastics. |
| 2018 | Luka Modrić | Association football | 33 | Won the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, then captained Croatia to the 2018 FIFA World Cup final in Russia, and later in the year won the prestigious 2018 Ballon d'Or award for the best footballer in the world. |
| 2019 | Tin Srbić (2) | Gymnastics | 23 | Silver medalist at the 2019 European Championship in April, and silver medalist at the 2019 World Championship in October. |
| 2020 | Domagoj Duvnjak | Handball | 32 | Won the German championship and the 2019–20 EHF Champions League with his club THW Kiel. Also, Olympic bronze medalist (2012), two-time World Championship medalist (2009, 2013) and five-time European medalist (2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2020) with Croatia. |
| 2021 | Tin Srbić (3) | Gymnastics | 25 | Silver medalist at the postponed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, only the second medal ever for Croatian gymnastics, after Filip Ude in 2008. |
| 2022 | Luka Modrić (2) | Association football | 37 | Won five club trophies with Real Madrid in 2022, including his fifth continental title in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League, then later in the year captained Croatia to third place at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. |
| 2023 | Tin Srbić (4) | Gymnastics | 27 | Gold medalist at the 2023 European Championship in Antalya. Only the fourth athlete in 70 years to win the Sportsman of the Year award four times. |
Oldest living winners
[edit]- Josip Gjergja November 24, 1937
- Nikola Pilić August 27, 1939
- Ivan Šabjan November 21, 1961
- Vlado Lisjak April 29, 1962