Lino Červar

Lino Červar
Červar with the Croatian national team in 2010
Personal information
Born (1950-09-22) 22 September 1950
Vrsar, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Macedonian
Teams managed
Years Team
1974–1980
RK Triko Novigrad
1980–1991
RK Istraturist Umag
1991-1992
Klagenfurt
1994–2000
Italy
2000–2001
Badel 1862 Zagreb
2002–2010
Croatia
2002–2004
Papilon Conversano
2004–2009
RK CO Zagreb
2009–2017
RK Metalurg Skopje
2016–2017
Macedonia
2017–2021
Croatia
2018-2019
RK Zagreb
Medal record
Head Coach for  Croatia
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Team
World Championship
2003 Portugal
2005 Tunisia
2009 Croatia
European Championship
2008 Norway
2010 Austria
2020 Sweden/Austria/Norway
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almería Team
2018 Tarragona Team
Head Coach for  Italy
Mediterranean Games
1997 Bari

Member of Parliament
In office
22 December 2003 – 11 January 2008
Succeeded byNevio Šetić
ConstituencyVIII electoral district
Personal details
PartyCroatian Democratic Union
Spouse
Klaudija Červar
(m. 1975)
Children2
Alma materJuraj Dobrila University of Pula

Lino Červar (born 22 September 1950) is a Croatian retired handball coach and politician. In 2003 he guided Croatia men's national handball team to gold in the 2003 World Championship as well as to gold at the 2004 Olympics.

As a member of the largest centre-right political party in Croatia–the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)–he was a member of the Croatian Parliament from 2003 to 2008.

Apart from Croatian, Červar also holds Macedonian citizenship.