Zlatko Saračević

Zlatan "Zlatko" Saračević (5 July 1961 – 21 February 2021) was a Croatian professional handball player and coach. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.

Zlatko Saračević

Saračević (left) during the 2009 World Championship
Personal information
Full name	Zlatan Saračević
Date of birth	(1961-07-05)5 July 1961
Place of birth	Banja Luka, FPR Yugoslavia
Date of death	21 February 2021(2021-02-21) (aged 59)
Place of death	Koprivnica, Croatia
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
	RK Borac Banja Luka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1987	RK Borac Banja Luka
1987–1990	RK Medveščak Zagreb
1990–1993	Nîmes
1993–1994	Bordeaux
1994–1995	Créteil
1995–1997	Istres
1997–2000	Badel 1862 Zagreb
2000–2002	Fotex Veszprém
2002–2003	RK Zamet Crotek
National team
1980–1981	Yugoslavia U-21
1981–1991	Yugoslavia	145	(200)
1992–2000	Croatia	75	(244)
2000–2002	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Teams managed
2003–2004	RK Zamet Crotek
2004–2005	Nyíregyházi KSE
2009–2010	RK Čelik Zenica
2010–2015	RK Zagreb (assistant)
2014	RK Zagreb (interim)
2016–2017	RKHM Dubrovnik
2017–2018	Croatia (assistant)
2017–2018	RK Zagreb
2018–2021	RK Podravka
Honours Representing YUG Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team World Championship 1986 Switzerland Team IHF Junior World Championship 1981 Portugal Team Representing CRO Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team World Championship 1995 Iceland Team European Championship 1994 Portugal Team Mediterranean Games 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

After the domestic league match between RK Podravka, of which he was coach, and RK Lokomotiva. He was a commentator on RTL Televizija together with Filip Brkić.

Saračević died of cardiac arrest in Koprivnica on 21 February 2021, aged 59.