Full name Nikola Blažičko Playing position 1991-1993 RK Zamet Weight 95 kg | Nationality Croatian Number 1 Height 1.88 m | |
Born 13 September 1977 (age 39)
Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1977-09-13 ) 1994-2000
2000-2002
2002-2004
2004-2006
2006-2007
2007-present Zamet
Split Brodokumer
Zamet Crotek
RK Zagreb
PSG
TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | ||
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Nikola Blažičko (born 13 September 1977 in Rijeka, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian handball goalkeeper.
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Early life
Blažičko grew up in Rijeka. His parents Duško and Nada where also handball players so him becoming a handball player himself was inevitable.
Career
Blažičko began his career in his hometown club Zamet in Rijeka. Soon he became a pivotal player and 1st goalkeeper at the club. In 2000 Blažičko moved to Split for 2 seasons before returning to Zamet. In 2004 he went to Croatian power house Zagreb. With Zagreb Blažičko got to the finals of EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2005.
The same year he played for the national team in World Championship in Tunis and Mediterranean Games in Almería where Croatia finished second. He also played at the 2006 European Championship in Switzerland where Croatia finished fourth losing the third place match to Denmark 32:27.
Since 2007 he's been playing in TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke in Germany.
In March 2011 he was called up by Slavko Goluža to play for Croatia in the Euro-qualifiers. Unfortunately in June the same year Blažičko got injured losing his spot in the national team and being replaced with Venio Losert.
In 2015 Blažičko got another injury and didn't play for the vast majority of the season. At the end of the season his club Nettelstedt-Lübbecke was relegated to the 2. Bundesliga.