Venio Losert

Venio Losert (born 25 July 1976) is a Croatian former handball player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Egypt and Al Ahly.

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 a member of the golden national handball team that won first place at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

As a child, he joined Badel Zagreb, the strongest team in the country, and was part of the team that won the European Cup in 1992 and 1993. In total, he won seven league titles and seven cups with Badel Zagreb. In 1999, Venio Losert moved 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 goalkeepers, 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 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 the 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