Patrik Ćavar

As of 2009, Ćavar lives in Miami, Florida. And as of 2012, he's back to Metković

In July 2007 at the age of 36, he announced his retirement from handball.

In the summer of 2005 it was announced that Patrik Ćavar would be moving to Agram Medveščak though his move was slowed down due to registration problems.

On 25 October 2005 Ćavar announced that his retirement from handball due to his various injuries.

In 2004 he retired from the national team with 120 appearances and as the top goalscorer with 639 goals. He held the record until 2007 when Mirza Džomba broke his record.

He was also awarded in 2000 for a then record breaking third time as the best Croatian handballer. The same year Barcelona named him their best foreign player and then their best player of the season.

In 1997 Ćavar moved to FC Barcelona Handbol. The same year he was voted the best Croatian handballer by Croatian Handball Federation and Sportske novosti again. In 1998 he was the 9th best handball player of the year.

Unfortunately years of bad results would come to haunt the national team of Croatia and Ćavar would not win another medal. He also competed at the 1997 World Championship in Japan, 1998 European Championship in Italy, 1999 World Championship in Egypt, and at the 2001 World Championship in France.

He played for the Croatian national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where Croatia won the gold medal. Ćavar was the top goalscorer of the Croatian national team from 1996 to 2007, when Mirza Džomba broke his record.

At the 1996 European Championship in Spain, Croatia finished in fifth place. Ćavar was the second top goalscorer 40 goals just one goal behind Thomas Knorr. Two months later history was made at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Ćavar and his teammates won the against Sweden in the final and won their first and Croatia's first ever Olympic Gold medal. Ćavar was also the tournaments top goalscorer with 43 goals and he was voted the best left wing of the tournament and put in the all-star team.

The next three season Ćavar won all of the domestic titles and reached the EHF Champions League final in 1995 and 1997.

His first major competition came a year later in June 1994 when he played at the 1994 European Championship. A year later he was called up to play the 1995 World Championship in Iceland. Croatia lost in the final to France and Ćavar had bagged his first silver medal for the national team.

The 1993–94 season saw Ćavar winning the domestic title and he was awarded the best player of the Croatian First A League yet again. In 1994 he was named best Croatian handballer by Croatian Handball Federation and Sportske novosti.

Ćavar's first tournament with the national team was in at the 1993 Mediterranean Games in Languedoc-Roussillon where he won his first gold medal for Croatia.

Ćavar debuted for Croatia on 14 January 1991 on Croatia's first ever national team match. They played against Japan and the match ended in a draw of 23:23.

Ćavar won a silver medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle for Yugoslavia.

Due to his performances in Metković Ćavar caught the eye of top-tier club RK Borac Banja Luka and moved to the club in 1989. He spent one season with the club finishing the regular part of the season in first place and then losing to Proleter Naftagas Zrenjanin in the final of the play-offs.

Ćavar was selected on 45 occasions as a junior for Yugoslavia he won a bronze medal at the 1989 IHF Junior World Championship in Spain.

Patrik Ćavar (born 24 March 1971) is a retired Croatian handball player. The legendary left wing played in Croatia for Mehanika Metković, Badel 1862 Zagreb and Agram Medveščak, in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Borac Banja Luka, in Spain for FC Barcelona, BM Granollers, and in France for Saint-Marcel Vernon.

The following season Ćavar's club changed its name again due to sponsorship reasons into RK Badel 1862 Zagreb.