Patrik Ćavar  Patrik Ćavar (born 24 March 1971, in Metković) 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 . Ćavar has stated that Veselin Vujović was a big influence on him opting to playing handball. 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. He is also the only Croatian handball player to have won five EHF Champions League titles. Ćavar started his career in his hometown club RK Mehanika Metković. He entered the senior squad at the age of 15. At Metković he played in the Yugoslav Second League finishing in the middle of the table. 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. In 1990 Ćavar moved to RK Zagreb-Chromos. During his first season with Zagreb Ćavar had won the Yugoslav First League and was the league's top goalscorer. They had also won the Yugoslav Cup in a tense final against RK Crvena Zvezda. Due to Croatia gaining Independence that same year the Yugoslav Handball Championship was dismantled and the Croatian Handball Championship was formed. The First A League started on 21 March. By that time Ćavar and his team qualified for the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup. The club had changed its name to Zagreb-Loto due to sponsorship. Their campaign started with a win at home and a loss away with the aggregate coming to a win of 54:48 against Dukla Liberec. The quarter-final match was played against SKIF Krasnodar, they won both matches with the result 50:44 for Zagreb.