[5] After two seasons in Dubovac he was called up by Vlado Stenzel to come play for RK Kvarner in Rijeka.

[9] Gaining good results in the first season Karlovac played the EHF City Cup in 1994 reaching the quarter final where they lost to TUSEM Essen (34:29 aggregate).

[10] In 1995 Čalović took the club to the Croatian Cup Final where they lost to champions Badel 1862 Zagreb 23:29.

[11] In 1995 Čavlović took over Split Brodokumer where he coached then young talents Ivano Balić and Petar Metličić.

He also played the 1998–99 EHF Champions League group stage where Prato finished last.

In his first season Čavlović took Zamet to their first Croatian Cup Final where they lost to champions RK Zagreb.

[15] After getting sacked from Zamet he took over the newly established RK Kvarner Kostrena and help them get promoted from the 3.HRL - West before leaving them to Ivan Munitić.