He was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at the Munich Games.

In 2005 he became coach of German team HSC 2000 Coburg and has led them up into the second league.

Horvat has a son Hrvoje, who is also a handball coach, and daughters Jasenka, who was married to the late Iztok Puc, one of the best players in handball history, and Vanja, who was married to former footballer and now a manager Zoran Mamić.

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