Aleksa Cotić and Aleksandar Starčić turned their idea of establishing a goalkeeper camp into reality in 2018 when the first edition of the Goalkeeper Camp Cotić-Starčić was launched in Dajla with approximately thirty participants.
The following year, the concept of relocating the camp during the summer was introduced to make it more accessible to young, aspiring goalkeepers outside of Istria. Ravna Gora was chosen as the additional location, which proved to be an excellent decision. Since its first session in 2019, Ravna Gora has grown into the camp’s permanent summer base, while Dajla has remained its traditional winter base.
The camp’s high-quality work soon gained international recognition, and in 2020, it was hosted for the first time in Postojna, Slovenia. That same year, due to high demand, the winter camp in Dajla and the summer camp in Ravna Gora were held in multiple sessions.
In 2020, Goalkeeper Camp Cotić-Starčić also expanded to Međimurje County, achieving maximum participant capacity.
By 2021, the camp had reached a record attendance, with 60 goalkeepers participating in three fully booked sessions in Ravna Gora. Participants came from across Croatia as well as neighboring countries such as Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Italy, and Austria.
In the spring of 2022, the camp in Međimurje County reached its maximum capacity of 30 participants, while the summer base in Ravna Gora expanded to four sessions, accommodating a total of 80 goalkeepers.
In autumn 2022, the camp returned to Postojna in September, reaching maximum capacity of 20 goalkeepers in a single session in record time. Later that year, the camp was successfully hosted in Izola, Slovenia, with 30 participants.
In December 2022, the year was wrapped up with a successful session in Dajla attended by 30 goalkeepers, much to the satisfaction of the coaches. The camp kicked off 2023 with a new session, again hosting 30 participants.
Spring 2023 was dedicated to Međimurje County, where two sessions hosted 50 participants. The traditional summer base in Ravna Gora broke all previous records with five sessions, accommodating a total of 100 participants.
In 2024, the camp is set to expand to two new locations: Zagreb in Croatia and Ljubljana in Slovenia.
Persistence and quality have propelled the Goalkeeper Camp Cotić-Starčić from its modest beginning with 30 participants in 2018 to becoming a recognized entity in the sports market. Today, the camp operates through 14 sessions annually across seven different locations in Croatia and Slovenia, attracting a total of 355 goalkeepers each year.
The vision of its founders, Cotić and Starčić, surpasses these achievements, with new projects already in preparation for both domestic and international markets.
The dedicated work and success of the Goalkeeper Camp Cotić-Starčić have been acknowledged by the media, which regularly covers and promotes the camp through news reports and features.