Drago Vuković
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| Born |
3 August 1983 Split, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000-2002 | RK Split | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002-2006 | RK Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006-2008 | RK Gorenje Velenje | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008-2011 | VfL Gummersbach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011-2015 | TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-2017 | Füchse Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-2019 | VfL Gummersbach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004-2014 | Croatia | 157[1] | (210) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Drago Vuković (born 3 August 1983), is a former Croatian handball player. He is Olympic champion from 2004[2] with the Croatian national team,[3] and he received a silver medal at the 2008 and 2010 European championships, and bronze medals at the 2012 Olympics, the 2013 World Championships and 2012 European Championships.[4] He is the twin brother of the football player, the goalkeeper of RNK Split, Andrija Vuković.[5]
After his club Gummersbach failed to retain Handball-Bundesliga position, Vuković decided to retire.[6]
Honours
[edit]- Zagreb
- Croatian First League (4): 2002-03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005-06
- Handball Cup (4): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Gummersbach
- EHF Cup (1): 2009
- EHF Cup Winner's Cup (2): 2010, 2011
- Berlin
- IHF Super Globe (1): 2016
- EHF Cup: 2017-18
References
[edit]- ^ "XI European Championship 2014. Team Roster, Croatia" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 February 2008)
- ^ "Croatia" Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on 1 February 2008)
- ^ "Drago Vuković Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ Večernji list Andrija Vuković: Brat Drago stiže u Poljud, ali nije mi htio reći za koga će navijati (interview with Ozren Maršić), 11. March 2011, accessed 3 May 2011
- ^ Osipa se Balićeva generacija Osipa se Balićeva generacija, 27 June 2019, accessed 27 June 2019
External links
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Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Handball players from Split, Croatia
- Croatian male handball players
- Olympic handball players for Croatia
- Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in handball
- Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia in handball
- Olympic medalists in handball
- RK Zagreb players
- Croatian twins
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia
- Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
- Croatian expatriate handball players in Germany
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Expatriate handball players in Slovenia
- Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC players
- TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke players
- VfL Gummersbach players
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