Drago Vuković | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
(1983-08-03) 3 August 1983 (age 41) Split, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Left back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004-2014 | Croatia | 157 | (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 with the Croatian national team, 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. He is the twin brother of the football player, the goalkeeper of RNK Split, Andrija Vuković.
After his club Gummersbach failed to retain Handball-Bundesliga position, Vuković decided to retire.
Honours
- 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
- "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
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Handball players from Split, Croatia
- Croatian male handball players
- 21st-century Croatian sportsmen
- Olympic handball players for Croatia
- Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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- 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
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- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia
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