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Croatian handball player (born 1983)

Drago Vuković
Personal information
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
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Spain Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2008 Norway Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Austria Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Serbia Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Almería Team

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
Gummersbach
Berlin

References

  1. "XI European Championship 2014. Team Roster, Croatia" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 February 2008)
  3. "Croatia" Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback MachineEuropean Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on 1 February 2008)
  4. "Drago Vuković Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  5. 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
  6. Osipa se Balićeva generacija Osipa se Balićeva generacija, 27 June 2019, accessed 27 June 2019

External links

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Croatia squad2004 Summer Olympics – Gold medal
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Croatia squad2012 European Men's Handball Championship – Bronze medal
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Croatia squad2012 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
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Croatia squad2014 European Men's Handball Championship – 4th place
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