Veselin Vuković

Veselin Vuković (Serbian Cyrillic: Веселин Вуковић; born 19 December 1958) is a Serbian handball coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Veselin Vuković
Vuković in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Veselin Vuković
Born	(1958-12-19) 19 December 1958 (age 65) Struga, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	Metaloplastika (head coach)
Youth career
Team
	Metaloplastika
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1975–1986	Metaloplastika
1986–1990	Atlético Madrid
1991	Helados Alacant
1991–1993	Barcelona
National team
Years	Team
	Yugoslavia
Teams managed
	Metaloplastika
2000	FR Yugoslavia (assistant)
2003–2005	Serbia and Montenegro (assistant)
2010–2013	Serbia
2015–2016	Metaloplastika
2018	Mokra Gora
2019–	Metaloplastika
Medal record Men's handball Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team World Championship 1986 Switzerland Team Mediterranean Games 1983 Casablanca Team Representing  Serbia European Championship 2012 Serbia Staff

Club career

Born in Struga (PR Macedonia), Vuković moved with his family to Šabac (PR Serbia) at an early age. He started out at local club Metaloplastika, helping them win six Yugoslav Championships (1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, and 1985–86), four Yugoslav Cups (1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, and 1985–86), and two successive European Cups (1984–85 and 1985–86). In 1986, Vuković went abroad to Spain and spent four seasons with Atlético Madrid. He also briefly played for Helados Alacant, before joining European champions Barcelona in 1991.

International career

At international level, Vuković represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, winning the gold medal. He was also a regular member of the team that won the 1986 World Championship in Switzerland.

Coaching career

Vuković served as an assistant to FR Yugoslavia head coach Veselin Vujović at the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1] He performed the same role for two years while Vujović was head coach of Serbia and Montenegro.

On 1 April 2010, Vuković was appointed as head coach for Serbia.^[2] He led them to the final of the 2012 European Championship, which they lost to Denmark.

Honours

Player

Metaloplastika

• Yugoslav Handball Championship: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86
• Yugoslav Handball Cup: 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86
• European Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86

Atlético Madrid

• Copa del Rey: 1986–87

Barcelona

• Liga ASOBAL: 1991–92
• Copa del Rey: 1992–93

Coach

Metaloplastika

• Serbian Handball Cup: 2015–16

References

1. "Intervju: Veselin Vujović" (in Serbian). vreme.com. 12 August 2000. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
2. "Veselin Vuković novi selektor" (in Serbian). b92.net. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2020.

External links

• Olympic record
• Veselin Vuković at Olympedia