Dragan Marković (handballer)

Dragan Marković (born October 11, 1969) is a German-Bosnian handball coach and former handball player. He is recognized^{[by whom?]} as an EHF Master Coach and was ex-national coach of the national handball team of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Dragan Marković
Personal information
Born	(1969-10-11) 11 October 1969 (age 55) Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Club information
Current club	Dinamo Pancevo (manager)
Senior clubs
Years	Team
–	RK Borac Banja Luka
–	RK Red Star Belgrade
–	Tus Schutterwald
–	TV Willstätt
Teams managed
2003-2005	TV Willstätt
2005-2007	HSG Wetzlar
2007-2008	RK Bosna Sarajevo
2008-2009	SVH Kassel
2009-2012	RK Borac Banja Luka
2011-2016	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2014-2015	Azoty Pulawy
2016	SG Schalksmühle/Halver
2016-2017	TV Willstätt
2023-2024	HC Dinamo Pancevo

Personal life

Marković was born on October 11, 1969 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is married and has two sons. He has German nationality and currently lives in Wetzlar, Germany.

Sporting career

Marković began his playing career in 1985 at Borac Banja Luka, where he played in Yugoslavia's first league until 1992 and was runner-up. In the 1992/1993 season he played for Red Star Belgrade and also reached the runner-up position. Between 1993 and 1995 he was a player for TuS Schutterwald in the First Bundesliga (BL) in Germany. He then played for TV Willstätt and SG Willstätt/Schutterwald (Regionalliga and 1st BL) from 1995 to 2002.

During the 2000/2001 season Markovic was a player and assistant coach at SG Willstätt/Schutterwald u, and in the following 2001/2002 season he was an assistant coach. From 2003 to 2005 he took on the role of coach at SG Willstätt/Schutterwald in the 2nd Bundesliga (BL). His last club was HC Dinamo Pancevo in Serbia, which competed in the Challenge Cup.

Honours

Player

International

• IHF Cup Winner 1991 with Borac Banja Luka

Yugoslavia

• Cup Winner 1992 with Borac Banja Luka
• 2nd place 1993 with Red Star Belgrade
• Best U21 Player of Yugoslavia 1988

Coach

• World Cup 2015 in Qatar with Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 3x 2nd place bosnian championship with RK Borac Banja Luka
• Bosnian cup winner with RK Borac Banja Luka

Individual

• Olympic team for Yugoslavia 1992
• 41 appearances junior national team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Coach of the Year: 2014
• 78 appearances as Coach of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Extraordinary results with Bosnia and Herzegovina: BiH: Germany 33:24 BiH: Iceland 33:32 & 29:29 BiH:Denmark 23:25 Denmark:BiH 26:25 BiH:Sweden 27:27 BiH:Portugal 31:29 BiH:Qatar 22:22

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