Nikola Marinovic

Nikola Marinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Мариновић; born 29 August 1976) is a Serbian-Austrian handball player and handball coach.

Nikola Marinović
Marinović in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Nikola Marinović
Born	(1976-08-29) 29 August 1976 (age 48) Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian / Austrian
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	GC Amicitia Zürich
Number	76
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1996–2001	Crvena zvezda
2001–2002	Lovćen
2002–2005	SG Handball West Wien
2005–2009	Bregenz
2009–2011	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
2011–2013	HSG Wetzlar
2013–2015	Frisch Auf Göppingen
2015–2018	Kadetten Schaffhausen
2018–2022	GC Amicitia Zürich
2018	→ HSG Wetzlar (loan)
2022–	HSC Kreuzlingen
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Yugoslavia	2	(0)
	Austria[1]	169	(0)

Club career

Marinović played for Crvena zvezda in the Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia for five seasons, winning back-to-back titles in 1997 and 1998. He also spent one season with fellow Yugoslav side Lovćen, before moving abroad to Austria in 2002. Over the next seven years, Marinović played for SG Handball West Wien (2002–2005) and Bregenz (2005–2009).

International career

At international level, Marinović was capped for FR Yugoslavia before switching allegiance to Austria.

Since 2022 he has been a goalkeeping coach for the Austrian national team.^[2]

Honours

Crvena zvezda

• Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia: 1996–97, 1997–98

Lovćen

• Handball Cup of FR Yugoslavia: 2001–02

Bregenz

• Handball Liga Austria: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09

Kadetten Schaffhausen

• Swiss Handball League: 2015–16, 2016–17

References

1. "Rekordspieler" (in German). oehb.at. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "Ex-HBL-Profi Nikola Marinovic wird Torwarttrainer der österreichischen Handball-Nationalmannschaft".

External links

• Nikola Marinovic at the European Handball Federation