Jovan Kovačević (; born 14 September 1970) is a Serbian former
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
player.
Club career
Kovačević started out at his hometown club
Vrbas. He would spend two seasons with
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
between 1993 and 1995, winning back-to-back championships.
In 1997, Kovačević moved abroad to Spain and signed with
Bidasoa. He also played for fellow
Liga ASOBAL team
Cangas, before moving to Germany in 1999.
After spending three seasons at SG Hameln, Kovačević was signed by Swiss club
Grasshoppers in 2002. He moved to Italian side Torggler Group Meran in 2003.
International career
At international level, Kovačević competed for
FR Yugoslavia in four major tournaments, winning the bronze medal at the
1996 European Championship.
Honours
;Partizan
*
Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro Handball Super League was the highest-level national handball league competition in Serbia and Montenegro.
Champions
Results by teams
See also
* Yugoslav Handball Championship
* Serbian Handball Super League
The Ser ...
: 1993–94, 1994–95
*
Handball Cup of FR Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro Handball Cup was the national handball cup competition in Serbia and Montenegro.
Winners
Results by teams
See also
* Yugoslav Handball Cup
* Serbian Handball Cup
Serbian Handball Cup is the nationwide cup tournament ...
: 1993–94
References
External links
*
1970 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Vrbas
Yugoslav male handball players
Serbia and Montenegro male handball players
Serbian male handball players
RK Vrbas players
RK Partizan players
Liga ASOBAL players
Handball-Bundesliga players
Serbian expatriate handball players in Germany
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Italy
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