Marjan Kolev (born 4 April 1977) is a former Macedonian

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player who played for the Macedonian national team. He is currently a coach in

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club

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Career

As a player Kolev started out in Vardar. At the club in two spells he won eight domestic titles. The club also reached the third place in the 1998-99 EHF Cup Winners' Cup. For two years he played for

Tutunski Kombinat Prilep Tutunski kombinat Prilep () is a tobacco company headquartered in Prilep, North Macedonia. The company mainly deals with the purchasing and selling of high quality oriental tobacco (types Prilep and Yaka); its operations also include the producti ...

who won the

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in 2002. For the second part of 2004-05 season, he moved to Italian top club Pallamano Trieste, and stayed in Italy until the end of the season. After the italian experience, Kolev moved to Croatian side Zamet Rijeka where he played for one season finishing in sixth place with the club after championship play-offs. He played in France for Villefranche,

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, Montélimar and St-Egrève before retiring.

Honours

;RK Vardar * Macedonian Handball Super League (4): 1998-99, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04 *

(4): 1997, 2000, 2003, 2004 * EHF Cup Winners' Cup third place (1): 1998-99 ;Tutunski Kombinat *

(1): 2002

References

External links

Kolev EHF ProfileMarjan Kolev
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolev, Marjan 1977 births Living people Macedonian male handball players RK Zamet players Handball players from Skopje Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in France Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Macedonian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Macedonian expatriate handball players