Nikola Marinović (; born 29 August 1976) is a Serbian-Austrian

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

Marinović played for

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in B ...

in the

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 ...

for five seasons, winning back-to-back titles in 1997 and 1998. He also spent one season with fellow Yugoslav side

Lovćen Lovćen ( cyrl, Ловћен, ) is a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro. It is the inspiration behind the names ''Montenegro'' and ''Crna Gora'', both of which mean "Black Mountain" and refer to the appearance of Mount Lov� ...

, before moving abroad to Austria in 2002. Over the next seven years, Marinović played for

SG Handball West Wien SG Handball West Wien is a handball club from Wien, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria. History In 1946, police lieutenant colonel Herndlm West Wien founded the club. They won the championship 5 times (1968, 1989, 199 ...

(2002–2005) and

Bregenz Bregenz (; gsw, label= Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switze ...

(2005–2009).

International career

At international level, Marinović was capped for

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...

before switching allegiance to

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

Honours

;Crvena zvezda *

: 1996–97, 1997–98 ;Lovćen *

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 ...

: 2001–02 ;Bregenz *

Handball Liga Austria The Handball Liga Austria (HLA) is the professional handball league of Austria. Competition format The season begins with a regular season between the ten teams. The first five teams qualify for a first playoff round, while the last five play ...

: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 ;Kadetten Schaffhausen *

Swiss Handball League The Swiss Handball League (SHL) is the name of the professional handball league of Switzerland. It is divided into two divisions: * Nationalliga A * Nationalliga B Current season Teams for season 2020–21 *Pfadi Winterthur *Kadetten Schaff ...

: 2015–16, 2016–17

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marinovic, Nikola 1976 births Living people Handball players from Belgrade Naturalised citizens of Austria Serbia and Montenegro male handball players Serbian male handball players Austrian male handball players RK Crvena zvezda players HSG Wetzlar players Frisch Auf Göppingen players Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Austria Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland