Novak Bošković (; 23 May 1989 – 3 February 2019) was a Serbian

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

Born in Sombor, Bošković started playing handball at

Crvenka Crvenka () is a small town located in the municipality of Kula in the West Bačka District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a Serbian ethnic majority, and it had a population of 9,001 in 2011. Name In Serbian, th ...

. He also played for Vrbas and Priboj, before moving abroad. Between 2010 and 2017, Bošković spent five seasons with Maccabi Tel Aviv on three occasions, winning two national championships in 2014 and 2016.

International career

At international level, Bošković represented Serbia at the 2016 European Championship.

Death

Bošković committed suicide by gunshot at his home in

on 3 February 2019. He was survived by his wife and his daughter who was born a few months prior to his death.

Honours

;Maccabi Tel Aviv *

Ligat Ha'Al The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

: 2013–14, 2015–16 ;Hapoel Rishon LeZion *

: 2017–18

References

External links

MKSZ record
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boskovic, Novak 1989 births 2019 suicides 2019 deaths Sportspeople from Sombor Serbian male handball players RK Crvenka players RK Vrbas players CS Dinamo București (men's handball) players Tatabánya KC players Serbian expatriate handball players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Suicides by firearm in Serbia