Zoran Kurteš ( Serbian Cyrillic: Зopан Куртeш; December 23, 1965 – May 7, 2010) was a Serbian team handball player and coach. Zoran Kurteš died at the age of 44 after a cardiac arrest in

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, Romania. At the time of his death he was the coach of HCM Constanța, a team with excellent results during his stewardship. He was coaching in Romania since September 29, 2008. He was married with two children, his family living in Novi Sad.

Playing career

Zoran Kurteš was a team handball player until he became a coach. He played 11 seasons for

RK Jugović RK Jugović () is a Serbian handball club based in Kać, Novi Sad. They compete in the top tier Serbian handball league, the Arkus league. History Founded as RK Mladost in 1956, the club changed its name to RK Jugović in 1960. They made thei ...

in the Serbian League.

Coaching career

Clubs

RK Sintelon RK Sintelon () was a Serbian handball club based in Bačka Palanka. History The club was founded in 1952 as RK Tekstilac. They changed their name to RK Sintelon in 1970 after being acquired by the textile factory of the same name. In 1994, the c ...

RK Crvenka RK Crvenka () is a Serbian handball club based in Crvenka. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super B League. History The first handball club in Crvenka was established in 1952. They competed under the name RK Partizan. In 1959, the club merge ...

RK Partizan RK Partizan () is a Serbian handball club based in Belgrade. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super League and SEHA League. History The original club was founded in 1948. They competed for only a year until 1949. In January 1957, RK Dedi ...

RK Vojvodina RK Vojvodina () is a Serbian handball club based in Novi Sad. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super League. History Founded in 1948, the club won the Serbia and Montenegro Handball Super League and Serbia and Montenegro Handball Cup in ...

* SC Pick Szeged *

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* HCM Constanța

National Teams

* Serbia

Achievements

Clubs

* Serbian League: 3 times * Serbian Cup: 3 times *

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: 1 times * Romanian League: 2 times * EHF Challenge Cup: Semifinals (with

) * EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Semifinals (with

) * EHF Champions League: 1/8 (with SC Pick Szeged), 1/8 (with HCM Constanța)

National Teams

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: 8th place (with Serbia)

Death

Zoran Kurteš started to feel ill on the evening of May 7, 2010, in his hotel room in the seaside resort of

. A friend of his called

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. In about 7 minutes a

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ambulance arrived at the Flora Hotel. At 11 pm, after almost an hour of attempted

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, Zoran died. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.Tragic loss of Serbian handball coach
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References

1965 births 2010 deaths Serbian male handball players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Serbian expatriates in Hungary Handball coaches of international teams Serbian handball coaches {{Serbia-handball-bio-stub