Mile Isaković (; born 17 January 1958) is 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 ...

coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

Club career

Born in

Šabac Šabac (Serbian Cyrillic: Шабац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Mačva District in western Serbia. The traditional centre of the fertile Mačva region, Šabac is located on the right banks of the river Sava. , the city p ...

, Isaković started out at his hometown club Metaloplastika. He would become the club's all-time top scorer, helping them win six Yugoslav Championships (1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, and 1987–88), four Yugoslav Cups (1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, and 1985–86), and two successive

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

s ( 1984–85 and 1985–86). In 1988, Isaković went abroad to France and spent three seasons with

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International career

At international level, Isaković represented

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

for over a decade. He was an instrumental member of the team that won the gold medal at the

. Subsequently, Isaković helped Yugoslavia win the gold medal at the 1986 World Championship.

Coaching career

In 1991, Isaković started his coaching career at French club OM Vitrolles. He led the team to victory in the 1993

Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

. Later on, Isaković served as head coach of Austrian women's team

Hypo Niederösterreich Hypo Niederösterreich (Hypo NÖ) is an Austrian women's handball club, headquartered in Maria Enzersdorf. They are one of the most successful teams on the EHF Champions League, having won the title eight times. They are also former winners of th ...

(2004–05) and Italian men's team Secchia (2005–06). He would spend the next two seasons at the helm of his former club

Honours

Player

;Metaloplastika *

Yugoslav Handball Championship The Yugoslav Handball Championship was the highest level competition in men's team handball in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, played regularly for almost four decades between 1953 and 1992, before being abandoned due to the breakup ...

: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88 * Yugoslav Handball Cup: 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86 *

: 1984–85, 1985–86 ;US Créteil *

Championnat de France The French Rugby League Championship is the major rugby league tournament for French professional and semi-professional clubs. French Championships or French Championship may also refer to: French national championships * Division 1 Féminine ...

: 1988–89 *

Coupe de France The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and profession ...

: 1988–89

Coach

;OM Vitrolles *

: 1993–94 *

: 1992–93, 1994–95 *

: 1992–93

References

External links

Olympic record
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Isakovic, Mile 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Šabac Serbian male handball players Yugoslav male handball players Olympic handball players of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in handball RK Metaloplastika players Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Germany Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Serbian handball coaches Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Serbian expatriate sportspeople in France