Veselin Vuković (; born 19 December 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

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

Struga Struga ( mk, Струга , sq, Strugë) is a town and popular tourist destination situated in the south-western region of North Macedonia, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. The town of Struga is the seat of Struga Municipality. Name The nam ...

(

PR Macedonia The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia or Yugoslav Macedonia, was ...

), Vuković moved with his family to

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 ...

(

PR Serbia , life_span = 1944–1992 , status = Constituent state of Yugoslavia , p1 = Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia , flag_p1 = Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg , p2 ...

) at an early age. He started out at local club Metaloplastika, helping them win six Yugoslav Championships (1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, and 1985–86), 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 1986, Vuković went abroad to Spain and spent four seasons with

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

. He also briefly played for Helados Alacant, before joining European champions

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

in 1991.

International career

At international level, Vuković represented

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

at the

in Los Angeles, winning the gold medal. He was also a regular member of the team that won the 1986 World Championship in Switzerland.

Coaching career

Vuković served as an assistant to

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 ...

head coach

Veselin Vujović Veselin Vujović (born 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin handball coach and former professional player. He is the current coach of Iran national team. As a player, Vujović competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics for the Yugoslavia natio ...

at the

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. He performed the same role for two years while Vujović was head coach of

Serbia and Montenegro 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 of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

. On 1 April 2010, Vuković was appointed as head coach for

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. He led them to the final of the 2012 European Championship, which they lost to

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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 * Yugoslav Handball Cup: 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86 *

: 1984–85, 1985–86 ;Atlético Madrid *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

: 1986–87 ;Barcelona *

Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of 1 ...

: 1991–92 *

: 1992–93

Coach

;Metaloplastika *

Serbian Handball Cup Serbian Handball Cup is the nationwide cup tournament for men's handball teams in Serbia. It succeeded in 1992 to the Yugoslavia Cup and became the FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbij ...

: 2015–16

References

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Olympic record
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vukovic, Veselin 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Struga Serbs of North Macedonia Serbian male handball players Yugoslav male handball players Olympic handball players of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia 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 FC Barcelona Handbol players Liga ASOBAL players Expatriate handball players Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Serbian handball coaches Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus