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

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player and handball coach.

Club career

Marinović played for

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

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 The Yugoslav Handball Championship was the ...

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

Lovćen Lovćen ( cnr-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 ...

, 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 6 times (1968, 1989, 199 ...

(2002–2005) and

Bregenz Bregenz (; ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost states of Austria, state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switzerland in the wes ...

(2005–2009).

International career

At international level, Marinović was capped for

FR Yugoslavia The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

before switching allegiance to

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. Since 2022 he has been a goalkeeping coach for the Austrian national team.

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 The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and com ...

: 2001–02 ;Bregenz *

Handball Liga Austria The Handball Liga Austria (HLA) is the professional handball league of Austria. Competition format The current format was introduced in the 2021-2022 season. The competition has 12 teams. The season begins with a regular season where each tea ...

: 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: * Quickline Handball League * Nationalliga B Current season Teams for season 2024–25 * BSV Bern * GC Amicit ...

: 2015–16, 2016–17 ;Kadetten Schaffhausen * Handball Cup of Switzerland: 2015-16

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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 Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Austria Austrian expatriate handball players in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Austrian sports coaches Serbian handball coaches Expatriate handball players in Switzerland