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

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.

Club career

Born in

Sombor Sombor ( sr-Cyrl, Сомбор, ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the West Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city has a total population of 41,814 (), while its adminis ...

, 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 Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

on three occasions, winning two national championships in 2014 and 2016.

International career

At international level, Bošković represented

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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: 2013–14, 2015–16 ;Hapoel Rishon LeZion * Ligat Ha'Al: 2017–18

References

External links

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MKSZ record
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