Drago Vuković

Drago Vuković (born 3 August 1983), is a former Croatian handball player. He is Olympic champion from 2004[2] with the Croatian national team,[3] and he received a silver medal at the 2008 and 2010 European championships, and bronze medals at the 2012 Olympics, the 2013 World Championships and 2012 European Championships.[4] He is the twin brother of the football player, the goalkeeper of RNK Split, Andrija Vuković.[5]

Drago Vuković
Personal information
Born (1983-08-03) 3 August 1983
Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Left back
Senior clubs
Years Team
2000-2002
 RK Split
2002-2006
 RK Zagreb
2006-2008
 RK Gorenje Velenje
2008-2011
 VfL Gummersbach
2011-2015
 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
2015-2017
 Füchse Berlin
2018-2019
 VfL Gummersbach
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004-2014
 Croatia 157[1] (210)
Medal record
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Team
2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
2013 Spain Team
European Championship
2008 Norway Team
2010 Austria Team Competition
2012 Serbia Team
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almería Team

After his club Gummersbach failed to retain Handball-Bundesliga position, Vuković decided to retire.[6]

Honours
Zagreb
Gummersbach
Berlin

References
  1. "XI European Championship 2014. Team Roster, Croatia" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 2008-04-07 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
  3. "Croatia" Archived February 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
  4. "Drago Vuković Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-05. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  5. Večernji list Andrija Vuković: Brat Drago stiže u Poljud, ali nije mi htio reći za koga će navijati (interview with Ozren Maršić), 11. March 2011, accessed 2011-05-03
  6. Osipa se Balićeva generacija Osipa se Balićeva generacija, 27 June 2019, accessed 2019-06-27


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