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 (age 41)
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
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Spain Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2008 Norway Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Austria Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Serbia Team
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2005 Almería Team

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

Honours

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Zagreb
Gummersbach
Berlin

References

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  1. ^ "XI European Championship 2014. Team Roster, Croatia" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 February 2008)
  3. ^ "Croatia" Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback MachineEuropean Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on 1 February 2008)
  4. ^ "Drago Vuković Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  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 3 May 2011
  6. ^ Osipa se Balićeva generacija Osipa se Balićeva generacija, 27 June 2019, accessed 27 June 2019
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