Dejan Malinović

Dejan Malinović
Personal information
Born (1992-04-12) 12 April 1992
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța
Number 4
Senior clubs
Years Team
2009 RK Borac Banja Luka
2009-2012 RK Izviđač Ljubuški
2012-2013 RK Maribor Branik
2013-2014 HC Meshkov Brest
2014-2017 Creteil
2017- Dobrogea Sud Constanța
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011– Bosnia and Herzegovina 48[1] (138)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 14 January 2018

Dejan Malinović (born 12 April 1992) is a Bosnian handball player who currently plays for HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța. Malinović previously played for Borac Banja Luka, Izviđač, Maribor, Meshkov Brest and Creteil.[2] He is a member of the Bosnian national handball team. During the WC in Qatar Malinović was considered as one of the most talented European right-wing fullbacks. He has been included in the edition of EHF's "RISING STARS OF 2015". DEJAN MALINOVIC IS READY FOR THE BIG SPLASH.[3]

Club career

Malinovic was born in 1992 just after the golden years of RK Borac, who won the Champions Cup in 1976, played in the final of this prestigious competition season later and won the IHF Cup 1991, had come to the end. But there were still some local handball players that he looks up to.

"I had no specific idol but one I saw very often was Mladen Bojinovic. He was also born in Banja Luka, so me and the other Banja Luka’s kids were trying to achieve his level".

"It is never easy to grow up in the city with a lot of living handball legends. You will always stay in the shadow, no matter how good you play, but there are also a lot of positive sides. For example, I got a lot of useful advice for my sports and private life."

"But the one player I adore the most is (French international) Jerome Fernandez. He is absolutely amazing, a perfect player, a role model for me, and not only for me." Page text.[3]

After playing for Banja Luka’s youth teams, Malinovic turned his way of life to professional handball when he joined RK Izvidjac in Ljubuski in 2009, where he spent three great seasons and won National Championship and Cup in 2013. For Malinović, time spent at this club stands out as the most important in his career:"I had great coaches, Josip Glavas and Ilija Puljevic among them, who built my sense for handball and corrected a lot of things in my play. I can say that they made the most of what Dejan Malinovic is today." Page text.[4]

After a successful games in Ljubuski he signed for RK Maribor Branik where he spent half-season 2013/2014, playing in the EHF Cup. In 2014, in the winter transfer switches to exceed in Belarusian HC Meshkov Brest, and in the 2014/2015 season signed for US Créteil from Paris to compete in the LNH Division 1. During the summer 2017, after three successful years in France, he signed for Romanian HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța

National team

Dejan has passed all the selections of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from cadets, juniors to the senior team, for which he played 48 matches so far and scored 138 goals. He made his debut in a friendly match against Serbia in Ruma 05.01.2011. Malinovic had Excellent performance at the World Junior Championships in 2013, which was held in Bosnia and Herzegovina. With 29 scored goals he was the third best scorer of his team. BiH juniors qualified for the 1/8 finals and eventually took 14th best junior teams of the world on their debut championship. At World Championships in Qatar, Malinović was the most effective player of Bosnian national team with 30 goals scored.

Playing for the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina means a lot to him, " We are a family and we are all going to leave our hearts on the ground for Bosnia. Playing for National team means everything to me. We are three are nations, but one soul. We are all born in one country and I think it's finally time to realize it." Page text.[5]

Personal

Dejan has two brothers, elder Igor, who is currently on PhD studies in Switzerland and younger Mladen who still attending primary school. His family are all college educated, mother Vesna civil engineer and father Zeljko lawyer. Dejan was the only one in his family who instead books chose handball ball. He trained many sports (football, basketball, chess,) but, as Banja Luka has a long tradition of handball, Dejan prevailed on that side. In the summer of 2015, he married his longtime girlfriend, Aleksandra, also from Banja Luka. His family is a great support without which it would not have progressed so far.

"I’m always taking it step by step. My dream is to play in the VELUX EHF Champions League, of course. Hard work is the only option on that way, but I see myself in some of the top teams in next few years.", says Dejan about his plans for future.

References

  1. ↑ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Bh. rukometni reprezentativac napustio Maribor: Malinović pojačao Brest Meshkov
  3. 1 2 DEJAN MALINOVIC IS READY FOR THE BIG SPLASH
  4. ↑ Dejan Malinović: U karijeri su me najviše naučili Glavaš i Puljević - See more at: http://www.avaz.ba/clanak/169817/dejan-malinovic-u-karijeri-su-me-najvise-naucili-glavas-i-puljevic?url=clanak/169817/dejan-malinovic-u-karijeri-su-me-najvise-naucili-glavas-i-puljevic#sthash.foGdXwF6.dpuf, additional text.
  5. ↑ Malinović: Tri smo nacije, ali jedna duša! Svi za BiH Pročitaj više na: http://sportsport.ba/rukomet/malinovic-tri-smo-nacije-ali-jedna-dusa-svi-za-bih/109239, additional text.
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