Zvonimir Serdarušić
Zvonimir Serdarušić | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Serdarušić with THW Kiel in 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia | 2 September 1950|||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality |
Croatian German | |||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Pivot (Line player) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
1967–1970 | RK Velež Mostar | |||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1973 | RK Bosna Sarajevo | |||||||||||||||||||||
1973–1980 | Partizan Bjelovar | |||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1981 | THW Kiel | |||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1984 | Füchse Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ||||||||||||||||||||
1973-1978 | Yugoslavia | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1986 | RK Velež Mostar | |||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1989 | Mehanika Metković | |||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | VfL Bad Schwartau | |||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1993 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | |||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2008 | THW Kiel | |||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Slovenia | |||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | RK Celje | |||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Pays d'Aix | |||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | PSG Handball | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zvonimir "Noka" Serdarušić (born 2 September 1950 in Mostar, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian German retired handball coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia. In May 1998, he also acquired German citizenship.[1]
Career
Yugoslavia
Serdarušić began his handball career in Velež from Mostar. After three seasons he moved to RK Bosna Sarajevo. In two seasons with Bosna Sarajevo he moved up from the third league to the first. In 1973 Serdarušić moved to Partizan Bjelovar. He stayed at the club for seven years winning the First League twice in 1977 and 1979 and the Cup once in 1977.[2]
Germany
In 1981 he spent one season in THW Kiel before moving to Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC. At Füchse Berlin he got to the semi final of the IHF Cup in 1983 and the final of the DHB-Pokal 1984 before retiring.
He also played a match for the world all star team.
Appearances and goals
- THW Kiel (1980-1981), 26 (99)
- Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC (1981-1984), 73 (182)
International career
Seradušić first appeared at 1974 World Championship in East Germany. There Yugoslavia won the bronze medal defeating Poland 18:16.
He was part of the Yugoslav team which finished fifth in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored 17 goals. Currently Serdarušić is considered one of the top handball coaches in the world. He also played at the 1975 Mediterranean Games where he won a gold medal. His last tournament for the national team was the 1978 World Championship where Yugoslavia finished fifth.
Controversy
He was charged with allegedly having bribed referees in ten championship matches in 2010, while at THW Kiel.[3] However, he was officially cleared in 2012.[4]
Honours
Player
- Bosna Sarajevo
- Yugoslav Second League (1): 1971-72
- Yugoslav Third League (1): 1970-71
- Partizan Bjelovar
- Yugoslav First League (2): 1976-77, 1978–79
- Yugoslav Cup (1): 1976-77
- Füchse Berlin
- DHB-Pokal Finalist (1): 1984
Coach
- Velež Mostar
- Yugoslav Third League (1): 1984-85
- Bad Schwartau
- 2nd Bundesliga - North (1): 1989-90
- Flensburg-Handewitt
- 2nd Bundesliga - North (1): 1991-92
- THW Kiel
- Bundesliga (11): 1993-94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08
- DHB-Pokal (5): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008
- German Super Cup (5): 1995, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008
- EHF Champions League (1): 2006-07
- EHF Champions Trophy (1): 2007
- EHF Cup (3): 1998, 2002, 2004
- Celje
- Slovenian First League (1): 2009-10
- Slovenian Cup (1): 2010
- Slovenian Super Cup (1): 2010
- PSG
- LNH Division 1 (2): 2015-16, 2016-17
- Coupe de France (1): 2018
- Coupe de la Ligue (2): 2017, 2018
- Trophée des champions (1): 2016
- Individual
- Best coach of Bundesliga: 2006, 2007, 2008
- Coach of the year in Germany: 1996, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007
References
- ↑ (in German)
- ↑ "Zvonimir Serdarusic". archiv.thw-handball.de/ (in German).
- ↑ German magazine article about the game manipulation allegations
- ↑ "Zwei Freisprüche und viele offene Fragen" (in German).
External links
- profile (in German)