Dragan Đukić (handballer)

Dragan Djukić - Handball Coach
Dragan Djukić - Handball Coach
	Dragan Djukić during a training of Grundfos Tatabanya KC (Hungary, 2021)
Personal information
Born	9 August 1962 (age 59); Arandjelovac, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Club information
Current club	Tatabánya KC, Hungary (Head Coach)
Teams managed
Years	Team
2019–2020	National team of Georgia (Sport Director)
2018–2019	CSM Bucharest, Romania
2016–2018	National team of Montenegro
2017–2018	Odorhei, Romania
2016–2017	Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel
2012–2015	National team of Israel
2009–2010	Pick Szeged, Hungary
2009–2012	National team of Great Britain
2006–2008	National team of Switzerland
2005–2006	Madeira, Portugal
2003–2004	National team of North Macedonia
2003–2005	Vardar, Republic of North Macedonia
2000–2003	Pick Szeged, Hungary
2000–2000	National team of Jordan
1999–2000	Red Star, Serbia
1998–1999	Sever, Serbia
1997–1998	Napredak, Serbia
1995–1997	Kolubara, Serbia
1994–1995	Zupa, Serbia
1993–1994	Metaloplastika, Serbia
1986–1993	Zupa, Serbia

Dragan Djukic (born 9 August 1962 in Arandjelovac) is a Serbian handball coach.^[1] During his coaching career worked with famous handball clubs like:

"CSM“ Bucharest (Romania)
"Vardar" Skopje (North Macedonia)
"Pick" Szeged (Hungary)
"Red Star" Belgrade (Serbia)
"Metaloplastika" Sabac (Serbia)
As well as the National Teams of Montenegro, Israel, Great Britain, Switzerland, North Macedonia.

With the National Team of Great Britain took part at London 2012 Olympic Games and with Montenegro participated at the European Championship in Croatia 2018.

Handball Academy, Book and Seminars[]

Conceptual initiator, founder, and organizer of the project: "Handball 4All" a unique program of individual handball education for young players and coaches from all over the world, running from 2011 in Serbia.

In 2020, he published a very successful handball book on the principles of defense 3:2:1, entitled: "3:2:1 - Back to basics".

Held Seminars and Lectures in Serbia, Portugal, Hungary, Switzerland, Greece, Great Britain, Israel, North Macedonia, Turkey, Montenegro, Tunisia, Japan and Slovakia, on different handball related topics. As a lecturer participated in the Master Coach courses of the Handball Federations of Poland, Croatia, Greece, Israel, and Italy.

Education[]

Graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education in Novi Sad (Serbia), finished a Master's study at the Faculty of Sport in Belgrade (Serbia).

He is a certified Master Coach (since 2014) of the European Handball Federation (the highest education for handball coaches).

In 2018, finished a Master's study at EHF/University Las Palmas (Spain). He was part of the 1st generation of Academic EHF Master Coaches..

Coaching career[]

In the period from 1987 to 2001 he was hired as a coach of various junior selections of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia. Through his work, he played a role in the becoming of several young players everywhere he worked: Ivan Lapčević ("Zupa"), Danijel Anđelković ("Kolubara"), Nikola Eklemović and Daniel Buday (Pick Szeged), Carlos Carneiro ("Madeira SAD"), Andy Schmid (Swiss National Team) etc.

In addition, in the same period he was the coach of several clubs in Serbia:

"Zupa" Aleksandrovac 1986-1993 and 1994/95.
"Metaloplastika" Sabac 1993/94,
RK "Kolubara" Lazarevac 1995-1997,
ZORK "Napredak" Krusevac 1997/98,
"Sever Kozateks" Subotica 1998/99, and
"Red Star" Belgrade 1999/00.

In December 2000, he became the coach of the Hungarian club Pick Szeged, and remained there until June 2003, when he went to Macedonia and worked as a coach of "Vardar Vatrostalna" Skopje (2003-2005) and as a national coach of the Macedonian national team (2003/04). Season 2005/2006 he took over the Portuguese club Madeira SAD from Funchal.

In the period from 2006 to 2008, he was the national coach of Switzerland.

In April 2009, Djukic succeeded Carsten Albrektsen as the head coach of the national team of Great Britain with the goal of forming a team for the 2012 Olympic Handball Tournament in London. At the same time, in the 2009/10 season, he was also leading Pick Szeged simultaneously.

After the Olympic Games, Djukic left Great Britain and in September 2012 became the head coach of the Israeli national team, at the head of which he remained until August 2015.

In the 2016/17 season, he led Maccabi Tel Aviv, with which he won the national cup and placed in the group phase of the EHF Cup, being the only Israeli team that has achieved it so far.

In December 2016, he became the coach of Montenegro, at whose helm he remained until July 2018. With this selection, after successfully completing the qualifications, he participated in the European Championship in Zagreb in 2018.

From October 2018 to July 2019, he coached the women's team of CSM Bucharest, with whom he won the National cup and played in the 1/4 finals of the Champions League.

From 2019 to 2020 he held the position of sports director of all selections of the Handball Federation of Georgia.

He is currently the Head Coach in Grundfos Tatabanya KC, Hungary.

Achievements and recognitions[]

Champion and Cup Winner of North Macedonia with Vardar Vatrostalna
Cup Winner of Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv
Romanian Cup Winner with CSM Bucharest
MEHL League winner with Pick Szeged (Hungary)
1/2 of EHF CWC with “Vardar Vatrostalna” (North Macedonia)
1/4 of Ch League with CSM Bucharest (Romania)

He has been awarded different recognitions for his individual work as a coach:

The best youth coach by the Handball federation of the Republic of Yugoslavia in 1993;
Coach of the year in Aleksandrovac in 1993 and Lazarevac in 1995;
Coach of the century of the municipality of Aleksandrovac in 2000;
Coach of the year in Hungary in 2002;

With "Zupa" in the 1994/95 season, he took place in the First Federal League of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the highest level of competition, and was the champion of Serbia and Yugoslavia in the 1992/93 season with the younger selections of the same club.

Playing Career[]

In his playing career, he played for: "Zupa" Aleksandrovac, "Student" Kragujevac and "Goč" Vrnjačka Banja, all from Serbia. Very early, in 1986, he decided to dedicate himself to a coaching career and initially led as a coach and played in the same time for "Zupa".

References[]

^ 2018 European Championship roster

[1] 2018 European Championship roster

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