Bilal Šuman | |
Birth Date: | 9 June 1968 |
Birth Place: | Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Bosnian |
Height: | 1.85 m |
Position: | Right wing |
Youthyears1: | 1982–1986 |
Youthclubs1: | Igman Ilidža |
Years1: | 1986–1988 |
Clubs1: | Igman Ilidža |
Years2: | 1988–1991 |
Clubs2: | RK Pelister |
Years3: | 1992–1993 |
Clubs3: | KIF Kolding |
Years4: | 1995–2006 |
Clubs4: | KIF Kolding |
Nationalyears1: | 1997–2006 |
Nationalteam1: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Nationalcaps1: | 32 |
Nationalgoals1: | 124 |
Manageryears1: | 2013–2014 |
Managerclubs1: | KIF Kolding |
Manageryears2: | 2015–2016 |
Managerclubs2: | KIF Kolding |
Manageryears3: | 2016–2021 |
Managerclubs3: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Bilal Šuman (born 9 June 1968) is a Bosnian former handball player and current coach. He coached Danish Men's Handball League club KIF Kolding and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
As a player, he played in the right wing position for Igman Ilidža and Eurofarm Pelister 2 in the former Yugoslavia and for KIF Kolding in Denmark and has also represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national handball team,[1] making 32 appearances and scoring 124 goals.[2]
As a coach, Šuman worked at Kolding where he won the 2013–14 Håndboldligaen[2] and qualified Bosnia and Herzegovina for the 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship.[3] He remained as Bosnia's coach until 17 February 2021.[4]
Šuman's son, Benjamin, is also a professional handball player who plays as a left winger for his father's former club Kolding.[5]
KIF Kolding
1992–93, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
1998–99, 2001–02, 2004–05
KIF Kolding
2019