Nikola Marinović | |
Full Name: | Nikola Marinović |
Birth Date: | 29 August 1976 |
Birth Place: | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Serbian / Austrian |
Height: | 1.98 m |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | GC Amicitia Zürich |
Clubnumber: | 76 |
Years1: | 1996–2001 |
Clubs1: | Crvena zvezda |
Years2: | 2001–2002 |
Clubs2: | Lovćen |
Years3: | 2002–2005 |
Clubs3: | SG Handball West Wien |
Years4: | 2005–2009 |
Clubs4: | Bregenz |
Years5: | 2009–2011 |
Clubs5: | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten |
Years6: | 2011–2013 |
Clubs6: | HSG Wetzlar |
Years7: | 2013–2015 |
Clubs7: | Frisch Auf Göppingen |
Years8: | 2015–2018 |
Clubs8: | Kadetten Schaffhausen |
Years9: | 2018–2022 |
Clubs9: | GC Amicitia Zürich |
Years10: | 2018 |
Clubs10: | → HSG Wetzlar (loan) |
Years11: | 2022– |
Clubs11: | HSC Kreuzlingen |
Nationalteam1: | Yugoslavia |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalteam2: | Austria[1] |
Nationalcaps2: | 169 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nikola Marinović (; born 29 August 1976) is a Serbian-Austrian handball player and handball coach.
Marinović played for Crvena zvezda in the Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia for five seasons, winning back-to-back titles in 1997 and 1998. He also spent one season with fellow Yugoslav side Lovćen, before moving abroad to Austria in 2002. Over the next seven years, Marinović played for SG Handball West Wien (2002–2005) and Bregenz (2005–2009).
At international level, Marinović was capped for FR Yugoslavia before switching allegiance to Austria.
Since 2022 he has been a goalkeeping coach for the Austrian national team.[2]