Branko Bedekovič (handball player)

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Branko Bedekovič
Player information
birthday March 14, 1973
place of birth Eschenbach , FR GermanyGermany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 
citizenship SloveneSlovene Slovenian
height 1.99 m
Playing position Back left
Throwing hand right
Club information
society RK Maribor Branik (Sports Director)
Clubs in the youth
from ... to society
1987-1991 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia RK Razkrižje
1991-1992 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia RK Pomurka Bakovci
Clubs as active
from ... to society
1992-1996 SloveniaSlovenia RK Pomurka Bakovci
1996-1999 SloveniaSlovenia RK Velenje
1999-2002 SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje
2002-2007 SloveniaSlovenia RK Velenje
2007-2008 CroatiaCroatia RK Zagreb
2008–1 / 2010 SloveniaSlovenia RK Celje
1 / 2010–2013 AustriaAustria HC Kelag Carinthia
2 / 2014–2014 AustriaAustria HC Kelag Carinthia
2014-2015 AustriaAustria HIB Handball Graz
National team
  Games (goals)
SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 74 (112)
Medal table
European Championship 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Medals

As of June 8, 2020

Branko Bedekovič (born March 14, 1973 in Eschenbach , Federal Republic of Germany ) is a former Slovenian handball player and current official . He was mostly used in the position on the left backcourt . He currently works as a sports director at RK Maribor .

The right-hander started at RK Razkrižje at the age of 14 and moved to RK Pomurka Bakovci four years later . From 1996 he first played for the Slovenian club RK Velenje , with whom he took part in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1997/98 and 1998/99 . In 1999 he moved to the top club RK Celje , with whom he was Slovenian champion and cup winner in 2000 and 2001. In the EHF Champions League he reached the semi-finals in 1999/2000, 2000/01 and 2001/02. After three years he returned to Velenje and won the trophy in 2003. In the 2003/04 European Cup Winners' Cup, he reached the semifinals. In 2007 he was signed by the Croatian series champion RK Zagreb , with whom he won both national titles in 2008. After that season he signed again in Celje. In January 2010 he went to Austria to join HC Kelag Kärnten , where he initially ended his career in the summer of 2013. In February 2014 it was reactivated by Carinthia. In the 2014/15 season he played for HIB Handball Graz and then finally ended his playing career.

With the Slovenian national team , Branko Bedekovič took part in the 2000 Olympic Games and won the silver medal at the 2004 European Championships . He played 74 international matches in which he scored 112 goals.

Since 2018 he has held the post of sports director at the Slovenian club RK Maribor Branik .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Bedekovič za svež veter v Mariboru on rk-maribor.si, accessed on June 8, 2020
  2. ↑ HC Kärnten started with a defeat in the beginning on mein district.at, September 10, 2013, accessed on April 20, 2014
  3. ↑ HBA: WAT Fünfhaus calls for table leaders ( memento from April 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on oehb.sportlive.at, February 20, 2014
  4. ↑ Večna lestvica nastopov za reprezentanco on rokometna-zveza.si, accessed on April 20, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Bedekovič, Branko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian handball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Eschenbach , Federal Republic of Germany