Vlatko Mitkov

Vlatko Mitkov

Vlatko Mitkov (2019)
Player information
birthday	16th August 1981 (age 39)
place of birth	Štip , Yugoslavia
citizenship	Austrian
height	1.96 m
Playing position	Back right
Throwing hand	Left
Club information
society	Bregenz handball
Jersey number	71
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
1991–	Povardaria
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-2003	RK Pelister Bitola
2003-2006	SG Willstätt / Schutterwald
2006-2008	HSG Wetzlar
2008-2010	ASV Hamm
2010-2011	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten
2011–2012	HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach
2012-2018	UHK Krems
2018–	Bregenz handball
National team
	Games (goals)
North Macedonia	91 (78)
As of September 5, 2018

Vlatko Mitkov ( Macedonian Влатко Митков ; born August 16, 1981 in Štip , SR Macedonia , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a handball player with Austrian citizenship.

Vlakto Mitkov started playing handball in his hometown when he was 13. He quickly attracted attention and switched to the first division club RK Pelister Bitola . Here he became the Macedonian champion in 2002, at the same time he was targeted by foreign clubs. In 2003 he was hired by the SG Willstätt / Schutterwald , where he stayed for three years and improved again. Mitkov then hired the first division club HSG Wetzlar . There, however, he did not know how to convince; in the summer of 2008 Mitkov moved to the second division ASV Hamm . In January 2010 he was signed by the Bundesliga club Balingen-Weilstetten. In summer 2011 he left Balingen for Austria, where he signed a contract with HSG Raiffeisen Bärnbach / Köflach .

From June 2012 the backcourt player ran for the UHK Krems in the Handball League Austria . In 2018 the backcourt player received Austrian citizenship and switched to Bregenz Handball . Mostly it is used in the right back space. For the 2020/21 season he will move to the Austrian second division club UHC Hollabrunn.

Vlatko Mitkov has so far played 91 international matches for the Macedonian men's handball team. With surprising victories in the qualifying games for the 2009 World Cup against Olympic finalist Iceland, he qualified with Macedonia for the finals in Croatia. He also played for Macedonia at the 2016 European Championship finals in Poland. The team qualified for the main round, but finished last in the group.

HLA balance

season	society	Division	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2011/12	HSG Bärnbach / Koflach	HLA	149	8/14	141
2012/13	UHK Krems	HLA	125	22/35	103
2013/14	UHK Krems	HLA	130	6/11	124
2014/15	UHK Krems	HLA	137	3/3	134
2015/16	UHK Krems	HLA	163	11/11	152
2016/17	UHK Krems	HLA	157	19/25	138
2017/18	UHK Krems	HLA	82	0/0	82
2018/19	Bregenz handball	HLA	106	37/54	69
2011-2019	total	HLA	1049	106/153 (69%)	943

Web links

• Mitkov in the database of the European Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mitkov's move to Willstätt ( memento of the original from December 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Mitkov in the management of the HSG Wetzlar ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ ihf.info: Macedonia , accessed on January 8, 2017
4. ↑ The Macedonian national player Vlatko Mitov changes to the HBW ( Memento of the original from January 24th 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Vlatko Mitkov moves to Austria , handball-world.com on July 20, 2011
6. ↑ Report on the change to the UHK Krems ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ BREGENZ HANDBALL OBLIGATES VLATKO MITKOV. In: bregenz-handball.at. March 27, 2018, accessed September 5, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Former HBL professional Vlatko Mitkov leaves Bregenz Handball. In: handball-world.news. June 12, 2020, accessed June 12, 2020 .