Davor Dominiković

Davor Dominiković
Dominiković with HSV Hamburg in 2014
Personal information
Born (1978-04-07) 7 April 1978
Metković, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club TuS N-Lübbecke (head coach)
Senior clubs
Years Team
1995–1997
 Metković Razvitak
1997–1999
 Badel 1862 Zagreb
1999–2002
 Metković Jambo
2002–2003
 THW Kiel
2003–2004
 SG Kronau-Östringen
2004
 Algeciras BM
2004–2006
 FC Barcelona
2006–2010
 SDC San Antonio
2010–2011
 PSG Handball
2011–2013
 US Ivry Handball
2013–2016
 HSV Hamburg
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2008
 Croatia 174 (205)
Teams managed
2017–2018
 RK Dubrava (assistant)
2018–2019
 Croatia (assistant)
2018–2019
 MRK Sesvete
2019–2022
 Croatia U21
2020–2025
 TuS Vinnhorst
11/2025-
 TuS N-Lübbecke
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Team
World Championship
2003 Portugal Team
2005 Tunisia Team
Junior World Championship
2019 Spain Coach
Statoil World Cup
2006 Sweden & Germany Team
European Championship
2008 Norway Team
Mediterranean Games
1997 Bari Team
2001 Tunis Team

Davor Dominiković (born 7 April 1978) is a Croatian former professional handball player, who is the current handball coach for the Croatia national under-21 team & the German club TuS N-Lübbecke.[1][2]

He is a world champion from the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship. He also competed for the Croatia national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where Croatia took gold.[3]

Career

Dominiković started his career at RK Metković, followed by RK Zagreb. Here he won the Croatian Championship and Cup in 1998 and 1999. He also reached the final of the 1997-98 and 1998-99 Champions League, but on both occasions he lost he final to FC Barcelona Handbol.[4][5] In 1999 he returned to RK Metkotic, where he won the EHF Cup in 1999-20 on away goals to SG Flensburg-Handewitt.[6] The season after he reached the final again, where they lost to SC Magdeburg.[7]

In 2002 he joined German Bundesliga team THW Kiel, and a year later he signed for SG Kronau-Östringen. He joined Spanish second tier side Algeciras BM in 2004, and later the same season he joined FC Barcelona Handbol.[8] Here he won the 2004-05 EHF Champions League and the Liga ASOBAL 2004–05. For the 2006-07 season he joined Portland San Antonio.[8]

In 2007 he was suspected of doping before the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship. It was however discovered that the Spanish authorities had mixed up the test samples.[9] In 2014 he was awarded 150,000 € in damages in the Spanish court.[10]

In 2010 he signed for French side Paris HB. After only a year he signed for league rivals US Ivry HB.[11] In 2013 he was released of his contract with Ivry and joined HSV Hamburg.[12][13] In November 2015 he joined HBW Balingen-Weilstetten, where he played for 2 seasons before retiring.[14]

Coaching Career

After retiring, he became the assistant coach at the Croatian team RK Dubrava.[15] For the 2018-19 season he became the head coach of MRK Sesvete.[16] The same year he became the Croatian U21 coach.[17] After MRK Sesvete had a disastrous start to the 2019/20 season, Dominiković resigned from his coaching position in November 2019.[18]

In 2020 he became the head coach of the German 3rd tier side TuS Vinnhorst.[19] In 2023 he guided the team to promotion to the 2nd Handball-Bundesliga.[20] A year later they were however relegated to the third tier again. He left Vinnhorst after the 2024-25 season.[21]

In November 2025 he became the coach of the 2nd Bundesliga team TuS N-Lübbecke.[22]

Honours

Metković
Zagreb
Barcelona
San Antonio
US Ivry
Individual

Orders

References

  1. ^ "Croatia" Archived 5 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on 1 February 2008)
  2. ^ "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 February 2008)
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Davor Dominiković". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ "1997/98 VELUX EHF Champions League Final". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. ^ "1998/99 VELUX EHF Champions League Final". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  6. ^ "1999/00 Men's EHF Cup". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Titelträger Kroatien". bundesligainfo.de (in German). Retrieved 24 June 2022..
  8. ^ a b "Dominiković wechselt zu San Antonio" (in German). THW Kiel. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  9. ^ "„Dopingfall" Dominikovic: Kroate entlastet und ab sofort spielberechtigt". archiv.thw-handball.de (in German). Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Nach siebeneinhalb Jahren: Dominiković erhält Anspruch auf Schadensersatz" (in German). handball-world.com. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Davor Dominiković wechselt innerhalb Frankreichs" (in German). handball-world.com.
  12. ^ "Kommt ein Weltmeister und Olympiasieger nach Hamburg?" (in German). handball-world.com.
  13. ^ "HSV verpflichtet Olympiasieger Davor Dominikovic" (in German). abendblatt.de. Retrieved 4 January 2016..
  14. ^ "„Wird eine wichtige Rolle spielen" – Balingen bestätigt Verpflichtung von Dominiković" (in German). handball-world.com. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Hrvatske rukometne legende preuzele Dubravu: Davor Dominiković pomoćnik Vladi Šoli!". crosport.hr (in Croatian). 8 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Früherer HBL-Profi Dominikovic erstmals Cheftrainer" (in German). handball-world.news. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  17. ^ "KRUNA ODLIČNE GODINE VIRO VIROVITICE Luka Moslavac pozvan u juniorsku reprezentaciju Hrvatske". icv.hr (in Croatian). 14 December 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Davor Dominiković više nije trener Sesveta" (in Croatian). MRK Sesvete. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  19. ^ "TuS Vinnhorst präsentiert Olympiasieger Davor Dominikovic als neuen Chefcoach" (in German). handball-world.news. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  20. ^ "Millionär sorgt für Zweitliga-Aufstieg" (in German). Bild. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  21. ^ "TuS Vinnhorst kündigt Trainerwechsel an" (in German). handball-world.news. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  22. ^ "N-Lübbecke trennt sich von Trainer Przybecki, Nachfolger schon fix" (in German). handball-world.news. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  23. ^ "Davor Dominiković biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
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