Žarko Marković (handballer)

Žarko Marković
Marković in 2015
Personal information
Full name Žarko Marković
Born (1986-06-01) 1 June 1986
Cetinje, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Nationality Montenegrin / Qatari
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Al Gharafa
(on loan from Al Rayyan)
Number 1
Youth career
Team
–
 RK Cepelin
Senior clubs
Years Team
2003–2006
 RK Jugović
2006–2007
 Tatabánya KC
2007–2009
 MKB Veszprém
2009–2010
 Budućnost Podgorica
2010–2011
 Al Ahli Jeddah
2011–2012
 RK Metalurg Skopje
2012–2013
 Frisch Auf Göppingen
2013–2014
 HSV Hamburg
2014–2017
 El Jaish
2017
 RK Zagreb
2018
 Al Duhail
2018–2019
 Al Wakrah
2019
 Al Gharafa
2020
 Al Shamal
2020–2021
 Al Rayyan
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2012
 Montenegro 30 (87)
2015–
 Qatar
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
U19 World Championship
2005 Qatar
U18 European Championship
2004 Serbia and Montenegro
Representing  Qatar
World Championship
2015 Qatar
Asian Championship
2016 Bahrain
2024 Bahrain

Žarko Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Марковић; born 1 June 1986) is a Montenegrin-born Qatari handball player who plays for Al Gharafa on loan from Al Rayyan.

Club career

After starting his career at Serbian club Jugović, Marković spent three seasons in Hungary with Tatabánya and MKB Veszprém. He later also played for Budućnost Podgorica, Al Ahli Jeddah,[1] Metalurg Skopje, Frisch Auf Göppingen, HSV Hamburg, El Jaish, Zagreb, Al Duhail, Al Wakrah, Al Gharafa and Al Shamal.

International career

Youth

At youth level, Marković won two gold medals for Serbia and Montenegro. He was a member of the winning squad at the 2004 European Under-18 Championship.[2] Subsequently, Marković helped the nation win the 2005 World Under-19 Championship.[3]

Senior

A Montenegro international since its inception, Marković participated at the 2008 European Championship in the nation's debut appearance in major tournaments. He was later omitted from the national team for the 2013 World Championship,[4] before switching allegiance to Qatar. After being cleared to play, Marković made his debut for the Qatar national team at the 2015 World Championship, helping them finish as runners-up.[5] The result was however controversial due to the many naturalized players of Qatar, of which Marković was one of them.[6][7] According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine, only four of the 17 players in the squad were native to Qatar.[8] The practice was criticised by Austrian goalkeeper after his team's loss to Qatar in the round of 16, saying "It [felt] like playing against a world selection team" and "I think it is not the sense of a world championship."[9] Furthermore there were claims of favourable refereering for the hosts.[10][11][12] After the final whistle of their semifinal against Poland, the Polish players showed their discontent by ironically applauding the three referees.[13][14]

He also won the gold medal at the 2016 Asian Championship and took part in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Honours

Metalurg Skopje
Al Duhail
Al Gharafa
Al Shamal

References

  1. ^ "الأهلي السعودي يتعاقد مع لاعب اليد الصربي زاركو ماركو فيتش" (in Arabic). alwakad.net. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Plavi bez poraza do zlata" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 2 August 2004. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Apsolutni šampioni" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 12 August 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Marković: Kastratović nije imao za mene razumijevanja kao za druge" (in Montenegrin). vijesti.me. 30 December 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Corner Qatar". slate.com. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Player Eligibility Code" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. p. 5. Retrieved 29 January 2015. They shall not have played in any national team of another country in the three years preceding their first appearance in the national team in an official match.
  7. ^ "Qatar's foreign legion primed for handball date with Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Falsche Fans simulieren Stimmung" [Fake fans simulate excitement]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Qatar handball team coach faces questions over foreign players". BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  10. ^ Team, Fans und Schiris gekauft? (German)
  11. ^ Handball-WM in Katar: Österreich hält sich für verpfiffen (German)
  12. ^ Österreich von Referees und Katar aus WM gekickt (German)
  13. ^ "Radość Katarczyków, Polacy z pretensjami do sędziów". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 30 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Polish National Handball Team Sarcastically Applauds Officials After Controversial Loss to Qatar". thebiglead.com. 31 January 2015.
  15. ^ "CORONATION OF AL DUHAIL HANDBALL WITH THE LEAGUE TITLE". duhailsc.com. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  16. ^ "الغرافة يتوّج بلقب البطولة العربية للأندية أبطال الدوري لكرة اليد" (in Arabic). qatarhandball.org. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Qatar's Al Shamal win 15th Men's Arab Championship for Club Cup Winners". ihf.info. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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