Bilal Šuman (born 9 June 1968) is a Bosnian former handball player and current coach. He has coached Danish Men's Handball League club KIF Kolding and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Career

As a player, he played in the right wing position for Igman Ilidža and Eurofarm Pelister 2 in the former Yugoslavia and for KIF Kolding in Denmark and has also represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national handball team,[1] making 32 appearances and scoring 124 goals.[2] With KIF Kolding he won the 1996 Danish Men's Handball Cup and was named MVP for the tournament.[3] He is the only Bosnian (by 2025) to have been so.

As a coach, Šuman worked at Kolding where he won the 2013–14 Håndboldligaen[2] and qualified Bosnia and Herzegovina for the 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship.[4] He remained as Bosnia's coach until 17 February 2021.[5]

Personal life

Šuman's son, Benjamin, is also a professional handball player who plays as a left winger for his father's former club Kolding.[6]

Honours

Player

KIF Kolding

Coach

KIF Kolding

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Bilal Šuman: Od Ilidže, preko Makedonije i Danske do klupe bh. tima" (in Bosnian). Interviewed by Dejan Maksimović. aa.com.tr. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Bilal Šuman biografija". biografija.info (in Bosnian). 16 December 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Tidligere pokalfightere". tophaandbold. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  4. ^ N.K. (16 June 2019). "Historijski uspjeh rukometaša BiH: Osiguran prvi plasman na Evropsko prvenstvo!" (in Bosnian). aa.com.tr. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  5. ^ N.K. (17 February 2021). "Bilal Šuman više nije selektor rukometne reprezentacije BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Bilal Šuman: Ako bude dobar, moj sin Benjamin će postati Zmaj" (in Bosnian). Interviewed by N. Cviko. sport.avaz.ba. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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