Bilal Šuman (born 9 June 1968) is a Bosnian former
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
player and current
coach
Coach may refer to:
Guidance/instruction
* Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities
* Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process
** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers
Transportation
* Co ...
. He 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, making 32 appearances and scoring 124 goals.
As a coach, Šuman worked at Kolding where he won the
2013–14 Håndboldligaen and qualified Bosnia and Herzegovina for the
2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship. He remained as Bosnia's coach until 17 February 2021.
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.
Honours
Player
KIF Kolding
*
Danish Men's Handball League: 1992–93, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
*
Danish Men's Handball Cup
The Danish Men's Handball cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen i håndbold for herrer) is the nationwide cup tournament for men's handball teams in Denmark. It’s also known as Santander Cup for sponsorship reasons. The competition has been played an ...
: 1998–99, 2001–02, 2004–05
Coach
KIF Kolding
*
Danish Men's Handball League:
2013–14
Individual
*
Bosnia and Herzegovina Coach of the Year:
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
References
External links
*
Bilal Šumanat Sofascore
Bilal Šumanat globalsportsarchive.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Suman, Bilal
1968 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina male handball players
Expatriate handball players
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
KIF Kolding players
Bosnia and Herzegovina handball coaches
Handball coaches of international teams