Luka Raković (born 6 June 1988) is a Croatian
handball player who plays for
Grand Nancy Métropole HB. A
Croatian international The Croatian International in badminton is an international open held in Croatia since 1999. The tournament belongs to the EBU Circuit. Croatian National Badminton Championships The Croatian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organi ...
, Raković was runner-up at the
2010 European Men's Championship in Austria.
Clubs
Born in
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Sl ...
, Raković played for Croatian clubs Perutnina Pipo Cakovec,
RK Bjelovar
RK Bjelovar (Rukometni Klub Bjelovar) is a team handball club from Bjelovar, Croatia formed in 1955. The club currently competes in the Croatian Second League of Handball (North) and the Croatian Handball Cup.
During Communist Yugoslavia, th ...
and
RK Zagreb
Rukometni klub Zagreb ( en, Zagreb Handball Club, ) is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the
Croatian Premier League, SEHA League, and the EHF Champions League.
RK Zagreb won 33 national championships and ...
. He was a member of Bosnian club
Bosna BH Gas, which reached the
EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...
last 16 of the
2010–11 season. With the latter he won the
domestic league in 2011. In the summer 2012, he signed for Macedonian side
RK Vardar Skopje
RK Vardar 1961 ( mk, РК Вардар 1961) is a professional handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Vardar is the most successful handball team in the country, having won fifteen national League and Cup titles. Also, Vardar is the ...
. Two years later, he returned to RK Zagreb. In November 2016, he joined Portuguese side
S.L. Benfica
Sport Lisboa e Benfica (), commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.
Founded on 28 February 1904 as ''Sport Lisboa'', B ...
for one season.
"O Benfica tem um projeto muito ambicioso"
S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese)
Honours
RK Zagreb
*Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
: 2009–10, 2014–15, 2015–16
*Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to:
*Croatian Football Cup
*Croatian Football Super Cup
*Croatian Women's Football Cup
*Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup
*Croatian Handball Cup The Croatian Handball Cup ( hr, Hrvatski rukometni ku ...
: 2010, 2015, 2016
Bosna Sarajevo
*Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and He ...
: 2010–11
Vardar
* Macedonian Super League: 2012–13
*Macedonian Cup
The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in North Macedonia, Macedonia after the First Macedonian Football League, Macedo ...
: 2014
*SEHA League
South East Handball Association League or simply SEHA League is a regional men's club handball league in Southeast and East Europe, divided in two zones. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as the Gazprom League (or Gazprom Sout ...
: 2013–14
References
External links
Profile at European Handball Federation
Profile at EHF Champions League 2013–14
1988 births
Living people
Handball players from Zagreb
Croatian male handball players
RK Zagreb players
S.L. Benfica handball players
Expatriate handball players
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
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