Novak Bošković

Novak Bošković (Serbian Cyrillic: Новак Бошковић; 23 May 1989 – 3 February 2019) was a Serbian handball player.

Novak Bošković
Personal information
Full name Novak Bošković
Born (1989-05-23)23 May 1989
Sombor, SFR Yugoslavia
Died 3 February 2019(2019-02-03) (aged 29)
Crvenka, Serbia
Nationality Serbian
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Right back
Youth career
Team
Crvenka
Senior clubs
Years Team
Crvenka
Vrbas
Priboj
2010–2012
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2012–2013
Koper
2013
Al Rayyan
2013–2014
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2014–2015
Tatabánya
2015–2017
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2017
Dinamo București
2017–2019
Hapoel Rishon LeZion
National team
Years Team
2014–2018
Serbia

Club career

Born in Sombor, Bošković started playing handball at Crvenka. He also played for Vrbas and Priboj, before moving abroad. Between 2010 and 2017, Bošković spent five seasons with Maccabi Tel Aviv on three occasions, winning two national championships in 2014 and 2016.[1][2]

International career

At international level, Bošković represented Serbia at the 2016 European Championship.[3]

Death

Bošković committed suicide by gunshot at his home in Crvenka on 3 February 2019.[4] He was survived by his wife and his daughter who was born a few months prior to his death.[5]

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Rishon LeZion

References

  1. "IZRAEL: Makabi slavi titulu – Matić najbolji trener, trojka u idealnoj postavi!" (in Serbian). balkan-handball.com. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. "SLAVI SE U IZRAELU: Makabi Tel Aviv osvojio titulu" (in Serbian). balkan-handball.com. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  3. "Perić odredio konačni spisak za EP" (in Serbian). rts.rs. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  4. "VELIKA TRAGEDIJA: Rukometaš Novak Bošković (29) se ubio u kući u Crvenki" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. "RUKOMETAŠ SE UBIO POSLE NOĆNE ZABAVE: Novak uzeo pištolj i otrčao u baštu, tašta pokušala da mu otme oružje" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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