Taip Ramadani

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Taip Ramadani
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Taip Ramadani
Personal information
Born (1972-01-01) 1 January 1972 (age 51)
Sydney, Australia
Nationality Australian
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Australia
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
1987–1992
 UNSW HC
1992–1995
 Bankstown HC
1995–1998
 Harbourside HC
1998-1999
 Csömör KSK (HUN)
1999–2001
 Sydney University Handball Club
2001–2003
 Drammen HK
2003–2005
 Kjelsås IL
2005–2006
 Al-Gharafa SC
2006–2010
 Canberra Handball
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–2009
 Australia 68 (191)
Teams managed
2006 – 2010
 Canberra Handball Club
2010 – 2011
 Southern Stars
2009 – 2013
 Australia (Head coach)
2007 – 2016
 ACT Men's state team
2016 – 2021
 Kosovo (Head coach)
2021 –
 Australia (Head coach)

Taip Ramadani (born 1 January 1972) is an Australian handball coach, former Australian national team player and Sydney 2000 Olympian.

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Biography

Handball Australia appointed Ramadani as the head coach of the national men's program in September 2021, for a second term with the Australian men's team. [1] He previously led Australia between 2009 and 2013. A period that included the 2011 Handball World Championships in Sweden, and the 2013 Handball World Championships in Spain. [2]

Between 2016 and 2021, Ramadani was the head coach of the Kosovo men's national team. [3] Ramadani led the team to bronze medal at the 2017 IHF Trophy, [4] and to their first international points in European Championship [5] and World Championship qualification tournaments. [6]

As a player, Ramadani played with various Sydney clubs before transferring to Hungarian club Csömör KSK in 1998. In 2001, Ramadani joined Norwegian club Drammen HK and in 2005 he transferred to Qatar's Al Gharrafa club. In 2006, Ramadani founded the Canberra Handball Club which, in its inaugural season, and in 2010, won the New South Wales League.

Ramadani played 68 international matches for Australia, scoring 191 goals, between 1993 and 2009. He competed at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games [7] and four IHF World Championships: Egypt 1999, Portugal 2003, Tunisia 2005 and Croatia 2009. In 2009 he made a return to International Handball with four appearances for Australia at the Croatia 2009, where he was also the assistant coach of the team.

Ramadani was born in Sydney, Australia on 1 January 1972. He is of Albanian origin.

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References

  1. ↑ "Taip Ramadani named new national men's team head coach". Handball Australia. 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Veteran Australian Handballer Wins Head Coach Position". nyhockeyonline.com. 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Taip Ramadani emërohet përzgjedhës i Kosovës". Koha Ditore. 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Faroe Islands Defend Emerging Nations Championship". International Handball Federation. 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Kosovo take historic first point in international". European Handball Federation. 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Historic wins for Italy and Kosovo". European Handball Federation. 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "Taip Ramadani". Australian Olympic Committee. 2000. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

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