Dzukic replaces Albano in AEK’s handball team

Alexis Albanos has been part of the AEK handball team since Friday morning (September 22nd) as the collaboration between both teams was mutually ended.

On the same day, the team announced the Union’s new coach, Mr Serbo Dragan Djukic.

AEK’s announcement in detail:

“AEK is pleased to announce the start of cooperation with Dragan Dzukic. The 61-year-old (09.08.1962) experienced Serbian coach takes over the technical management of the club’s men’s handball team.

Dragan Džukić is one of the leading coaches in Europe and has sat on the bench of leading clubs such as Red Star, Pik Zeget (Hungary), Vardar (Skopje), CSM Bucharest (women’s team – Romania) and Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel). , Tatabania (Hungary), but also national teams such as Switzerland, Skopje, Israel, Montenegro.

He led Vardar to the double and 4th place of the EHF CWC, Pik Zeget to the “8” of the EHF Cup and the championship, while he was named cup winner with Maccabi and CSM Bucharest. With the Bucharest women’s team she reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League. He led the Montenegrin national team to the 2018 European Championship.

He was named the best young coach in Yugoslavia, Coach of the Year in Hungary and Serbia, and Coach of the Century in Aleksandrovac, Serbia.

Since 2014 he has held the European Handball Federation’s Pro Coach License, the highest license for a coach, and is a lecturer for the EHF. He has a degree in physical education and a master’s degree in coaching.

Dragan Dzukic told aek.gr: “First of all, I can only say good words and express my respect for everything that Alexis Albanos has achieved in recent years, both as a head coach and as a member of the technical team. Hats off to him.” and I wish him good luck in his future career.

He has given so much to Greek handball and I really believe he will continue to contribute. This is no time for big words, the season has just begun. The next goals are ahead of us and every game will be a test of who we are as a team and what we are capable of.

What I can promise is that we will work hard to get better as a team and that we can become stronger if we all move in the same direction: management, coaching staff, players, fans. I know where I come from and what lies ahead, but I believe that together we can achieve a lot.”