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Bilal Šuman
Personal information
Born	(1968-06-09) 9 June 1968 (age 56) Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Bosnian
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Youth career
Years	Team
1982–1986	Igman Ilidža
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1986–1988	Igman Ilidža
1988–1991	RK Pelister
1992–1993	KIF Kolding
1995–2006	KIF Kolding
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	32	(124)
Teams managed
2013–2014	KIF Kolding
2015–2016	KIF Kolding
2016–2021	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bilal Šuman (born 9 June 1968) is a Bosnian former handball player and current coach. 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,^[1] making 32 appearances and scoring 124 goals.^[2]

As a coach, Šuman worked at Kolding where he won the 2013–14 Håndboldligaen^[2] and qualified Bosnia and Herzegovina for the 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship.^[3] He remained as Bosnia's coach until 17 February 2021.^[4]

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.^[5]

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: 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

References

^ "Bilal Šuman: Od Ilidže, preko Makedonije i Danske do klupe bh. tima" (in Bosnian). Interviewed by Dejan Maksimović. aa.com.tr. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Bilal Šuman biografija". biografija.info (in Bosnian). 16 December 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ N.K. (16 June 2019). "Historijski uspjeh rukometaša BiH: Osiguran prvi plasman na Evropsko prvenstvo!" (in Bosnian). aa.com.tr. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ N.K. (17 February 2021). "Bilal Šuman više nije selektor rukometne reprezentacije BiH" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^ "Bilal Šuman: Ako bude dobar, moj sin Benjamin će postati Zmaj" (in Bosnian). Interviewed by N. Cviko. sport.avaz.ba. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

External links

Bilal Šuman at the European Handball Federation
Bilal Šuman at Sofascore
Bilal Šuman at globalsportsarchive.com

v t e Bosnian Sportsperson of the Year
Men	2001: Hasan Salihamidžić 2002: Denis Muhović 2004: Đorđe Paštar 2005: Markica Dodig 2006: Enid Tahirović 2007: Markica Dodig 2008: Memnun Hadžić 2009: Edin Džeko 2010: Nermin Potur 2011: Amel Mekić 2012: Mirza Teletović 2013: Zvjezdan Misimović 2014: Nikola Prce 2015: Amel Tuka 2016: Mirsad Terzić 2017: Damir Džumhur 2018: Edin Džeko 2019: Amel Tuka 2020: Miralem Pjanić 2021: Nedžad Husić 2022–2023: Džanan Musa
Women	2003: Lejla Ferhatbegović 2007: Arnela Odžaković 2008: Lucia Kimani 2009: Larisa Cerić 2010: Larisa Cerić 2011: Dragana Knežević 2012: Ivana Ninković 2013: Larisa Cerić 2014: Larisa Cerić 2015: Aleksandra Samardžić 2016: Ivona Ćavar 2017: Larisa Cerić 2018: Larisa Cerić 2019: Larisa Cerić 2020: Marica Gajić 2021: Jonquel Jones 2022–2023: Lana Pudar
Team	2001 FK Željezničar Sarajevo 2002: Chess club Bosna 2003: Men's national karate team 2004: HRK Izviđač 2005: HRK Izviđač 2006: RK Bosna Sarajevo 2007: RK Bosna Sarajevo 2008: RK Bosna Sarajevo 2009: Men's national football team 2010: Men's national karate team 2011: Men's national football team 2012: Men's national basketball team 2013: Men's national football team 2014: Men's national handball team 2015: Men's national U16 basketball team 2016: Davis Cup team 2017: KK Igokea 2018: Men's national football team 2019: Men's national handball team 2020: Women's national basketball team 2021: Women's national basketball team 2022: Women's national volleyball team 2023: HŠK Zrinjski
Coach	2001: Suad Ćupina 2002: Amar Osim 2003: Blaž Slišković 2004: Mensur Bajramović 2005: Mensur Bajramović 2006: Halid Demirović 2007: Zoran Mikeš 2008: Almedin Fetahović 2009: Miroslav Blažević 2010: Suad Ćupina 2011: Branimir Crnogorac 2012: Aleksandar Petrović 2013: Safet Sušić 2014: Dragan Marković 2015: Josip Pandža 2016: Samira Hurem 2017: Branislav Crnogorac 2018: Blaž Slišković 2019: Bilal Šuman 2020: Goran Lojo 2021: Goran Lojo 2022–2023: Goran Grahovac

v t e Bosnia and Herzegovina squad – 2020 European Men's Handball Championship – 23rd place
1 Grahovac 3 Ovčina 4 Perić 5 Herceg 8 S. Burić 10 Panić 11 Mandić 12 B. Burić 13 Haseljić 14 Terzić 15 Toromanović 18 Karačić 19 Prce 21 Vranješ 22 Malinović 23 Hamidović 28 Predragović 29 Vegar Coach: Šuman