Taip Ramadani

Taip Ramadani

Taip Ramadani
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1972-01-01) 1 January 1972 (age 54) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Handball
Position	Pivot
Current club	Australia
Senior clubs
Years	Team
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 Years Team Apps (Gls) 1994–2009 Australia 68 (191)
Teams managed
2006 – 2010	Canberra Handball Club
2010 – 2011	Southern Stars
2009 – 2013	Australia (Head coach)
2007 – 2016	Canberra Handball Club
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 who played in the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Playing career

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.^{[citation needed]} In 2006, Ramadani founded the Canberra Handball Club which, in its inaugural season, and in 2010, won the New South Wales League.^{[citation needed]}

Ramadani played 68 international matches for Australia, scoring 191 goals, between 1993 and 2009. He competed at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games 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.

Coaching career

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. 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.

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

Personal life

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

References

External links

Australia men's national handball team
Kosovo men's national handball team