Andon Boškovski (5 October 1974 – 24 September 2022)[1] was a Macedonian handball coach.

Andon Boškovski
Boškovski in 2016
Personal information
Born (1974-10-05)5 October 1974
Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
Died 24 September 2022(2022-09-24) (aged 47)
Nationality Macedonian
Teams managed
Years Team
2004
HC Rabotnichki
2004–2006
RK Metalurg Skopje (assistant)
2006–2007
RK Mladost Bogdanci
2007–2011
RK Metalurg Skopje (assistant)
2008–2013
Macedonia (assistant)
2011–2014
HC Vardar Skopje (assistant)
2015–2016
HC Rabotnichki
2016
HCM Roman
2016–2017
RK Eurofarm Rabotnik
2017–2019
Georgia
2018–2019
RK Struga
2019–2021
RK Golden Art KL7
2021
RK Radoviš
2021
RK Tineks Prolet
2022
KH Vushtrria

He was a player for the Macedonian club Rabotnicki and Macedonian youth national team until he was forced to retire as a young player due to hand injury.

Career as handball coach

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Andon Boškovski started his coaching career from the club where he finished his playing career, the team of Rabotnicki. In 2004 he transferred to, then ambitious club, RK Metalurg Skopje taking the role of assistant coach. With Metalurg he won the Macedonian national league and participated in the Champions League, before he moved to another project with the team from Bogdanci. Handball club Bogdanci lasted about a year, and Boškovski returned to Metalurg where he stayed until 2011. In 2011, Boškovski moved to Vardar and assisted coach Veselin Vujovic in winning the SEHA League, the national title and the Cup title.[2] For a short period in 2014, Boškovski had a new function as the head coach of Vardar.[3] In 2015 he was appointed head coach of the oldest Macedonian handball club Rabotnicki, which finished on the sixth position in the national championship.

Boškovski had brief international experience coaching women's handball in Romanian club CSM Roman in 2016, before he returned to Macedonia as coach of RK Eurofarm Rabotnik. Leading the club to their historic first final in the Macedonian Cup against Vardar Boškovski secured a place in EHF Challenge Cup.[4]

Career as assistant coach in the Macedonian national team

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From 2008 until 2013, Andon Boškovski was assistant coach in the Macedonian national team. During this period Macedonian national team participated in the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship, 2012 European Men's Handball Championship and 2013 World Men's Handball Championship.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Балканы. В Северной Македонии на 48-м году жизни скончался экс-тренер "Вардара" Андон Бошковски (in Russian)
  2. ^ "New coach continues winning streak". www.seha-liga.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. ^ "European Handball Federation - Coach Kastratovic leaves Vardar / Article". Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Andon Boskovski: bramkarze zadecydowali o wynikach derbów". Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  5. ^ Interview with Andon Boškovski ahead of #MKDCZE in #ehfeuro2016 Qualification, retrieved 18 July 2016