Taip Ramadani
Taip Ramadani is an Australian handball coach, who is currently the head coach of the Kosovo men’s national team. He was appointed to this position in April 2016.
Previously, Ramadani was the head coach of the Australian men’s national handball team. He served in this position from 2009 to January, 2013.
Ramadani led the Australian team at the 2011 Handball World Championships in Sweden, and the 2013 Handball World Championships in Spain.
Between 2010 and 2011, Ramadani coached Australian team Southern Stars which competed at the 2010 and 2011 IHF Super Globe competition, in Doha Qatar.
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 2007, Ramadani founded the Canberra Handball Club which, in its inaugural season, and in 2010, won the New South Wales League.
Ramadani played 140 games for Australia, spanning a period 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.
Ramadani was born in Sydney, Australia on 1 January 1972.
