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Alen Ovčina

Bosnian handball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ19663092 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alen Ovčina (born 27 February 1989) is a Bosnian handball player for Sloboda Tuzla and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Over the course of his career, Ovčina played for Sloboda Tuzla, Bosna Sarajevo, Gračanica, Al Shamal (Qatar), Vogošća, Antalyaspor (Turkey) and Vojvodina (Serbia).

International career

A Bosnia and Herzegovina international since 2014, Ovčina participated at the 2015 World Championship in the nation's debut appearance in major tournaments. He also took part at the 2020 European Championship.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Alen Ovčina” as bosnian handball player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1989, 2014, 2015, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1989-02-27. The account is most persuasive where Alen, Ovčina and Bosnian can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as bosnian handball player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19663092. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989, 2014, 2015 and 2020.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Alen Ovčina” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.