Velimir Kljaić
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| Full name | Velimir Kljaić | ||||||||||||||
| Born |
10 February 1946 Danilo Gornje near Šibenik, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Died |
12 August 2010 (aged 63) Zagreb, Croatia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kljun | ||||||||||||||
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| Youth clubs | |||||||||||||||
| RK Medveščak Zagreb | |||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||
| 1963-1976 1976-1980 |
RK Medveščak Zagreb Klagenfurt | ||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||
| 1980-1984 1984-1988 1988-1992 1992-1994 1994-1996 1996 1996-1998 1998-1999 1998-1999 2000-2001 2001-2002 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006 2007-2008 |
RK Medveščak TuSpo Nürnberg SG Wallau-Massenheim TV Grosswallstadt TUSEM Essen Croatia SG Wallau-Massenheim Croatia Badel 1862 Zagreb Egypt Kuwait GWD Minden VfL Gummersbach ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | ||||||||||||||
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Velimir Kljaić (February 10, 1946 - August 12, 2010) was a Croatian handball coach and player.[1]
Career
As a player Kljaić played for Medveščak Zagreb and Klagenfurt. As a coach he won two Championships of Croatia with Zagreb and one Cup. In Germany he was the coach of the year in 1992 in which he won German championship and Cup with SG Wallau-Massenheim.[2]
As a coach of Croatia he won gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
He was also coach of Egypt and Kuwait.
Personal life
Kljaić was born in the village of Danilo Gornje near Šibenik. He is the father of Nenad Kljaić. He died of ling cancer in Zagreb.
Honours
- Player
- Medveščak
- Yugoslav First League
- Winner(1): 1966
- Yugoslav Cup
- Winner(1): 1970
- European Champions Cup Cup
- Finalist (1): 1964-65
- Manager
- Medveščak
- Yugoslav Cup
- Winner(1): 1981
- Wallau-Massenheim
- Bundesliga
- Winner(1): 1991-92
- IHF Cup
- Winner(1): 1992
- Croatia
- 1996 Summer Olympics - 1st place
- Zagreb
- First A League
- Winner (1): 1998-99
- Croatian Cup
- Winner (1): 1999
- EHF Champions League
- Finalist (1): 1998-99
- Egypt
- 2000 African Championship - 1st place
- Kuwait
- 2002 Asian Championship - 1st place
- Gummersbach
- EHF Champions Trophy '
- Finalist' (1): 2006
- Individual
- Handball Manager of the Year - 1992
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 1996, 2010 (posthumously)
References
- ↑ "Preminuo Velimir Kljaić". hrsport.net. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ↑ "Umro Velimir Kljaić". dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ↑ "FOTO/ VIDEO: In memoriam Velimir Kljaić: Ugasnula velika sportska zvijezda". dalje.com. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ↑ "VIDEO: Umro tvorac prvog hrvatskog olimpijskog zlata Velimir Kljaić". jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
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