Ljubomir Vranjes

Ljubomir Vranješ
Ljubomir Vranješ in 2016
Personal information
Born (1973-10-03) 3 October 1973
Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Central back
Club information
Current club (manager)
Youth career
Years Team
1987–1989 Kortedala
Senior clubs
Years Team
1989–1999 Redbergslids IK
1999–2001 BM Granollers
2001–2006 HSG Nordhorn-Lingen
2006–2009 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2007 Sweden 164 (451)
Teams managed
2010–2017 SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2013 Serbia
2017–2018 Telekom Veszprém
2017–2018 Hungary
Medal record
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyTeam
World Championship
1999 Egypt
1997 Japan
2001 France
European Championship
1998 Italy
2000 Croatia
2002 Sweden

Ljubomir Vranješ (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Врањеш, Ljubomir Vranješ; born 3 October 1973) is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Career

Clubs

He played in Redbergslids IK for 8 years 1991–1999. He won the gold medal in the Swedish championship, 5 times, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98. He won the silver medal 2 times, 1994–95, 1998–99. He won the gold medal in the Swedish cup championship, 3 times, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98. He won the gold medal in the Nordic cup championship, 3 times, 1996, 1997, 1998.

National team

Vranješ was a member of the Swedish team for 11 years 1996–2007. He also competed in the World championship and European championship. He won the silver medal in the World championship, 1997 in Japan. He won the gold medal in the European championship, 1998 in Italy. He won the gold medal in the World championship, 1999 in Egypt. He won the gold medal in the European championship, 2000 in Croatia. He won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament, 2000 in Australia. He won the silver medal in the World championship, 2001 in France. He won the gold medal in the European championship, Sweden 2002. In 2000 Vranješ was a member of the Swedish handball team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played seven matches and scored 27 goals.

Coaching

Atfter retiring as a player in 2009, Vranjes became the manager of the German team Flensburg-Handewitt with whom he won the 2013–14 EHF Champions League. In 2013 he briefly coached the Serbia national handball team.

In 2017, he signed with MVM Veszprém[3] and the Hungarian national team[4] , taking over both positions on 1 July 2017.

Personal life

Vranješ, of Serb descent,[5] was born in Gothenburg. In his spare time Vranješ likes to photograph.

Honours

Player
  • Swedish Championship:
    •  Gold: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
    •  Silver: 1995, 1999
  • Swedish Handball Cup:
    •  Gold: 1996, 1997, 1998
Manager

References

  1. ↑ EHF profile
  2. ↑ "Statistics Swedish National Handball Team" (PDF). svenskhandboll.se. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Vranjes' era at SG Flensburg-Handewitt comes to an end". European Handball Federation. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Second Hungary job for Ljubomir Vranjes". European Handball Federation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "för första gången fick jag chansen att utforska mitt serbiska dna i dess hemmiljö".
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Ljubomir Vranjes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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