Velimir Kljaić

Velimir Kljaić
Kljaić during 1996 Summer Olympics with Croatian national team.
Personal information
Full name Velimir Kljaić
Born (1946-02-10)10 February 1946
Danilo Gornje, SFR Yugoslavia
Died 12 August 2010(2010-08-12) (aged 63)
Zagreb, Croatia
Nationality Croatian
Senior clubs
Years Team
1963-1976 RK Medveščak Zagreb
1976-1980 Klagenfurt
Teams managed
1980-1984 RK Medveščak
1984-1988 TuSpo Nürnberg
1988-1992 SG Wallau-Massenheim
1992-1994 TV Grosswallstadt
1994-1996 TUSEM Essen
1996 Croatia
1996-1998 SG Wallau-Massenheim
1998-1999 Croatia
1998-1999 Badel 1862 Zagreb
2000-2001 Egypt
2001-2002 Kuwait
2004-2005 GWD Minden
2005-2006 VfL Gummersbach
2006 ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb
2007-2008 TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke

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 lung cancer in Zagreb.

Honours

Player
Medveščak
Manager
Medveščak
Wallau-Massenheim
Croatia
Zagreb
Egypt
Kuwait
Gummersbach
Individual

References

  1. "Preminuo Velimir Kljaić". hrsport.net. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  2. "Umro Velimir Kljaić". dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  3. "FOTO/ VIDEO: In memoriam Velimir Kljaić: Ugasnula velika sportska zvijezda". dalje.com. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  4. "VIDEO: Umro tvorac prvog hrvatskog olimpijskog zlata Velimir Kljaić". jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.