Veselin Vujović

Veselin Vujović
Personal information
Born	(1961-01-18) 18 January 1961 Cetinje, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Slovenia RK Železničar 1949 (manager)
Youth career
Team
	Lovćen Cetinje
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1977–1979	Lovćen Cetinje
1979–1988	Metaloplastika Šabac
1988–1993	Barcelona
1993–1995	Granollers
National team
Years	Team
1981–1992	Yugoslavia
1993–1996	FR Yugoslavia	183	(738)
Teams managed
1995–1999	RK Metaloplastika
1999–2000	FR Yugoslavia
2000–2003	BM Ciudad Real
2003–2006	Serbia and Montenegro
2006–2009	RK Vardar
2007	Macedonia
2010	Al Sadd
2011–2013	RK Vardar
2013–2014	Al Shabab
2014–2016	RK Zagreb
2015–	Slovenia
2017–2018	RD Koper 2013
2018–	RK Železničar 1949
Medal record Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team 1988 Seoul Team World Championship 1986 Switzerland 1982 West Germany European Championship 1996 Spain Mediterranean Games 1983 Casablanca

Veselin Vujović (Serbian: Веселин Вујовић, born on 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin handball manager of the Slovenian national team and RK Železničar 1949, and a former player who competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.

Career

During his career he played for RK Metaloplastika, Barcelona and Granollers. At Metaloplastika Vujović was part of the club golden generation during the 1980s, winning seven league titles, 4 cup titles and two European Champions Cup titles. Vujović also lost one final in 1984 and three semi-final matches in the European Champions Cup while playing for Metaloplastika.^[1]

In 1986 he was named as the best athlete of Yugoslavia.

He was first player to receive title of the IHF World Player of the Year.^[2]

In 1984 he was a member of the Yugoslav handball team which won the gold medal at the Olympics. He played all six matches and scored 28 goals. Four years later he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal. He played all six matches again and scored 29 goals.

Honours

References

External links

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