Ljubomir Vranjes

Ljubomir Vranjes (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. He currently coaches IFK Kristianstad and the Slovenian national team.[1][2]

Ljubomir Vranjes
Vranjes in March 2016
Personal information
Born (1973-10-03) 3 October 1973
Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club IFK Kristianstad
Slovenia (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
2019–
 IFK Kristianstad
2019–
 Slovenia
Medal record
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyTeam
World Championship
1999 Egypt
1997 Japan
2001 France
European Championship
1998 Italy
2000 Croatia
2002 Sweden

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

Vranjes 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 Vranjes 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

After 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 Hungary national team,[4] taking over both positions on 1 July 2017.

On 17 December 2019, he took the head coach role in the Slovenia national team.

Personal life

Vranjes, of Serb descent,[5] was born in Gothenburg. In his spare time Vranjes 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. Archived from the original on 3 September 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".
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