Velimir Kljaić
Velimir Kljaić (February 10, 1946 – August 12, 2010) was a Croatian handball coach and player.[1]
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| Full name | Velimir Kljaić | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
10 February 1946 Danilo Gornje, Šibenik, FPR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
12 August 2010 (aged 63) Zagreb, Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
– | RK Medveščak Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963–1976 | RK Medveščak Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1976–1980 | Klagenfurt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1980–1984 | RK Medveščak Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | RK Lokomotiva Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Personal life
Kljaić was born in a village of Danilo Gornje near Šibenik. He is the father of former handballer Nenad Kljaić, who was a part of Croatia in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Velimir Kljaić died on 12 August 2010 of lung cancer in Zagreb.[5]
Honours
- Player
- Medveščak
- Yugoslav First League
- Winner (1): 1966
- Yugoslav Cup
- Winner (1): 1970
- European Champions 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
- The most successful athlete promoter of Croatia in the world: 1996
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport – 1996, 2010 (posthumously)
- Best Croatian coach of 1997 by Croatian Handball Federation
- Best Croatian coach of 1997 by Sportske novosti
- Best Croatian coach of 1999 by Croatian Handball Federation
- Best Croatian coach of 1999 by Sportske novosti
References
- "Preminuo Velimir Kljaić". hrsport.net. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- "Umro Velimir Kljaić". dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- "FOTO/ VIDEO: In memoriam Velimir Kljaić: Ugasnula velika sportska zvijezda". dalje.com. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- "VIDEO: Umro tvorac prvog hrvatskog olimpijskog zlata Velimir Kljaić". jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- "Nakon teške bolesti umro rukometni velikan Velimir Kljaić". slobodnadalmacija.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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