Veselin Vujović
Veselin Vujović (Serbian Cyrillic: Веселин Вујовић; born 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin former handball player and manager. As a player, he competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics for the Yugoslavia national team.
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 Vujović in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
18 January 1961 Cetinje, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Nationality | Montenegrin / Serbian | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
| Lovćen | |||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1977–1979 | Lovćen | ||
1979–1988 | Metaloplastika | ||
1988–1993 | Barcelona | ||
1993–1995 | Granollers | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1981–1992 | Yugoslavia | ||
1993–1996 | FR Yugoslavia | 183 | (738) |
| Teams managed | |||
1995–1999 | Metaloplastika | ||
1999–2000 | FR Yugoslavia | ||
2000–2003 | Ciudad Real | ||
2003–2006 | Serbia and Montenegro | ||
2006–2009 | Vardar | ||
2007 | Macedonia | ||
2010 | Al Sadd | ||
2011–2013 | Vardar | ||
2013–2014 | Al Shabab | ||
2014–2016 | RK Zagreb | ||
2015–2019 | Slovenia | ||
2017–2018 | RD Koper | ||
2018–2019 | Železničar 1949 | ||
2019–2020 | RK Zagreb | ||
Medal record
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Playing 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
Player
- Metaloplastika
- Yugoslav First League: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
- Yugoslav Cup: 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986
- European Champions Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86
- Barcelona
- Liga ASOBAL: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
- Copa del Rey: 1990, 1993
- Supercopa ASOBAL: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
- European Champions Cup: 1990–91
- Catalan League: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93
- Granollers
- Copa ASOBAL: 1994
- EHF Cup: 1995
- Individual
- Yugoslavia all-time top scorer – 738
- Athlete of the Year in Yugoslavia – 1986
- IHF World Player of the Year – 1988
- Handball player of the Year in Yugoslavia: 1986, 1988
Manager
- FR Yugoslavia
- 2000 Summer Olympics – 4th place
- Ciudad Real
- Copa del Rey: 2001, 2003
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 2002, 2003
- Serbia and Montenegro
- Vardar
- Macedonian Super League: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2012–13
- Macedonian Cup: 2007, 2008, 2012
- SEHA League: 2011–12
- Al Saad
- Qatar First Division: 2009–10
- Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2010
- Zagreb
- Dukat Premier League: 2014–15, 2015–16
- Croatian Cup: 2015, 2016
- Slovenia
- 2017 World Championship – 3rd place
References
- "METALOPLASTIKA PRVAK EVROPE – 1985,86". metaloplastika.wordpress.com.
- "Previous Awards". Ihf.info. Archived from the original on 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
External links
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| Preceded by Dražen Petrović |
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Succeeded by Mateja Svet |
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