Aleksandar Knežević
Player information | |
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birthday | December 26, 1968 |
place of birth | Banja Luka , Yugoslavia |
citizenship | Bosnian-Herzegovinian |
Throwing hand | Left |
Clubs as active | |
from ... to | society |
1985-1992 | RK Borac Banja Luka |
1992-1993 | RK Red Star Belgrade |
1993-1994 | USM Gagny |
1994-1995 | BM Conquense Cuenca |
1995-1996 | RK Partizan Belgrade |
1996-1998 | BSV Borba Lucerne |
1998-1999 | RK Partizan Belgrade |
1999-2007 | Fresh on Göppingen |
National team | |
Games (goals) | |
SFR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia |
136 (?) |
Clubs as coaches | |
from ... to | society |
2007-2009 |
Frisch Auf Göppingen (co-trainer male team) |
2009–12 / 2013 |
Frisch Auf Göppingen (head coach women's team) |
12/2013–7/2014 |
Frisch Auf Göppingen (head coach male team) |
7 / 2014– |
Frisch Auf Göppingen (head coach women's team) |
As of September 11, 2014 |
Aleksandar Knežević (born December 26, 1968 in Banja Luka , SFR Yugoslavia ) is a handball coach and former handball player .
Career
From 2009 he was the coach of the women's Bundesliga team at Frisch Auf Göppingen . Since 2012 he has been managing director of the women's national league team from Frisch auf Göppingen and since 2014 he has been the sporting director of the men's national league team from Frisch auf Göppingen. On December 3, 2013, after the leave of absence from Velimir Petković , he took over the coaching position of the Göppingen men's Bundesliga team until the end of the 2013/14 season . His successor in the women's team was Nedeljko Vujinović , the previous assistant coach of the men's team. He then took over again as the coach of the women's team.
In his active career, Knežević played for RK Borac Banja Luka , RK Roter Stern Belgrade , RK Partizan Belgrade , USM Gagny, Cuenca, BSV Borba Luzern and Frisch Auf Göppingen . For Göppingen he played a total of 57 games in the handball Bundesliga , in which he threw 223 goals. He played 136 times for the Yugoslav national team. With BR Yugoslavia he took part in the 2000 Olympic Games .
successes
- 1 × Yugoslav champion
- 1 × Yugoslav Cup winner
- IHF Cup winner 1991
- 3rd place European Championship 1996
- 3rd place Junior World Championship 1989
- 1st place Mediterranean Games
- 4th place Olympic Games 2000
Others
His son David also plays handball.
Web links
- Portrait on www.fa-frauen.de
- Aleksandar Knežević in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ handball-world.com: Göppingen parted ways with Petković with immediate effect on December 3, 2013, accessed on December 3, 2013
- ↑ handball-world.com: Göppingen: Separation from Petkovic for men also leads to a change for FA women from December 3, 2013, accessed on December 3, 2013
- ↑ stuttgarter-zeitung.de: TuS Metzingen matures to number one from June 3, 2014, accessed on September 11, 2014
- ↑ hsgkonstanz.de: HSG Konstanz brings two meters tall top talent from Frisch Auf Göppingen on July 15, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Knežević, Aleksandar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bosnian handball player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Banja Luka |