Milan Kalina
| Player information | |
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| birthday | August 13, 1956 |
| place of birth | Belgrade , SFR Yugoslavia |
| citizenship |
 Serbian
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| height | 1.90 m |
| Playing position | Back center |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| -1985 |
.svg){kind=small} RK Red Star Belgrade
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| 1985-1992 |
 FC Barcelona
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| National team | |
| Games (goals) | |
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Yugoslavia
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As of April 10, 2014 |
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Milan Kalina ( Serbian - Cyrillic Милан Калина , born August 13, 1956 in Belgrade ) is a Serbian handball official and former handball player who was mostly used on the back center .
The 1.90 m tall and 96 kg heavy right-handed player began his career with RK Red Star Belgrade , but remained without a title in the Yugoslav league. In 1985 he moved to FC Barcelona . There he finally achieved the longed-for club success. With Barça he won the ASOBAL league six times , the Copa del Rey de Balonmano twice, the Asobal Supercopa five times, the Catalan league four times and the European Cup Winners 'Cup and the European Champions' Cup once .
With the Yugoslav national team he won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. In the tournament he scored 21 goals in five games.
After the end of his playing career, Kalina stayed in Barcelona and took on various functions at the club. The father of five, who speaks Serbian, English, French, Russian, Spanish and Catalan, is responsible for looking after the referees and for public relations.
successes
- League ASOBAL 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992
- Copa del Rey 1988 and 1990
- Supercopa Asobal 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992
- Catalan League 1987, 1988, 1991 and 1992
- European Champion Clubs' Cup 1991
- 1986 European Cup Winners' Cup
- Olympic champion 1984
Web links
- Milan Kalina in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ blogspersonals.ara.cat El Mundo Deportivo: Kalina el refuerzo que vino del este ( Memento from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) in the original from June 5, 1985, accessed on April 10, 2014
- ↑ www.blogspersonals.ara.cat L'intendent Milan Kalina, el Kubala de l'handbol ( Memento of April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Catalan) of November 27, 2012, accessed on April 10, 2014
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kalina, Milan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Калина, Милан (Serbian-Cyrillic spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav handball player and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belgrade , SFR Yugoslavia |