Slobodan Kuzmanovski

Slobodan Kuzmanovski

Player information
birthday	June 11, 1962
place of birth	Šabac , SFR Yugoslavia
citizenship	Serbian
height	1.98 m
Playing position	Back right
Throwing hand	Left
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
0000-1992	Metaloplastika Šabac
1992-1996	OM Vitrolles
1997-1998	Pallamano Trieste
National team
	Games (goals)
Yugoslavia	150 (400)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
2004-2005	Metaloplastika Šabac
2005-2006	SC Gaeta
2007-2008	PS Junior Fasano
2 / 2013–	HC Štart Nové Zámky
As of April 25, 2014

Slobodan Kuzmanovski ( Serbian - Cyrillic Слободан Кузмановски , born June 11, 1962 in Šabac ) is a Serbian handball coach and former handball player who was mostly used as a right backcourt player .

Career

as a player

The 1.98 m tall and 100 kg heavy left-hander began his career in his hometown at Metaloplastika Šabac . With the team of the century , he won the Yugoslav championship in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 and the cup in 1980, 1983, 1984 and 1986. In the 1980/81 European Cup Winners' Cup , the young team made it to the semi-finals, but was still defeated by HC Empor Rostock . In 1983 he also failed in the semi-finals of CSKA Moscow in the European Cup . In 1984 he reached the final against Dukla Prague , but lost there in the seven-meter throw. In the following two seasons 1985 and 1986 he should dominate the competition with Šabac and win two titles. He later played for the French club OM Vitrolles , with whom he became French champions in 1994 and 1996 and cup winners in 1993 and 1995. In 1993 he also won another European Cup, the European Cup Winners' Cup .

With the Yugoslav junior selection, Slobodan Kuzmanovski was Junior World Champion in 1981. With the Yugoslav national team he won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He was used in six games but only scored two goals. He wasn't actually intended for the tournament, but an injury to the regular backcourt player Jovica Cvetković helped him to his luck. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he won the bronze medal. There he played four games and scored seven goals. He played 150 international matches in which he scored 400 goals.

as a trainer

In the 2004/05 season Kuzmanovski took over the coaching post at Metaloplastika Šabac. In the following season he coached the Italian club SC Gaeta and then PS Junior Fasano. Since February 2013 he has been in charge of the Slovak club HC Štart Nové Zámky.

Web links

• Slobodan Kuzmanovski in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ricerca.gelocal.it ARCHIVIO il Tirreno dal 1997 (Italian) of November 26, 1997, accessed on April 25, 2014
2. ↑ handballmagazin.com The Sabac Globetrotters - a team of the century ( memento of the original from April 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated October 31, 2010, accessed April 25, 2014 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} www.mybestplay.com Profile Slobodan Kuzmanovski  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on April 25, 2014  
4. ↑ web.slovakhandball.sk Nové Zámky majú nového trénera (Slovak) from February 4, 2013, accessed on April 25, 2014