Velimir Kljaić

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Velimir Kljaić
Player information
birthday February 10, 1946
place of birth Šibenik , Yugoslavia
citizenship CroatianCroatian Croatian
date of death August 12, 2010
Place of death Zagreb , Croatia
Clubs as active
from ... to society
0000-0000 RK Medveščak Zagreb
National team
  Games (goals)
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 5 (?)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to society
1984-1988 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany TuSpo Nuremberg
1988-1992 GermanyGermany SG Wallau / Massenheim
1992-1994 GermanyGermany TV Großwallstadt
1994-1996 GermanyGermany TUSEM food
1996-1998 GermanyGermany SG Wallau / Massenheim
0000-0000 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
0000-0000 CroatiaCroatia Badel Zagreb
0000-0000 EgyptEgypt Egypt
0000-0000 KuwaitKuwait Kuwait
2004-2005 GermanyGermany GWD Minden -Hannover
2005-2006 GermanyGermany VfL Gummersbach
2007-2008 GermanyGermany TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke

Velimir Kljaić (born February 10, 1946 in Šibenik , Yugoslavia , † August 12, 2010 in Zagreb ) was a Croatian handball player and handball coach .

Career

Kljaić came to handball relatively late and began his career at RK Medveščak Zagreb . There he was discovered by Vlado Stenzel . The defense specialist has played five international matches for Yugoslavia . After his active career, Kljaić became a handball coach. Until his death after a long illness, he worked as an expert on Croatian radio and television.

In Germany he was the coach of TuSpo Nürnberg from 1984 to 1988 . With the team he rose from the second division to the first division . Then Kljaić moved to SG Wallau / Massenheim , which he coached from 1988 to 1992. With this team he became German champion and German cup winner in 1992 . In recognition of these successes, he was named " Handball coach of the year " in the same year . At the end of the season Kljaić went to league rivals TV Großwallstadt , where he stayed until 1994. This was followed by two years as a trainer for TUSEM Essen , until he trained again with SG Wallau / Massenheim from 1996 to 1998. At the same time he was the coach of the Croatian national team . With the selection of Croatia, he became Olympic champion in Atlanta in 1996 . He then went back to Croatia for Badel Zagreb for a few years . With this team Kljaić won twice the Croatian championship and the cup, and twice reached the final in the Champions League, which was lost to FC Barcelona . Then Kljaić was coach of the national teams of Egypt and Kuwait . In 2004 he came back to the Bundesliga and trained GWD Minden -Hannover. The team he was able to secure relegation, but after only one season Kljaić moved to the 2005/2006 season for VfL Gummersbach . After one season he gave up the coaching post in Gummersbach for “family and health reasons”. In March 2007 he became the trainer of the TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke , who was in acute danger of relegation . He was able to secure the team's relegation, but resigned as a coach in the following season in February 2008.

successes

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Croatia's successful coach Velimir Kljaic has died. ( Memento from August 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: Süddeutsche Zeitung - Newsticker from August 12, 2010
  2. ^ J. Holländer: GWD obliges Velco Kljaic. In: Handball-News.info from October 15, 2004
  3. ↑ J. Holländer: Velimir Kljaic is the new coach at VfL Gummersbach. In: Handball-News.info from May 30, 2005
  4. ↑ J. Holländer: Alfred Gislasson at VfL Gummersbach since 2006/2007. In: Handball-News.info from June 28, 2006
  5. ↑ J. Holländer: Velimir Kljaic new trainer of TuS N-Lübbecke. In: Handball-News.info from March 8, 2007
  6. ↑ J. Holländer: Velimir Kljaic declares his resignation. In: Handball-News.info February 24, 2008
  7. ↑ unknown: Kljaic throws down the chunks in Lübbecke. In: Focus-Online from February 25, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Kljaić, Velimir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian handball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Šibenik
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 2010
Place of death Zagreb