Velimir Kljaić

Valter Matošević

Personal information
Full name	Valter Matošević
Born	10 February 1946 Danilo Gornje, SFR Yugoslavia
Died	12 August 2010 (aged 43) Zagreb, Croatia
Nationality	Croatian
Nickname	Kljun
Club information
Youth clubs
	RK Medveščak
Senior clubs
1963-1976 1976-1980	RK Medveščak Klagenfurt
Teams managed
1980-1984 1984-1988 1988-1992 1992-1994 1994-1996 1996 1996-1998 1998-1999 1998-1999 2000-2001 2001-2002 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006 2007-2008	RK Medveščak TuSpo Nürnberg SG Wallau-Massenheim TV Grosswallstadt TUSEM Essen Croatia SG Wallau-Massenheim Croatia Badel 1862 Zagreb Egypt Kuwait GWD Minden VfL Gummersbach ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
Medal record Representing  Croatia Men's Handball Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team Competition

Velimir Kljaić (February 10, 1946 - August 12, 2010) was a Croatian handball coach and player.^[1]

Career

As a player Kljaić played for Medveščak Zagreb and Klagenfurt. As a coach he won two Championships of Croatia with Zagreb and one Cup. In Germany he was the coach of the year in 1992 in which he won German championship and Cup with SG Wallau-Massenheim.^[2]

As a coach of Croatia he won gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics.^[3][4]

He was also coach of Egypt and Kuwait.

Personal life

Kljaić was born in the village of Danilo Gornje near Šibenik. He is the father of Nenad Kljaić. He died in Zagreb.

References

1. "Preminuo Velimir Kljaić". hrsport.net. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
2. "Umro Velimir Kljaić". dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
3. "FOTO/ VIDEO: In memoriam Velimir Kljaić: Ugasnula velika sportska zvijezda". dalje.com. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
4. "VIDEO: Umro tvorac prvog hrvatskog olimpijskog zlata Velimir Kljaić". jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2012-07-26.