Veselin Vujović
Personal information | |||
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Born |
Cetinje, Yugoslavia | 18 January 1961||
Nationality | Montenegrin | ||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Slovenia/RK Zagreb (Manager) | ||
Youth clubs | |||
Lovćen Cetinje | |||
Senior clubs | |||
1977–1979 1979–1988 1988–1993 1993–1995 |
Lovćen Cetinje Metaloplastika Šabac Barcelona Granollers | ||
National team | |||
1979–1980 1981–1992 1993–1996 |
Yugoslavia U-21 Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia |
183 (738) | |
Teams managed | |||
1995–1999 1999–2000 2000–2003 2003–2006 2004–2006 2006–2010 2010 2011–2013 2013–2014 2014– 2015- |
Metaloplastika Šabac FR Yugoslavia BM Ciudad Real Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro U-19 RK Vardar Al Sadd RK Vardar Al Shabab RK Zagreb Slovenia | ||
Veselin Vujović (born 18 January 1961) is a retired Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. During his career he played for RK Metaloplastika Šabac, Barcelona and Granollers. With RK Metaloplastika he won two handball champions league (1985 and 1986) and one with FC Barcelona Handbol (1991). He was first player to receive title of the IHF World Player of the Year.[1]
In 1984 he was a member of the Yugoslav handball team which won the gold medal. He played all six matches and scored 28 goals. Four years later he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal. He played all six matches again and scored 29 goals.
In 1986 he is named as the best athlete of Yugoslavia.
He is currently managing RK Zagreb and the Slovenian national team.
Honours
- Club
- Metaloplastika Šabac
- Yugoslav First League (7): 1981-82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
- Yugoslav Cup: 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986
- EHF Champions League: 1984-85, 1985–86, runner-up (1): 1983-84
- Barcelona
- Liga ASOBAL: 1990-91, 1991–92
- King's Cup: 1990, 1993
- Supercopa ASOBAL: 1988-89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
- EHF Champions League: 1990-91
- Catalonian League: 1990-91, 1991–92, 1992–93
- Granollers
- Copa ASOBAL: 1994
- EHF Cup: 1995
- Manager
- FK Yugoslavia
- 2000 Olympic Games Sydney - 4th place
- Ciudad Real
- King's Cup: 2003
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 2002, 2003
- Serbia and Montenegro
- World Championship U-19: 2005
- Vardar
- Macedonian Super League: 2006-07, 2008–09, 2012–13
- Macedonian Cup: 2007, 2008, 2012
- SEHA League: 2011-12 runner-up: 2012-13
- Al Saad
- Qatar First Division: 2009-10
- Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2010
- PPD Zagreb
- Dukat Premier League: 2014-15
- Croatian Cup: 2015
- SEHA League third: 2014-15, 2015–16
- Individual
- Yugoslavia all-time top scorer - 738
- Athlete of the year in Yugoslavia - 1986
- IHF World Player of the Year - 1988
- Handball player of the year in Yugoslavia (2)
References
- ↑ "Previous Awards". Ihf.info. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
External links
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Preceded by Dražen Petrović |
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Succeeded by Mateja Svet |
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