Veselin_Vujović

Veselin Vujović

Veselin Vujović

Yugoslav handball player

Not to be confused with Veselin Vuković.

Veselin Vujović (born 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin handball coach and former professional player. He is the current head coach of RK Nexe Našice

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As a player, Vujović competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics for the Yugoslavia national team.

Playing career

Vujović managing RK Zagreb in September 2016

During his career Vujović played for RK Metaloplastika, Barcelona and Granollers. At Metaloplastika, he was part of the club golden generation during the 1980s, winning seven league titles, 4 cup titles and two European Champions Cup titles. Vujović also lost one final in 1984 and three semi-final matches in the European Champions Cup while playing for Metaloplastika.[1]

In 1986 he was named as the best athlete of Yugoslavia.

He was first player to receive title of the IHF World Player of the Year.[2]

In 1984 he was a member of the Yugoslav national team which won the gold medal at the Olympics. 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.

Honours

Player

Metaloplastika
Barcelona
Granollers
Individual

Manager

FR Yugoslavia
Ciudad Real
Serbia and Montenegro
Vardar
Al Sadd
  • Qatar First Division: 2009–10
  • Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2010
Zagreb
Slovenia

References

  1. [1]
    "Metaloplastika prvak Evrope – 1985,86". metaloplastika.wordpress.com.
  2. [2]
    "Previous Awards". Ihf.info. Archived from the original on 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
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