Ivan Munitić | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Ivan Dundo Munitić | ||
Born |
Dubrovnik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
7 April 1942 ||
Nationality | Croatian | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Retired | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
1957-1959 | RK Partizan Zamet | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
1959-1963 1963-1964 1964-1966 1966-1970 |
RK Partizan Zamet RK Kvarner Rijeka RK Partizan Zamet RK Kvarner Rijeka |
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Teams managed | |||
1969-1970 1973-1975 1975-1977 1977-1978 1978 1978-1979 1979 1979-1983 1983-1984 1984-1985 1994-1995 1996-1997 1997-1999 2003-2005 2007-2008 2008-2011 2011-2012 |
RK Kvarner Rijeka (Ass.) RK Kvarner Rijeka Slovan Ljubljana RK Kvarner Rijeka II RK Kvarner Rijeka RK Kvarner Rijeka U-21 Kolinska Slovan Pelister Bitolj RK Iskra Bugojno RK Zamet RK Zamet Autotrans RK Kvarner Kostrena RK Kvarner Kostrena Crikvenica RK Kvarner Kostrena |
Ivan Munitić (born 7 April 1942 in Dubrovnik) is a former Croatian handball player and handball coach.
Munitić started playing handball in RK Partizan Zamet. In 1963 he transferred to newly established Kvarner Rijeka and was part of their first ever squad. He later returned to Zamet but opted to end his playing career in Kvarner.
During his last playing season he was also the assistant coach of the team alongside head coach Božo Peter. He was also in the coaching staff for Vlado Stenzel from 1970 to 1973 while finishing his coaching degree.
In 1973 he became the head coach of RK Kvarner and he coached his side into the Yugoslav First League. After leaving Kvarner Munitić coached He also coached Kolinska Slovan for two season and entered the Yugoslav First League.He also coached , RK Pelister, RK Iskra Bugojno during the 1970's and 1980's.
His biggest achievement was winning the Yugoslav First League and reaching the finals of the European Champions Cup with Kolinski Slovan. His biggest upset as head coach was then he coached Zamet in 1994-95 season. Zamet was relegated to the second tier for the first time since the start of the Croatian First A League. During the 1996-97 season he coached in the *First B League where the club was placed in eight place at the end of the season. Although the league results weren't that good Munitić led the club to the quarter final of the Croatian where they were knocked out by Medvečak. To this day it's the clubs biggest achievement.