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Velimir Kljaić

Velimir Kljaić
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Personal information
Full name Velimir Kljaić
Born (1946-02-10)10 February 1946
Danilo Gornje near Šibenik, SFR Yugoslavia
Died 12 August 2010(2010-08-12) (aged 63)
Zagreb, Croatia
Nationality Croatian
Club information
Youth clubs
RK Medveščak Zagreb
Senior clubs
1963-1976
1976-1980
RK Medveščak Zagreb
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

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

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.

As a coach of Croatia he won gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

He was also coach of Egypt and Kuwait.

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


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