Veselin Vujović

Veselin Vujović

Personal information
Born	18 January 1961 Cetinje, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin, Serbian
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Slovenia (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 U21 Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia	183 (738)
Teams managed
1995–1999 1999–2000 2000–2003 2003–2006 2006–2009 2007 2010 2011–2013 2013–2014 2014–2016 2015–present	Metaloplastika Šabac FR Yugoslavia Ciudad Real Serbia and Montenegro Vardar Macedonia Al Sadd Vardar Al Shabab Zagreb Slovenia
Medal record Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team 1988 Seoul Team World Championship 1986 Switzerland 1982 West Germany European Championship 1996 Spain Mediterranean Games 1983 Casablanca

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. He is currently managing the Slovenian national team.

Career

During his career he played for RK Metaloplastika, Barcelona and Granollers. With Metaloplastika he won two handball champions league (1985 and 1986) and one with Barcelona (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 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.

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

Honours

Club

Metaloplastika Šabac

• Yugoslav First League: 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

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

Al Saad

• Qatar First Division: 2009–10
• Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 2010

Zagreb

• Dukat Premier League: 2014–15, 2015–16
• Croatian Cup: 2015

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

References

1. "Previous Awards". Ihf.info. Retrieved 2010-09-11.

External links

• Profile