Ljubomir Vranjes

Ljubomir Vranjes
Ljubomir Vranjes
	Vranjes in March 2016
Personal information
Born	3 October 1973 (age 50); Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	SG Flensburg-Handewitt (sporting director)
Youth career
Years	Team
0000–1989	Kortedala IF
1989–1991	Redbergslids IK
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1991–1999	Redbergslids IK
1999–2001	BM Granollers
2001–2006	HSG Nordhorn-Lingen
2006–2009	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
National team
Years	Team
1996–2007	Sweden
Teams managed
2010–2017	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
2013	Serbia
2017–2018	Telekom Veszprém
2017–2018	Hungary
2019–2020	IFK Kristianstad
2019–2022	Slovenia
2022	Rhein-Neckar Löwen
2022–2023	USAM Nîmes Gard
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship

Ljubomir Vranjes (born 3 October 1973) is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is currently the sporting director of German team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

Career[edit]

Club[edit]

Vranjes played with Redbergslids IK for eight years, between 1991 and 1999, and has won five Swedish championship titles (1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, and 1997–98).

National team[edit]

Vranjes was a member of the Swedish national team for eleven years, between 1996 and 2007. With Sweden, he won the European Handball Championship three times (1998, 2000, and 2002), and the World Handball Championship once, in 1999. He also won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Coaching[edit]

After retiring as a player in 2009, Vranjes became the manager of the German team Flensburg-Handewitt with whom he won the 2013–14 EHF Champions League. In 2013 he briefly coached the Serbia men's national handball team.

In 2017, he signed with Telekom Veszprém and the Hungary national team, taking over both positions on 1 July 2017.^[2]^[3]

On 17 December 2019, he took the head coach role of the Slovenia national team.^[4] He was sacked in January 2022 after failing to reach the main round of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.^[5]

On 19 January 2022, he was named the head coach of Handball-Bundesliga club Rhein-Neckar Löwen for the remainder of the season.^[6] In June 2022, he became the head coach of French side USAM Nîmes Gard.^[7]

Personal life[edit]

Vranjes is of Serbian descent, and was born in Gothenburg.^[8]

Honours[edit]

Player

Swedish Championship:
- Winner: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
- Runner-up: 1995, 1999

Manager

EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2014

References[edit]

^ "Statistics Swedish National Handball Team" (PDF). svenskhandboll.se. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
^ "Vranjes' era at SG Flensburg-Handewitt comes to an end". European Handball Federation. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
^ "Second Hungary job for Ljubomir Vranjes". European Handball Federation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
^ To. G.; A. V. (17 December 2019). "Uradno: novi selektor Slovenije je Šved Ljubomir Vranješ" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
^ M. R. (19 January 2022). "Uradno: Vranješ ni več selektor rokometašev" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "Fix! Löwen holen Vranjes als Coach". SPORT1 (in German). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "L'Usam Nîmes officialise l'arrivée de l'entraîneur Ljubomir Vranjes et évoque la Ligue des champions pour 2025". midilibre.fr (in French). 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ Bauman, Bojan (18 December 2019). "Ljubomir Vranješ – Šved, a naš". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 19 December 2020.

External links[edit]

Ljubomir Vranjes at the European Handball Federation
Ljubomir Vranjes at Olympedia
Ljubomir Vranjes at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)

[1] "Statistics Swedish National Handball Team" (PDF). svenskhandboll.se. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

[2] "Vranjes' era at SG Flensburg-Handewitt comes to an end". European Handball Federation. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

[3] "Second Hungary job for Ljubomir Vranjes". European Handball Federation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

[4] To. G.; A. V. (17 December 2019). "Uradno: novi selektor Slovenije je Šved Ljubomir Vranješ" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 19 December 2020.

[5] M. R. (19 January 2022). "Uradno: Vranješ ni več selektor rokometašev" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[6] "Fix! Löwen holen Vranjes als Coach". SPORT1 (in German). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[7] "L'Usam Nîmes officialise l'arrivée de l'entraîneur Ljubomir Vranjes et évoque la Ligue des champions pour 2025". midilibre.fr (in French). 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[8] Bauman, Bojan (18 December 2019). "Ljubomir Vranješ – Šved, a naš". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 19 December 2020.

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