Nenad Kljaić
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| Born |
21 December 1966 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Al-Rayan SC (manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1984 | RK Medveščak Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1988 | RK Medveščak Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1994 | RK Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–2000 | TV Grosswallstadt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | RK Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | RK Metković Jambo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | RK Medveščak Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | TV Kirchzell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1990 | Yugoslavia | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–2001 | Croatia | 145 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1995 | TV Grosswallstadt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Croatia (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | RK Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | RK CO Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Saudi Arabia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Al-Rayan SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/2015–2019 | Saudi Arabia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/2020– | Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nenad Kljaić (born 21 December 1966) is a Croatian handball coach and retired player.[1]
Career
Kljaić won two European Champions Cup's as a player with RK Zagreb in 1992 and 1993.[2] He also won the EHF Challenge Cup in 2000 with TV Grosswallstadt.
Kljaić played for the national team of Croatia from 1991 to 2001. He was part of the Croatian team that won gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He played six games and scored five goals.[3]
After retiring from competitions he worked with RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb, and since c. 2012 he is the head coach of the Saudi Arabia national team.[4]
Personal life
He is the son of Velimir Kljaić and Jasenka Kljaić (nee Neralić). His ancestors are Tomislav Neralić, Franjo Neralić and Milan Neralić. He is married to Sandra Mejovšek-Kljaić. Together they have one son.
Kljaić speaks Croatian, English and German.
Honours
As player
- Medveščak Zagreb
- RK Zagreb/Chromos/Loto/Badel 1862
- Croatian First A League: 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 2000-01
- Croatian Cup: 1992, 1993, 1994
- Yugoslav First League: 1988-89, 1990-91
- Yugoslav Cup: 1991
- European Champions Cup: 1992, 1993
- EHF Super Cup: 1993
- TV Grosswallstadt
- Metković Jambo
- Yugoslavia
- 1990 World Championship Czechoslovakia - 4th place
- 1990 Goodwill Games Seattle - 2nd place
- Croatia
- 1993 Mediterranean Games Languedoc-Roussillon - 1st place
- 1994 European Championship Portugal - 3rd place
- 1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta - 1st place
- 1997 World Championship Japan - 13th place
- 1999 World Championship Egypt - 10th place
- 1999 Super Cup Germany - 2nd place
- 2000 European Championship Croatia - 6th place
- 2001 World Championship France - 9th place
- Individual
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 1992 and 1994
As coach
- Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb
- Saudi Arabia
- 2013 World Championship Spain - 19th place
- 2014 Asian Championship Bahrain - 6th place
- 2015 World Championship Qatar - 22nd place
- 2016 Asian Championship Bahrain - 4th place
- Al-Rayan SC
- AHF Champions League Finalist: 2013
Orders
References
- ^ "Prof. Nenad Kljaić". bssmanagement.com.
- ^ "O klubu" (in Croatian). http://rk-zagreb.hr/.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nenad Kljaić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
- ^ Nenad Kljaic, new coach of Saudi Arabia Archived 22 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. handballspain2013.com. 11 September 2012.
- ^ "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nenad Kljaić.
- European competition
- Head coach of Olympiacos Piraeus from Feb. 2020 www.olympiacossfp.gr (in Greek)
- Nenad Kljaić at Olympedia
- Nenad Kljaić at Olympics.com
- Nenad Kljaić at Olympics.com
- Nenad Kljaić at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
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Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Croatian male handball players
- Olympic handball players of Croatia
- Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Croatia
- Olympic medalists in handball
- RK Medveščak Zagreb players
- RK Zagreb players
- Croatian handball coaches
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
- Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
- Croatian expatriates in Germany
- Croatian expatriates in Qatar
- Croatian expatriates in Saudi Arabia
- Sportspeople from Zagreb
- Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
- Goodwill Games medalists in handball