Nenad Kljaić

Nenad Kljaić (born 21 December 1966) is a Croatian handball coach and retired player.[1]

Nenad Kljaić
Kljaić in 2014
Personal information
Born (1966-12-21) 21 December 1966
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
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
Teams managed
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
Men's handball
Representing  Yugoslavia
Goodwill Games
1990 Seattle
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
1996 AtlantaTeam
European Championship
1994 Portugal
Mediterranean Games
1993 Languedoc-Roussillon

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
TV Grosswallstadt
  • EHF Challenge Cup: 2000
Metković Jambo
Yugoslavia
Croatia
Individual

As coach
Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb
Saudi Arabia
Al-Rayan SC

Orders
gollark: You could probably do "most comparisons come out wrong" versus "furthest out of place" or something.
gollark: Can it do it in O(3) time?
gollark: *Will* Macron do the opposite of sorting?
gollark: Can Macron do the opposite of sorting?
gollark: ↑ evidence of historic Macron implementation

References
  1. "Prof. Nenad Kljaić". bssmanagement.com.
  2. "O klubu" (in Croatian). http://rk-zagreb.hr/.
  3. 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.
  4. Nenad Kljaic, new coach of Saudi Arabia Archived 22 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. handballspain2013.com. 11 September 2012.
  5. "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.
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