Veselin Vujović

Veselin Vujović (Serbian Cyrillic: Веселин Вујовић; born 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin former handball player and manager. As a player, he competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics for the Yugoslavia national team.

Not to be confused with Veselin Vuković.

Veselin Vujović
Vujović in 2017
Personal information
Born	(1961-01-18) 18 January 1961 Cetinje, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin / Serbian
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Left back
Youth career
Team
	Lovćen
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1977–1979	Lovćen
1979–1988	Metaloplastika
1988–1993	Barcelona
1993–1995	Granollers
National team
Years	Team
1981–1992	Yugoslavia
1993–1996	FR Yugoslavia	183	(738)
Teams managed
1995–1999	Metaloplastika
1999–2000	FR Yugoslavia
2000–2003	Ciudad Real
2003–2006	Serbia and Montenegro
2006–2009	Vardar
2007	Macedonia
2010	Al Sadd
2011–2013	Vardar
2013–2014	Al Shabab
2014–2016	RK Zagreb
2015–2019	Slovenia
2017–2018	RD Koper
2018–2019	Železničar 1949
2019–2020	RK Zagreb
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 Head Coach for  Slovenia World Championship 2017 France

Playing career

During his career he played for RK Metaloplastika, Barcelona and Granollers. At Metaloplastika, Vujović was part of the club golden generation during the 1980s, winning seven league titles, 4 cup titles and two European Champions Cup titles. Vujović also lost one final in 1984 and three semi-final matches in the European Champions Cup while playing for Metaloplastika.[1]

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

He was first player to receive title of the IHF World Player of the Year.[2]

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.

Vujović managing RK Zagreb in September 2016

Honours

Player

Metaloplastika

• Yugoslav First League: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
• Yugoslav Cup: 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986
• European Champions Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86

Barcelona

• Liga ASOBAL: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
• Copa del Rey: 1990, 1993
• Supercopa ASOBAL: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
• European Champions Cup: 1990–91
• Catalan League: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93

Granollers

• Copa ASOBAL: 1994
• EHF Cup: 1995

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: 1986, 1988

Manager

FR Yugoslavia

• 2000 Summer Olympics – 4th place

Ciudad Real

• Copa del Rey: 2001, 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, 2016

Slovenia

• 2017 World Championship – 3rd place

References

1. "METALOPLASTIKA PRVAK EVROPE – 1985,86". metaloplastika.wordpress.com.
2. "Previous Awards". Ihf.info. Archived from the original on 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2010-09-11.

External links

• Profile

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dražen Petrović	The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1986	Succeeded by Mateja Svet