Jurica Lakić

Jurica Lakić (11 May 1953 - 9 September 1982) is a former Croatian handball player.[1]

Jurica Lakić
Personal information
Born (1953-05-11)11 May 1953
Karlovac, SFR Yugoslavia
Died 28 May 1982(1982-05-28) (aged 29)
Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Number 11
Youth career
Years Team
1967-1968
 RK Dubovac
Senior clubs
Years Team
1968-1970
 RK Dubovac
1970-1976
 RK Kvarner
1976-1981
 RK Zamet
National team
Years Team
1972
 SR Croatia
1972-1973
  Yugoslavia 5 (?)
Title
1976-1982
 Referee
Teams managed
1975
 RK Kvarner
1980-1981
 RK Zamet

Career

Jurica Lakić was born on 11 May 1953. He started playing handball in RK Dubovac.

He started his senior career in RK Dubovac at the age of 15. In 1970 Lakić moved to RK Kvarner in Rijeka on the call of head coach Vlado Stenzel and played in the golden generation of Kvarner in the Yugoslav First League. In 1972 Lakić played for the national team of SR Croatia and a year later he made 5 appearances for Yugoslavia.[2] Lakić was a key player in RK Kvarner all throughout his six year stay. In 1975 after the departure of Ivan Munitić he coached the team for a couple of months.

In 1976 after Lakić was denied bigger pay from RK Kvarner he left the club and moved to city rivals RK Partizan Zamet.[3] He helped the side rise from the third league to the first league.

Personal life

He was married to female handball player Branka Zuber.

Death

On 9 September 1982 Jurica Lakić died in a car accident in front of his house. A police cruiser collided with Lakić's car on the left side where he was sitting. He died on the operating table.

Tribute

From 1984 to 1989 there was a memorial tournament for Jurica Lakić organized in Karlovac and Rijeka by his former clubs respectively.

Honours
Kvarner
Zamet

References
  1. "Petar Čarić: velikan modernog riječkog rukometa". Novi list (in Croatian).
  2. "Međunarodne utakmice karlovačkih rukometaša i rukometašica". kaportal.hr (in Croatian).
  3. "1977, 1978". rk-zamet.hr (in Croatian).
  • Petar Orgulić - 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci (2004), Adria public
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