Veselin Vujović

Veselin Vujović
	Vujović in 2017
Personal information
Born	18 January 1961; Cetinje, PR Montenegro,; FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin / Serbian
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Borac Banja Luka (manager)
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
Teams managed
1995–1999	Metaloplastika
1999–2000	Partizan
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
2021–	Borac Banja Luka
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship
Mediterranean Games
Head Coach for Slovenia
World Championship

Veselin Vujović (Serbian Cyrillic: Веселин Вујовић; born 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin former handball player and manager. He is the current manager of Borac Banja Luka.

As a player, Vujović competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics for the Yugoslavia national team.

Playing career

Vujović managing RK Zagreb in September 2016

During his career Vujović played for RK Metaloplastika, Barcelona and Granollers. At Metaloplastika, he 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 national 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.

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 Sadd

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

"Metaloplastika prvak Evrope – 1985,86". metaloplastika.wordpress.com.
"Previous Awards". Ihf.info. Archived from the original on 2010-07-21. Retrieved 2010-09-11.

External links

Profile
Veselin Vujović at Olympedia

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

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[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.