Nenad Kljaić (born 21 December 1966) is a Croatian former handball player and current coach of Greek club Serbia.[1]

Nenad Kljaić
Kljaić in 2014
Personal information
Full name Nenad Kljaić
Born (1966-12-21) 21 December 1966 (age 57)
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Serbia (manager)
Youth career
Years Team
1980–1984
RK Medveščak Zagreb
Senior clubs
Years Team
1984–1988
RK Medveščak Zagreb
1988–1994
Badel 1862 Zagreb
1994–2000
TV Grosswallstadt
2000–2001
Badel 1862 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
1995-1996
TV Grosswallstadt
2004–2005
Croatia (assistant)
2006–2007
RK CO Zagreb
2010–2011
RK CO Zagreb
2012–2013
Saudi Arabia
2013–2014
Al-Rayan SC
2015–2019
Saudi Arabia
2019–2020
Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus
2020–
Serbia
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing  Yugoslavia
Goodwill Games
Silver medal – second place 1990 Seattle
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Portugal
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon

Career

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Kljaić in 2010

Kljaić won two European Champions Cups 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 Croatian national team from 1991 to 2001. He was part of the Croatian team that won gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He played six games and scored five goals.[3]

After retiring from competitions he worked with RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb.[4]

Personal life

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He is the son of Velimir Kljaić and Jasenka Kljaić, born Neralić. He was married to Sandra Mejovšek-Kljaić. Together they have a son and daughter.[5]

Kljaić speaks Croatian, English and German.[citation needed]

Honours

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Player

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Medveščak Zagreb
RK Zagreb
TV Grosswallstadt
RK Metković Jambo
Yugoslavia
Croatia
Individual

As coach

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Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb
Saudi Arabia
Al-Rayan SC

Orders

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References

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  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. ^ "Trener Kljajić u najmanju ruku iznenadio svojim izjavama!".
  6. ^ "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.
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