Časlav Grubić (; born 20 June 1952) is a Serbian former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player.

Club career

After starting out at Železničar Niš, Grubić played for Partizan in the 1972–73 season, as the club suffered relegation from the top flight. He would later play for Železničar Niš on two more occasions, winning three national cups. In the 1977–78 season, Grubić helped the club reach the

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final, losing to

VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the ...

. In 1983, Grubić went abroad for the first time and spent one year with Spanish club Tecnisa Alicante. He later returned to Spain and played for

Elgorriaga Bidasoa CD Bidasoa Irun is a team of handball based in Irún, Spain. It plays in Liga ASOBAL. History The Basque club was founded in 1962. Five years after its foundation, CD Bidasoa managed to get promoted to the second division and after the 1969/1 ...

, helping them win the championship title in the 1986–87 season.

International career

At international level, Grubić represented

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in three

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, winning the gold medal in

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. In 2018 he was the assistant to coach of the Serbiam national team,

Jovica Cvetković Jovica Cvetković (; born 18 September 1959) is a Serbian handball coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Club career At club level, Cvetković played for Crvena zvezda (two spells), Metaloplastika, GW ...

Honours

;Železničar Niš * Yugoslav Handball Cup: 1976–77, 1981–82, 1984–85 ;Elgorriaga Bidasoa *

Liga ASOBAL Liga Asobal is the premier professional handball league in Spain. It was founded in 1958 with the name of División de Honor, changing its name to the current name in 1990. The Liga ASOBAL, which is played under EHF rules, currently consists of ...

: 1986–87

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grubic, Caslav 1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Niš Serbian male handball players Yugoslav male handball players RK Partizan players Liga ASOBAL players Serbian expatriate handball players in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain CD Bidasoa Irun players Serbian handball coaches