Ivan Lapčević (; born 26 March 1976) is a Serbian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic 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 throwing it into the g ...

coach and former player.

Club career

After starting out at his hometown club Župa Aleksandrovac, Lapčević went on to play for Železničar Niš (1996–2001),

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

(2001–2002),

VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a handball club from the Germany, German city of Gummersbach. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. Gummersbach is one of the most successful team-handball clubs ever. Crest, colo ...

(2002–2005),

MKB Veszprém MKB may refer to: Business * MKB Bank, the third-biggest commercial bank in Hungary * MKB Raduga, a Russian aerospace company * MKB Fakel, a Russian government-owned aerospace defense corporation Community * Moogooru Karnataka Brahmin, a sect o ...

(2005–2010), Napredak Kruševac (2010), Puerto Sagunto (2010–2011) and

Romagna Romagna ( rgn, Rumâgna) is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna, North Italy. Traditionally, it is limited by the Apennines to the south-west, the Adriatic to t ...

(2011–2012).

International career

At international level, Lapčević represented

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

(known as FR Yugoslavia until 2003) in six major tournaments, winning two bronze medals at the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

(

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and

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

). He also participated in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

Coaching career

In February 2019, Lapčević took charge at Serbian Handball Super B League team Požarevac.

Honours

;Železničar Niš *

Handball Cup of FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Handball Cup was the national handball cup competition in Serbia and Montenegro. Winners Results by teams See also * Yugoslav Handball Cup * Serbian Handball Cup Serbian Handball Cup is the nationwide cup tournament ...

: 1996–97, 1998–99 ;Barcelona *

Copa ASOBAL The Copa ASOBAL is an annual cup competition for Liga ASOBAL teams. It was first played for in 1990 and is contested by the top four teams at the end of the first half of the Liga ASOBAL season. Season by season Titles by team External ...

: 2001–02 ;MKB Veszprém *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, "National Championship"), also known as NB I, is the top level of the Hungarian football league system. The league is officially named OTP Bank Liga after its title sponsor OTP Bank. UEFA currently ranks the league 28th ...

: 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

: 2007–08

References

External links

EHF record

MKSZ record

Olympic record
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