Jurica Lakić (11 May 1953 - 9 September 1982) is a former

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n handball player.

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 RK Kvarner Rijeka (Rukometni Klub Kvarner Rijeka) was a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1963. It was later incorporated into Kvarner Kostrena. History RK Kvarner The club was founded 27 February 1963, as RK Kvarner. The first ...

in Rijeka on the call of head coach Vlado Stenzel and played in the golden generation of Kvarner in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

. In 1972 Lakić played for the national team of

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and a year later he made 5 appearances for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. Lakić was a key player in

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

he left the club and moved to city rivals RK Partizan Zamet. 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 *

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(1): 1974-75 ;Zamet *

(1): 1977-78 *

Yugoslav Third League Yugoslav Third League ( Serbo-Croat: ''3. Savezna liga'', 3. Савезна лига) was the third tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to the second tier, the Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may re ...

(1): 1976-77

References

External links

*Petar Orgulić - 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci (2004), Adria public {{DEFAULTSORT:Lakić, Jurica 1953 births 1982 deaths Yugoslav male handball players Croatian male handball players RK Zamet players RK Zamet coaches RK Kvarner players RK Kvarner coaches People from Karlovac Sportspeople from Karlovac Handball players from Rijeka Croatian handball coaches Road incident deaths in Croatia