Veselin Vujović (born 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin

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and former professional player. He is the current coach of Iran national team. As a player, Vujović competed at the

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and

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for the Yugoslavia national team.

Playing career

During his career Vujović played for RK Metaloplastika,

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and

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. At Metaloplastika, he was part of the club golden generation during the 1980s, winning seven

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titles, 4 cup titles and two European Champions Cup titles. Vujović also lost one final in

and three semi-final matches in the European Champions Cup while playing for Metaloplastika. In 1986 he was named as the best athlete of Yugoslavia. He was first player to receive title of the

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. 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 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, ...

: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88 *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

: 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986 * European Champions Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86 ;Barcelona *

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: 1988–89, 1989–90,

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, 1991–92 *

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: 1990, 1993 *

Supercopa ASOBAL The Supercopa ASOBAL or the Supercopa de España de Balonmano is an annual cup competition for Spanish handball teams. It is organised by the Liga ASOBAL. It was first played for in 1985 and is disputed between the Liga ASOBAL champions and the win ...

: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92 * European Champions Cup:

* Catalan League: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93 ;Granollers *

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: 1994 *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

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;Individual *

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all-time top scorer – 738 *Athlete of the Year in

– 1986 *

– 1988 *Handball player of the Year in Yugoslavia: 1986, 1988

Manager

;FR Yugoslavia *

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– 4th place ;Ciudad Real *

: 2001, 2003 * EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 2002, 2003 ;Serbia and Montenegro * World Championship U-19:

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;Vardar * Macedonian Super League: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2012–13 *

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: 2007, 2008, 2012 *

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: 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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vujovic, Veselin 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Cetinje Yugoslav male handball players Montenegrin male handball players Liga ASOBAL players Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in handball Montenegrin handball coaches RK Zagreb coaches Expatriate handball players FC Barcelona Handbol players Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Spain Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games BM Granollers players Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Handball coaches of international teams