Ivica Rimanić (born 3 November 1956) is a former

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player.

Career

Ivica Rimanić started his senior career in 1972 at

RK Zamet RK Zamet (Rukometni Klub Zamet) is a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian Premier Handball League and the Croatian Handball Cup. Although the club has not won any mayor trophies, it ha ...

. After playing 2 years for Zamet he moved to rivals RK Kvarner. With Kvarner Rimarić was part of the team that got Kvarner promoted to the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

. After one season in the first tier Kvarner was relegated. After the relegation Rimanić moved back to Zamet where he spent the next seven years. In 1977 Zamet was promoted to the

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

and in 1978 they were promoted to the Yugoslav First League. At this time Rimanić was also the club's treasurer and coach of the youth team. In 1979 Zamet was relegated back to the Second League. The same season Rimanić was called up to play for the Yugoslav national team at the Karpat Cup and Cup of Zaria Vastoka. He played 7 matches for the national team and scored 14 goals. He also had 2 appearances for the team of

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. In 1980 Rimanić was briefly the head coach of Zamet because he had to go to military training. After he returned from the

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in 1982 he started working more with youths. In 1984 Rimanić got a call to come to

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to coach women's handball club

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. He came to save the club from relegation but ended up winning four league and two cup titles. In 1989 he started coaching the men's club

Stavanger IF Stavanger IF is a Norwegian sports club, best known for their handball team, based in Stavanger. The club also has a football team. In the 1980's and 1990's they played in the top Norwegian division and have won two Norwegian championships and ...

. He was champion two times with his team in 1990 and 1992. In 1992 Rimanić started coaching

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n women's club

Hypo Niederösterreich Hypo Niederösterreich (Hypo NÖ) is an Austrian women's handball club, headquartered in Maria Enzersdorf. They are one of the most successful teams on the EHF Champions League, having won the title eight times. They are also former winners of t ...

. In his first season with the club he won both domestic titles and the last edition of the European Champions Cup. The next season Rimanić secured the domestic titles with his club again and won the first edition of the

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. The 1994–95 season went the same but in 1995-96 Hypo lost to

RK Podravka Koprivnica Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a Croatian women's handball club from Koprivnica. It is the most successful club in Croatian women's handball since formation of the league in 1992. The team currently competes in the Croatia women's first ha ...

in the EHF Champions League final. In 1995 Rimanić became the head coach of

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. With the team he won the first medal in Austria handball history, bronze medal from

1996 European Women's Handball Championship The 1996 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was the second edition of the European Championship. It was held in Denmark from 6–15 December. Denmark won their second title in a row after beating Norway 25–23 in the final. Venues The E ...

. Rimanić spent two seasons with Croatian women's handball powerhouse Podravka Koprivnica. In the first season he won both domestic titles and got to the quarter-final of the EHF Champions League the next season the club reached the semi-final. At one point in 1997 he was the head coach of the Norway men's national team. Rimanić coached Kuwait SC from 1999 to 2001, being runner up in the league for both seasons. In 2001 Rimanić returned to Norway where he coached the women's side of

Nordstrand IF Nordstrand Idrettsforening is a sports club in Nordstrand, Oslo, Norway. The club has sections for alpine skiing, association football and handball. It formerly had sections for orienteering, track and field and Nordic skiing. The club colors a ...

for four years. He won the

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three times and the league once. From 2006 to 2008 Rimanić was the head coach of men's

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. From 2009 to 2011 he was the head coach of the

Slovenia women's national handball team The Slovenia women's national handball team is the national handball team of Slovenia. Competitive record Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Olympic Games World Championship ...

. In 2019 he began coaching the Norwegian handball club Bjørnar IL. His players have experienced that he hates trick and lob shots.

Honours

;Player ;Zamet *

(1): 1977-78 *

Yugoslav Third League Yugoslav Third League (; sr-Cyrl, 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 Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna l ...

(1): 1976-77 ;Kvarner *

(1): 1974-75 ;Coach ;Byåsenr * Grundigligaen (4):

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

1988 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the Morris worm, 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United State ...

1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

(2):

;Stavanger IF * Grundigligaen (2):

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

;Hypo NÖ *

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(4): 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96 * ÖHB Cup (4):

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

* European Champions Cup (1): 1992-93 *

(3): 1993-94, 1994-95 ;Podravka Koprivnica * Croatia First A League (2): 1996-97, 1997-98 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup *Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup The Croatian Water Polo C ...

(2):

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

;Nordstrand 2000 Oslo * Grundigligaen (1): 2003-04 *

(3):

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

;Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea * Liga Națională (1): 2009 ;Bjarg Regional champion 2017 girls jr division ;Individual *Postage stamp with his face by:

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- 2012

References

External links

Eurohandball
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