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

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

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.

Career

Jurica Lakić was born on 11 May 1953. He started playing

in RK Dubovac. He started his senior career in RK Dubovac at the age of 15. In 1970 Lakić moved to RK Kvarner in

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

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

. In 1972 Lakić played for the national team of

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and a year later he made 5 appearances for

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. Lakić was a key player in RK Kvarner all throughout his six year stay. In 1975 after the departure of

Ivan Munitić Ivan Munitić (born 7 April 1942) is a former Croatian Team handball, handball player and Team handball, handball coach. Playing career Munitić started playing handball in RK Zamet, RK Partizan Zamet. In 1963 he transferred to newly established ...

he coached the team for a couple of months. In 1976 after Lakić was denied bigger pay from RK Kvarner 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

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 Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located southwest of Zagreb and northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the ...

and

by his former clubs respectively.

Honours

;Kvarner *

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 ...

(1): 1974-75 ;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

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 Sportspeople from Karlovac Handball players from Rijeka Croatian handball coaches Road incident deaths in Croatia