Nenad Kljaić (born 21 December 1966) is a Croatian former

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player and current coach of Greek club

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Career

Kljaić won two European Champions Cups as a player with

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in 1992 and 1993. He also won the

EHF Challenge Cup The EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Foun ...

in 2000 with

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. Kljaić played for the Croatian national team from 1991 to 2001. He was part of the Croatian team that won gold medal at the

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in Atlanta. He played six games and scored five goals. After retiring from competitions he worked with RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb.

Personal life

He is the son of

Velimir Kljaić Velimir Kljaić (10 February 1946 – 12 August 2010) was a Croatian handball player and coach. Career As a player Kljaić played with RK Medveščak Zagreb and Klagenfurt. As a coach, he won two Croatian championships with RK Zagreb and one Cu ...

and Jasenka Kljaić, born Neralić. He was married to Sandra Mejovšek-Kljaić. Together they have a son and daughter. Kljaić speaks Croatian, English and

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Honours

Player

;Medveščak Zagreb *

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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 ...

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

;RK Zagreb *

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2000–01 *

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

: 1988–89, 1990–91 *

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

* European Champions Cup:

* EHF Super Cup:

;TV Grosswallstadt *

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

;RK Metković Jambo *

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 ...

;Yugoslavia * 1990 World Championship Czechoslovakia - 4th place * 1990 Goodwill Games Seattle - 2nd place ;Croatia * 1993 Mediterranean Games Languedoc-Roussillon - 1st place * 1994 European Championship Portugal - 3rd place * 1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta - 1st place * 1997 World Championship Japan - 13th place * 1999 World Championship Egypt - 10th place * 1999 Super Cup Germany - 2nd place * 2000 European Championship Croatia - 6th place * 2001 World Championship France - 9th place ;Individual *

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- 1992, 1994

As coach

;Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb * Croatian First/Premier League: 2006--07, 2010-11 *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

;Saudi Arabia * 2013 World Championship Spain - 19th place * 2014 Asian Championship Bahrain - 6th place * 2015 World Championship Qatar - 22nd place * 2016 Asian Championship Bahrain - 4th place ;Al-Rayan SC * AHF Champions League Finalist:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Orders

* Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 1995

References

External links

European competition

Head coach of Olympiacos Piraeus from Feb. 2020
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