Nenad Puljezević (, ; born 13 March 1973) is a Serbian-Hungarian former

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.

Club career

Puljezević made his professional debut with

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

and spent four seasons with the club (1990–1994). He would also play for two years at Partizan (1994–1996), before returning to Crvena zvezda for another two seasons (1996–1998). Between 1998 and 2002, Puljezević played with Lovćen, helping the club win back-to-back championships in 2000 and 2001. In 2002, Puljezević moved abroad to Hungary and joined Pick Szeged, spending the next seven years with the club. He subsequently returned to his homeland and briefly played for

Kolubara The Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубара, ) is a long river in western Serbia; it is an eastern, right tributary to the Sava river. Due to the many long tributaries creating a branchy system within the river's drainage basin, the short Kolubara ...

. In late 2009, Puljezević moved to Germany and joined

TSV Hannover-Burgdorf TSV Hannover-Burgdorf is a handball club from Hannover, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History The team is known as DIE RECKEN. The origins of the club lie with the sports association Freie Turnerschaft Burgdorf, which ...

. He decided to retire after the 2012–13 season. However, Puljezević came out of retirement and signed with TV Hüttenberg in April 2014.

International career

Puljezević represented

FR Yugoslavia The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

in two major tournaments, winning the bronze medal at the 2001 World Championship. He later switched allegiance to Hungary and appeared in two more

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

(

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 ...

and

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

) and two

European Championships A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

(

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Honours

;Partizan * Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia: 1994–95 ;Crvena zvezda * Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia: 1996–97, 1997–98 ;Lovćen * Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia: 1999–2000, 2000–01 *

Handball Cup of FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Handball Cup was the national handball cup competition in Serbia and Montenegro The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and com ...

: 2001–02 ;Pick Szeged *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

: 2006–07 *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

: 2005–06, 2007–08 ;Kadetten Schaffhausen * Swiss Handball League: 2014–15

References

External links

MKSZ record
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Puljezevic, Nenad 1973 births Living people Handball players from Belgrade Naturalized citizens of Hungary Serbian male handball players Hungarian male handball players RK Crvena zvezda players RK Partizan players SC Pick Szeged players RK Kolubara players Handball-Bundesliga players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Serbian expatriate handball players in Germany Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Serbia and Montenegro male handball players Naturalised handball players Hungarian expatriate handball players in Germany Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate handball players in Switzerland TSV Hannover-Burgdorf players