Veselin Vujović (born 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin

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coach and former professional player. He is the current head coach of RK Nexe Našice and Qatar men's national handball 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 league 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 IHF World Player of the Year. 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 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) ...

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

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...

: 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986 * European Champions Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86 ;Barcelona * Liga ASOBAL: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92 *

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

: 1990, 1993 * Supercopa ASOBAL: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92 * European Champions Cup: 1990–91 * Catalan League: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93 ;Granollers * Copa ASOBAL: 1994 * EHF Cup:

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;Individual *

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

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

Manager

;FR Yugoslavia *

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

– 4th place ;Ciudad Real *

: 2001, 2003 *

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: 2002, 2003 ;Serbia and Montenegro * World Championship U-19:

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

;Vardar * Macedonian Super League: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2012–13 * Macedonian Cup: 2007, 2008, 2012 * SEHA League: 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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