Ljubomir Vranjes

Ljubomir Vranjes (born 3 October 1973) is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is currently the sporting director of German team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

In 1999 he was named Swedish Handballer of the Year, and in 2024 he was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame.

Career Club Vranjes played with Redbergslids IK for eight years, between 1991 and 1999, and has won five Swedish championship titles (1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, and 1997–98).

National team Vranjes was a member of the Swedish national team for eleven years, between 1996 and 2007. With Sweden, he won the European Handball Championship three times (1998, 2000, and 2002), and the World Handball Championship once, in 1999. He also won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Coaching After retiring as a player in 2009, Vranjes became the manager of the German team Flensburg-Handewitt with whom he won the 2013–14 EHF Champions League. In 2013 he briefly coached the Serbia men's national handball team.

In 2017, he signed with Telekom Veszprém and the Hungary national team, taking over both positions on 1 July 2017.

On 17 December 2019, he took the head coach role of the Slovenia national team. He was sacked in January 2022 after failing to reach the main round of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.

On 19 January 2022, he was named the head coach of Handball-Bundesliga club Rhein-Neckar Löwen for the remainder of the season. In June 2022, he became the head coach of French side USAM Nîmes Gard.

Personal life Vranjes is of Serbian descent, and was born in Gothenburg.

Honours Player Swedish Championship: Winner: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998 Runner-up: 1995, 1999

Manager EHF Champions League: Winner: 2014