Veselin Vujović

Veselin Vujović (born 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin handball 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 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics for the Yugoslavia national team.

Playing career

During his career, Vujović played for RK Metaloplastika, Barcelona and Granollers. 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 1984 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 the first player to receive the 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.

Coaching career At the 2017 World Championship he guided the Slovenia team to a bronze medal, which is Slovenias best ever result at a World Championship and only the second ever medal at a major tournament.

Honours Player Metaloplastika Yugoslav First League: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88 Yugoslav Cup: 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: 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: 1995

Individual Yugoslavia all-time top scorer – 738 Athlete of the Year in Yugoslavia – 1986 IHF World Player of the Year – 1988 Handball player of the Year in Yugoslavia: 1986, 1988

Manager FR Yugoslavia 2000 Summer Olympics – 4th place

Ciudad Real Copa del Rey: 2001, 2003 EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 2002, 2003

Serbia and Montenegro World Championship U-19: 2005

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