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Nenad Kljaić
Kljaić in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Nenad Kljaić
Born	(1966-12-21) 21 December 1966 (age 58) Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Pivot
Club information
Current club	Serbia (manager)
Youth career
Years	Team
1980–1984	RK Medveščak Zagreb
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1984–1988	RK Medveščak Zagreb
1988–1994	Badel 1862 Zagreb
1994–2000	TV Grosswallstadt
2000–2001	Badel 1862 Zagreb
2001–2002	RK Metković Jambo
2002–2003	RK Medveščak Zagreb
2003	TV Kirchzell
National team
Years	Team	Apps
1987–1990	Yugoslavia	69
1991–2001	Croatia	145
Teams managed
1995-1996	TV Grosswallstadt
2004–2005	Croatia (assistant)
2006–2007	RK CO Zagreb
2010–2011	RK CO Zagreb
2012–2013	Saudi Arabia
2013–2014	Al-Rayan SC
2015–2019	Saudi Arabia
2019–2020	Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus
2020–	Serbia
Medal record Men's handball Representing  Yugoslavia Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle Representing  Croatia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team European Championship 1994 Portugal Mediterranean Games 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon

Nenad Kljaić (born 21 December 1966) is a Croatian former handball player and current coach of Greek club Serbia.

Career

Kljaić won two European Champions Cups as a player with RK Zagreb in 1992 and 1993. He also won the EHF Challenge Cup in 2000 with TV Grosswallstadt.

Kljaić played for the Croatian national team from 1991 to 2001. He was part of the Croatian team that won gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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 and Jasenka Kljaić, born Neralić. He was married to Sandra Mejovšek-Kljaić. Together they have a son and daughter.

Kljaić speaks Croatian, English and German.

Honours

Player

Medveščak Zagreb

• Yugoslav Cup: 1986, 1987

RK Zagreb

• Croatian First League: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2000–01
• Croatian Cup: 1992, 1993, 1994
• Yugoslav First League: 1988–89, 1990–91
• Yugoslav Cup: 1991
• European Champions Cup: 1992, 1993
• EHF Super Cup: 1993

TV Grosswallstadt

• EHF Challenge Cup: 2000

RK Metković Jambo

• Croatian Cup: 2002

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

• Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 1992, 1994

As coach

Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb

• Croatian First/Premier League: 2006--07, 2010-11
• Croatian Cup: 2007, 2011

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

Orders

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

References

1. "Prof. Nenad Kljaić". bssmanagement.com.
2. "O klubu" (in Croatian). http://rk-zagreb.hr/.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nenad Kljaić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
4. Nenad Kljaic, new coach of Saudi Arabia Archived 22 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. handballspain2013.com. 11 September 2012.
5. "Trener Kljajić u najmanju ruku iznenadio svojim izjavama!".
6. "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.

External links

• European competition
• Head coach of Olympiacos Piraeus from Feb. 2020 www.olympiacossfp.gr (in Greek)
• Nenad Kljaić at Olympedia (archive)
• Nenad Kljaić at Olympics.com
• Nenad Kljaić at Olympic.org (archived)
• Nenad Kljaić at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived, also available in English)

Yugoslavia squads

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1990 World Men's Handball Championship – 4th place 1 Stojanović 2 Jelčić 3 Vuković 4 Saračević 5 Puc 6 Prokić 7 Smajlagić 8 Portner 9 Vujović 10 Kljaić 11 Kuzmanovski 12 Bašić 14 Tomljanović 15 Isaković (c) 16 Velić Coach: Stanković v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1990 Goodwill Games – Silver medal 1 Stojanović 2 Adžić 3 Prokić (c) 4 Kljaić 5 Đorđić 6 Škrbić 7 Knežević 8 Jovanović 9 Brajdić 10 Butulija 11 Gudelj 13 Ćavar 15 Peruničić 16 Perić Coach: Stanković

Croatia squads

v t e Croatia squad – Men's handball – 1993 Mediterranean Games Winners (1st Title) 1 Mirko Bašić 2 Vladimir Jelčić 3 Goran Perkovac 4 Irfan Smajlagić 5 Bruno Gudelj 6 Alvaro Načinović 7 Ivica Obrvan 9 Nenad Kljaić 10 Iztok Puc 12 Vlado Šola 13 Patrik Ćavar 14 Ratko Tomljanović 15 Slavko Goluža 16 Tonči Peribonio 19 Zlatko Saračević Head Coach: Zdravko Zovko v t e Croatia squad – Men's handball – 1994 European Championship – Bronze medal 1 Tonči Peribonio 2 Vladimir Jelčić 3 Goran Perkovac 4 Irfan Smajlagić 5 Bruno Gudelj 6 Alvaro Načinović 7 Ivica Obrvan 8 Zvonimir Bilić 9 Nenad Kljaić 10 Iztok Puc 11 Darko Franović 12 Vlado Šola 13 Patrik Ćavar 14 Ratko Tomljanović 15 Slavko Goluža 16 Valter Matošević 19 Zlatko Saračević Coach: Zdravko Zovko v t e Croatia squad – Men's handball – 1996 European Championship – 5th place 1 Venio Losert 2 Boris Jarak 3 Goran Perkovac 4 Irfan Smajlagić 5 Božidar Jović 6 Alvaro Načinović 7 Tomislav Farkaš 8 Zvonimir Bilić 9 Nenad Kljaić 10 Iztok Puc 11 Bruno Gudelj 12 Vlado Šola 13 Patrik Ćavar 14 Ratko Tomljanović 15 Slavko Goluža 16 Valter Matošević 17 Zlatko Saračević Coach: Abas Arslanagić, Vladimir Nekić v t e Croatia squad – Men's handball – 1996 Summer Olympics Winners (1st Title) 1 Venio Losert 2 Vladimir Jelčić 3 Goran Perkovac 4 Irfan Smajlagić 5 Božidar Jović 6 Alvaro Načinović 7 Vladimir Šujster 8 Zoran Mikulić 9 Nenad Kljaić 10 Iztok Puc 11 Bruno Gudelj 13 Patrik Ćavar 14 Valner Franković 15 Slavko Goluža 16 Valter Matošević 17 Zlatko Saračević Head Coach: Velimir Kljaić v t e Croatia squad – Men's handball – 1997 World Championship – 13th place 1 Mirko Bašić 2 Vladimir Jelčić 3 Goran Perkovac 4 Irfan Smajlagić 5 Božidar Jović 6 Mladen Prskalo 7 Tomislav Farkaš 8 Zvonimir Bilić 9 Nenad Kljaić 10 Iztok Puc 11 Mirza Džomba 12 Venio Losert 13 Patrik Ćavar 15 Slavko Goluža 16 Valter Matošević 17 Zlatko Saračević Coach: Ilija Puljević v t e Croatia squad – 1998 European Men's Handball Championship – 8th place 1 Kelentrić 3 Paljar 4 Bjeliš 5 Jović 6 Baltić 7 Obrvan 9 N. Kljaić 11 Džomba 12 Losert 13 Ćavar 14 Tomljanović 15 Goluža 16 Bašić 17 Saračević 19 Galić 20 Mikulić Coach: V. Kljaić v t e Croatia squad – Men's handball – 1999 World Championship - 10th place 1 Mirko Bašić 2 Ivica Maraš 5 Božidar Jović 7 Vedran Zrnić 8 Zvonimir Bilić 9 Nenad Kljaić 10 Davor Dominiković 11 Mirza Džomba 12 Venio Losert 13 Patrik Ćavar 14 Tonči Valčić 15 Slavko Goluža 16 Mario Kelentrić 17 Mirza Šarić 18 Milanko Čaprić 20 Zoran Mikulić Coach: Velimir Kljaić v t e Croatia squad – Men's handball – 1999 Super Cup – 2nd place 1 Mario Kelentrić 2 Vladimir Jelčić 5 Božidar Jović 6 Alvaro Načinović 7 Tomislav Farkaš 8 Zvonimir Bilić 9 Nenad Kljaić 10 Ratko Tomljanović 11 Mirza Džomba 12 Venio Losert 14 Tonči Valčić 15 Slavko Goluža 16 Valter Matošević 17 Vedran Zrnić 18 Denis Špoljarić 20 Zoran Mikulić Head Coach: Zdravko Zovko v t e Croatia squad – 2000 European Men's Handball Championship – 6th place 1 Bašić 3 Perkovac 4 Šprem 5 Jović 7 Farkaš 8 Bilić 9 Kljaić 10 Gudelj 11 Džomba 12 Losert 14 Valčić 15 Goluža 16 Matošević 17 Saračević 19 Smajlagić 20 Mikulić Coach: Zovko v t e Croatia squad – Men's handball – 2001 World Championship - 9th place 1 Mario Kelentrić 2 Nikša Kaleb 3 Renato Sulić 5 Božidar Jović 7 Vedran Zrnić 8 Zvonimir Bilić 9 Nenad Kljaić 10 Davor Dominiković 11 Mirza Džomba 12 Venio Losert 13 Patrik Ćavar 14 Tonči Valčić 15 Slavko Goluža 16 Valter Matošević 19 Petar Metličić 20 Zoran Mikulić Coach: Josip Milković

v t e Saudi Arabia squad – 2017 World Championship – 20th place
1 Al-Ibrahim 3 A. Al-Abbas 5 Al-Janabi 7 Al-Mohsin 8 Al-Hammad 12 Al-Saeed 13 Saeed 15 Al-Abdulali 16 Moh. Al-Salem 18 Al-Farhan 22 Ma. Al-Salem 23 Al-Mutairi 24 Al-Obaidi 33 Abu Al-Rahi 37 M. Al-Abbas 39 Al-Khadrawi 57 Moj. Al-Salem 87 Al-Zaer Coach: Kljaić

• 1966 births
• Living people
• Croatian male handball players
• Olympic handball players for Croatia
• Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in handball
• Olympic medalists in handball
• RK Medveščak Zagreb players
• RK Zagreb players
• Croatian handball coaches
• Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
• Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
• Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
• Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
• Handball players from Zagreb
• Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
• Goodwill Games medalists in handball
• Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
• Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
• Croatian expatriate handball players in Germany
• Expatriate handball coaches
• Yugoslav male handball players
• Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
• Handball coaches of international teams