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.
| Ljubomir Vranjes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Vranjes in March 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
3 October 1973 Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Nationality | Swedish | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | SG Flensburg-Handewitt (sporting director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–1989 | Kortedala IF | ||
1989–1991 | Redbergslids IK | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1991–1999 | Redbergslids IK | ||
1999–2001 | BM Granollers | ||
2001–2006 | HSG Nordhorn-Lingen | ||
2006–2009 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–2007 | Sweden | 164[1] | (451) |
| Teams managed | |||
2010–2017 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | ||
2013 | Serbia | ||
2017–2018 | Telekom Veszprém | ||
2017–2018 | Hungary | ||
2019–2020 | IFK Kristianstad | ||
2019–2022 | Slovenia | ||
2022 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | ||
2022–2023 | USAM Nîmes Gard | ||
Career
editClub
editVranjes 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
editVranjes 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
editAfter 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.[2][3]
On 17 December 2019, he took the head coach role of the Slovenia national team.[4] He was sacked in January 2022 after failing to reach the main round of the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.[5]
On 19 January 2022, he was named the head coach of Handball-Bundesliga club Rhein-Neckar Löwen for the remainder of the season.[6] In June 2022, he became the head coach of French side USAM Nîmes Gard.[7]
Personal life
editVranjes is of Serbian descent, and was born in Gothenburg.[8]
Honours
edit- Player
- Swedish Championship:
- Winner: 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
- Runner-up: 1995, 1999
- Manager
- EHF Champions League:
- Winner: 2014
References
edit- ^ "Statistics Swedish National Handball Team" (PDF). svenskhandboll.se. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Vranjes' era at SG Flensburg-Handewitt comes to an end". European Handball Federation. 1 February 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Second Hungary job for Ljubomir Vranjes". European Handball Federation. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ To. G.; A. V. (17 December 2019). "Uradno: novi selektor Slovenije je Šved Ljubomir Vranješ" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ M. R. (19 January 2022). "Uradno: Vranješ ni več selektor rokometašev" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Fix! Löwen holen Vranjes als Coach". SPORT1 (in German). 19 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "L'Usam Nîmes officialise l'arrivée de l'entraîneur Ljubomir Vranjes et évoque la Ligue des champions pour 2025". midilibre.fr (in French). 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ Bauman, Bojan (18 December 2019). "Ljubomir Vranješ – Šved, a naš". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 19 December 2020.
External links
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- Ljubomir Vranjes at the European Handball Federation
- Ljubomir Vranjes at Olympedia
- Ljubomir Vranjes at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
