Velimir Kljaić

Velimir Kljaić (February 10, 1946 - August 12, 2010) was a Croatian handball coach and player.

As a player Kljaić played for Medveščak Zagreb and Klagenfurt. As a coach he won two Championships of Croatia with Zagreb and one Cup. In Germany he was the coach of the year in 1992 in which he won German championship and Cup with SG Wallau-Massenheim.

As a coach of Croatia he won gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics.

He was also coach of Egypt and Kuwait.

Kljaić was born in the village of Danilo Gornje near Šibenik. He is the father of Nenad Kljaić. He died of lung cancer in Zagreb.

• Yugoslav First League
  • Winner(1): 1966
• Yugoslav Cup
  • Winner(1): 1970
• European Champions Cup
  • Finalist (1): 1964-65

• Yugoslav Cup
  • Winner(1): 1981

• Bundesliga
  • Winner(1): 1991-92
• IHF Cup
  • Winner(1): 1992

• 1996 Summer Olympics - 1st place

• First A League
  • Winner (1): 1998-99
• Croatian Cup
  • Winner (1): 1999
• EHF Champions League
  • Finalist (1): 1998-99

• 2000 African Championship - 1st place

• 2002 Asian Championship - 1st place

• EHF Champions Trophy '
  • Finalist' (1): 2006

• Handball Manager of the Year - 1992
• The most successful athlete promoter of Croatia in the world: 1996
• Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 1996, 2010 (posthumously)
• Best Croatian coach of 1997 by Croatian Handball Federation
• Best Croatian coach of 1997 by Sportske novosti
• Best Croatian coach of 1999 by Croatian Handball Federation
• Best Croatian coach of 1999 by Sportske novosti