Quick Facts
Biography
Nenad Kljaić (born 21 December 1966) is a Croatian handball coach and retired player.
Career
Kljaić won two European Champions Cup's 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 national team of Croatia from 1991 to 2001. He was part of the Croatian team that won gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He played six games and scored five goals.
After retiring from competitions he worked with RK Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb, and since c. 2012 he is the head coach of the Saudi Arabia national team.
Personal life
He is the son of Velimir Kljaić and Jasenka Kljaić (nee Neralić). His ancestors are Tomislav Neralić, Franjo Neralić and Milan Neralić. He is married to Sandra Mejovšek-Kljaić. Together they have one son.
Kljaić speaks Croatian, English and German.
Honours
As player
- Medveščak Zagreb
- RK Zagreb/Chromos/Loto/Badel 1862
- Croatian First A League (4): 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 2000-01
- Croatian Cup (3): 1992, 1993, 1994
- Yugoslav First League (2): 1988-89, 1990-91
- Yugoslav Cup (1): 1991
- European Champions Cup (2): 1992, 1993
- EHF Super Cup (1): 1993
- TV Grosswallstadt
- EHF Challenge Cup (1): 2000
- Metković Jambo
- Croatian Cup (1): 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 and 1994
As coach
- Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb
- 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 (1): 2013
Orders
Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 1995
Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 1995- "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.