Ljubomir Vranjes


Ljubomir Vranjes is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He currently coaches IFK Kristianstad and the Slovenian national team.

Career

Clubs

He played in Redbergslids IK for 8 years 1991–1999. He won the gold medal in the Swedish championship, 5 times, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98. He won the silver medal 2 times, 1994–95, 1998–99. He won the gold medal in the Swedish cup championship, 3 times, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98. He won the gold medal in the Nordic cup championship, 3 times, 1996, 1997, 1998.

National team

Vranjes was a member of the Swedish team for 11 years 1996–2007. He also competed in the World championship and European championship. He won the silver medal in the World championship, 1997 in Japan. He won the gold medal in the European championship, 1998 in Italy. He won the gold medal in the World championship, 1999 in Egypt. He won the gold medal in the European championship, 2000 in Croatia. He won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament, 2000 in Australia. He won the silver medal in the World championship, 2001 in France. He won the gold medal in the European championship, Sweden 2002. In 2000 Vranjes was a member of the Swedish handball team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played seven matches and scored 27 goals.

Coaching

After 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 national handball team.
In 2017, he signed with MVM Veszprém and the Hungary national team, taking over both positions on 1 July 2017.
On 17 December 2019, he took the head coach role in the Slovenia national team.

Personal life

Vranjes, of Serb descent, was born in Gothenburg. In his spare time Vranjes likes to photograph.

Honours

;Player
;Manager