| Slobodan Kuzmanovski | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kuzmanovski in 1988
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Slobodan Kuzmanovski | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
(1962-06-11) 11 June 1962 (age 62) Šabac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Right back | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Metaloplastika | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
| Metaloplastika | |||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Puleva Málaga | |||||||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen | |||||||||||||||||||
1991–1996 | OM Vitrolles | |||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Prosesa Ademar León | |||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Trieste | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Gaeta | |||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Junior Fasano | |||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Štart Nové Zámky | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Slobodan Kuzmanovski (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Кузмановски; born 11 June 1962) is a Serbian handball coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Born in Šabac, Kuzmanovski started out at his hometown club Metaloplastika. He helped them win seven consecutive Yugoslav Championships (1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, and 1987–88), four Yugoslav Cups (1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, and 1985–86), and two successive European Cups (1984–85 and 1985–86). Later on, Kuzmanovski played abroad in Spain, Switzerland, France, and Italy.[1]
At international level, Kuzmanovski won two Olympic medals for Yugoslavia, one gold (1984) and one bronze (1988). He was also a member of the team that placed fourth in the 1990 World Championship.
In 2013, Kuzmanovski briefly served as head coach of Slovak team Štart Nové Zámky. He previously coached Gaeta[2] and Junior Fasano[3] in Italy.
