Marijan Seđak
| Marijan Sedjak | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Marijan Seđak | ||
| Born |
24 March 1952 Bjelovar, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||
| Club information | |||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1964-1969 | RK Partizan Zamet | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1969-1970 1970-1972 1972-1978 |
RK Partizan Zamet RK Kvarner Rijeka RK Partizan Zamet | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1977-1979 1979-1980 1980-1982 1982-1985 1986-1987 1989-1992 1990-1991 1992-2001 2001-2004 2009-2011 |
RK Partizan Rijeka (Ass) RK Aleksandar Mamić RK Kvarner Rijeka ŽRK Zamet Rijeka RK Zamet Rijeka Spjelkavik Women Bergsøy IL Men Sola HK Women Lunner IL Women Njårds Ladies (Ass) | ||
Marijan Seđak (born 24 March 1952 in Bjelovar) is a former Croatian handball player and handball coach.[1]
Career
Marijan Seđak grew up in Rijeka and started his handball career in Partizan Zamet. After winning the regional league in his first season he was invited by Vlado Stenzel to join RK Kvarner in the Yugoslav First League.[2]
Wanting to concentrate more on his studies at the time Seđak returned to Partizan Zamet who where then still in the third tier. He played for the club until 1978. In that time the club moved from the third to the first tier. Seđak retired from playing handball but stayed on as assistant coach for one more season.[3]
His first head coaching job was with RK Turnić then called RK Aleksandar Mamić. He then coached RK Kvarner for two seasons. In 1982 he began coaching ŽRK Zamet.[4] In 1987 Seđak coached RK Zamet and led them to the Yugoslav First League.[5]
In 1988 he moved to Norway where he has coached Spjelkavik, Bergsøy IL, Sola HK, Lunner IL. His son Dalibor is also a coach.[6]
Honours
Player
- Zamet
- Yugoslav Second League (1): 1977-78
- Yugoslav Third League (1): 1976-77
- Regional League of Primorje and Istra (1): 1969-70
Coach
- Zamet
- Yugoslav Second League (1): 1986–87
- Spjelkavik
- 2. Division (1): 1990-1991
- 3. Division (1): 1989-1990
- Sola
- 1. Division (2): 1995-1996, 1997–98
- 2. Division (1): 1994-1995
- 3. Division (1): 1993-1994
- Individual
- Award for success full coaching in Rijeka - 1979
- Best head coach of 1984, 1987 by: Handball Federation of Rijeka
References
- ↑ "Sedjak forhandler med Stavanger Handball". aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian).
- ↑ "Bilo jednom u Rijeci - Pola stoljeća od prvog plesa "morskih konjica"". Croinfo.net (in Croatian).
- ↑ "1978, 1979". rk-zamet.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "ŽRK Zamet". zamet.hr (in Croatian).
- ↑ "IN MEMORIAM - Petar Čarić: velikan modernog riječkog rukometa". Novi list (in Croatian).
- ↑ "Sedjak ny Njård-trener". aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian).