Irfan Smajlagić | |
Fullname: | Irfan Smajlagić |
Birth Date: | 16 October 1961 |
Birth Place: | Banja Luka, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
Position: | Right wing |
Youthyears1: | 1975–1978 |
Youthclubs1: | Borac Banja Luka |
Years1: | 1978–1987 |
Clubs1: | Borac Banja Luka |
Years2: | 1987–1990 |
Clubs2: | Medveščak Zagreb |
Years3: | 1990–1993 |
Clubs3: | US Ivry |
Years4: | 1993–1994 |
Clubs4: | USAM Nîmes |
Years5: | 1994–1996 |
Clubs5: | Badel 1862 Zagreb |
Years6: | 1996–1997 |
Clubs6: | RK Zamet |
Years7: | 1997–1999 |
Clubs7: | Medveščak Zagreb |
Years8: | 1999–2000 |
Clubs8: | Livry-Gargan |
Years9: | 2000–2001 |
Clubs9: | Girondins de Bordeaux |
Years10: | 2001–2002 |
Clubs10: | Livry-Gargan |
Nationalyears1: | 1987–1991 |
Nationalteam1: | Yugoslavia |
Nationalyears2: | 1992–2000 |
Nationalteam2: | Croatia |
Nationalcaps2: | 93 |
Nationalgoals2: | 290 |
Manageryears1: | 2002–2003 |
Managerclubs1: | RK Čakovec |
Manageryears2: | 2003–2006 |
Managerclubs2: | Croatia (assistant) |
Manageryears3: | 2005–2007 |
Managerclubs3: | Croatia U-21 |
Manageryears4: | 2007–2009 |
Managerclubs4: | Egypt |
Manageryears5: | 2009–2011 |
Managerclubs5: | Bosna Sarajevo |
Manageryears6: | 2012–2013 |
Managerclubs6: | RK Zamet |
Manageryears7: | 2013–2014 |
Managerclubs7: | Lokomotiva Zagreb |
Manageryears8: | 2015–2016 |
Managerclubs8: | Iran |
Manageryears9: | 2022–2024 |
Managerclubs9: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Manageryears10: | 2023– |
Managerclubs10: | Borac Banja Luka |
Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and current coach Borac Banja Luka and most recently coach of Bosnia and Herzegovina who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.
In 1988 he was part of the Yugoslav national team, which won the bronze medal at the 1988 Olympics. He played five matches and scored 14 goals.
Eight years later he won the gold medal with the Croatian national team at the 1996 Olympics. He played six matches including the final and scored 31 goals.
He was inducted in the European Handball Hall of Fame in 2023.[1]
His son Sven is a professional basketball player.[2]
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1979
1988–89, 1989–90
1994
1994–95, 1995–96
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2004
2009–10, 2010–11
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