| Velimir Kljaić | |
| Fullname: | Velimir Kljaić |
| Nationality: | Croatian |
| Birth Date: | 1946 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Šibenik, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Death Place: | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Youthclubs1: | RK Medveščak Zagreb |
| Years1: | 1963–1976 |
| Clubs1: | RK Medveščak Zagreb |
| Years2: | 1976–1980 |
| Clubs2: | Klagenfurt |
| Manageryears1: | 1980–1984 |
| Managerclubs1: | RK Medveščak Zagreb |
| Manageryears2: | 1984–1988 |
| Managerclubs2: | TuSpo Nürnberg |
| Manageryears3: | 1988–1992 |
| Managerclubs3: | SG Wallau-Massenheim |
| Manageryears4: | 1992–1994 |
| Managerclubs4: | TV Grosswallstadt |
| Manageryears5: | 1994–1996 |
| Managerclubs5: | TUSEM Essen |
| Manageryears6: | 1996 |
| Managerclubs6: | Croatia |
| Manageryears7: | 1996–1998 |
| Managerclubs7: | SG Wallau-Massenheim |
| Manageryears8: | 1998–1999 |
| Managerclubs8: | Croatia |
| Manageryears9: | 1998–1999 |
| Managerclubs9: | Badel 1862 Zagreb |
| Manageryears10: | 2000–2001 |
| Managerclubs10: | Egypt |
| Manageryears11: | 2001–2002 |
| Managerclubs11: | Kuwait |
| Manageryears12: | 2004–2005 |
| Managerclubs12: | GWD Minden |
| Manageryears13: | 2005–2006 |
| Managerclubs13: | VfL Gummersbach |
| Manageryears14: | 2006 |
| Managerclubs14: | RK Lokomotiva Zagreb |
| Manageryears15: | 2007–2008 |
| Managerclubs15: | TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke |
Velimir Kljaić (10 February 1946 – 12 August 2010) was a Croatian handball player and coach.[1]
As a player Kljaić played with RK Medveščak Zagreb and Klagenfurt. As a coach, he won two Croatian championships with RK Zagreb and one Cup. In Germany he was the Coach of the Year in 1992, in which he won German championship and the Cup with SG Wallau-Massenheim.[1]
As head coach of Croatia men's team he won the gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1] [2]
He was also head coach of the national teams of Egypt and Kuwait.[1]
Kljaić was born in the village of Danilo Gornje, administrative part of Šibenik. He was the father of the former handballer Nenad Kljaić who was a part of Croatia's squad in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[3]
Velimir Kljaić died on 12 August 2010 of lung cancer in Zagreb.[4] He was buried five days after his death in Zagreb.[5]