Abas Arslanagić

Abas Arslanagić (born October 2, 1944) is a Bosnian former handball player and coach who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Abas Arslanagić
Personal information
Born	October 2, 1944 (1944-10-02) (age 79) Derventa, Independent State of Croatia
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
Years	Team
1958–1962	Partizan Derventa
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1962–1963	Partizan
1963–1976	Borac Banja Luka
1976–1977	TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1978	Yugoslavia	125	(1)
Teams managed
1972–1978	Borac Banja Luka (youth)
1978–1980	RK Bosnamontaža
1981	Yugoslavia U21
1982–1986	Yugoslavia (GK coach)
1986–1988	Yugoslavia
1987–1988	Metaloplastika
1988–1990	Benfica
1988–1994	Qatar
1995–1996	Croatia
1995–1996	Badel 1862 Zagreb
1996–1998	RK Krško
1998–2000	Celje Pivovarna Laško
2000–2001	RK Zvečevo
2001–2002	SG Handball West Wien
2002–2003	Bosna Sarajevo
2002–2003	Bosnia and Herzegovina ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb
2004–2005	Medveščak Infosistem
2005	Borac Banja Luka
2006–2008	Qatar U21
Medal record Men's handball Olympic Games 1972 Munich Player 1984 Los Angeles GK coach 1988 Seoul Coach World Championship 1970 France Player 1974 East Germany Player 1986 Switzerland GK coach Mediterranean Games 1975 Algeria Player IHF U-21 World Championship 1981 Portugal Coach

In 1972, he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at the Munich Games. He played five matches including the final as goalkeeper.

Four years later, he was a member of the Yugoslav team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches as goalkeeper.

In 2013, Arslanagić went into retirement from coaching.

Honours

Player

Borac Banja Luka

• Yugoslav First League: 1972-73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76
• Yugoslav Cup: 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
• European Champions Cup: 1975-76

Yugoslavia

• 1970 World Championship third place
• 1972 Summer Olympics first place
• 1974 World Championship third place
• 1975 Mediterranean Games first place
• 1976 Summer Olympics fifth place

Coach

Metaloplastika

• Yugoslav First League: 1987-88

Qatar

• 1989 Asian Championship sixth place
• 1991 Asian Championship fourth place
• 1993 Asian Championship seventh place

Benfica

• Portuguese First Division: 1988-89, 1989-1990
• Portuguese Super Cup: 1989

Zagreb

• Croatian First A League: 1995-96
• Croatian Cup: 1996

Celje

• Slovenian First League: 1998-99, 1999-00
• Slovenian Cup: 1999, 2000

Bosna Sarajevo

• First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2002-03
• Handball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2003

References

• Official website
• at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)