Marijan Seđak (born 24 March 1952) is a former Croatian handball player and handball coach.[1]

Marijan Sedjak
Personal information
Full name Marijan Seđak
Born (1952-03-24) 24 March 1952 (age 72)
Bjelovar, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Number 8
Youth career
Years Team
1964-1969
RK Partizan Zamet
Senior clubs
Years Team
1969-1970
RK Partizan Zamet
1970-1972
RK Kvarner Rijeka
1972-1978
RK Partizan Zamet
Teams managed
1977-1979
RK Partizan Rijeka (Ass)
1979-1980
RK Aleksandar Mamić
1980-1982
RK Kvarner Rijeka
1982-1985
ŽRK Zamet Rijeka
1986-1987
RK Zamet Rijeka
1989-1992
Spjelkavik Women
1990-1991
Bergsøy IL Men
1992-2001
Sola HK Women
2001-2004
Lunner IL Women
2005-2006
Fjellhammer IL
2006-2007
Lillestrøm Topphåndball
2007-2008
Kolbotn
2008-2009
Fjellhammer IL
2009-2011
Njårds Ladies (Ass)
2011-2013
Raumnes & Årnes Idrettslag

Career

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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 were 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

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Player

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Zamet

Coach

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Zamet
Spjelkavik
Sola
Fjellhammer IL
Raumnes & Årnes Idrettslag
  • 4. Division (1): 2011-12
Individual
  • Award for success full coaching in Rijeka - 1979
  • Best head coach of 1984, 1987 by: Handball Federation of Rijeka

References

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  1. ^ "Sedjak forhandler med Stavanger Handball". aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian).
  2. ^ "Bilo jednom u Rijeci - Pola stoljeća od prvog plesa "morskih konjica"". Croinfo.net (in Croatian).
  3. ^ "1978, 1979". rk-zamet.hr (in Croatian).
  4. ^ "ŽRK Zamet". zamet.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  5. ^ "IN MEMORIAM - Petar Čarić: velikan modernog riječkog rukometa". Novi list (in Croatian).
  6. ^ "Sedjak ny Njård-trener". aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian).