Irfan Smajlagić

Irfan Smajlagić
Irfan Smajlagić
Personal information
Full name	Irfan Smajlagić
Born	16 October 1961 (age 63); Banja Luka, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina,; FPR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Youth career
Years	Team
1975–1978	Borac Banja Luka
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1978–1987	Borac Banja Luka
1987–1990	Medveščak Zagreb
1990–1993	US Ivry
1993–1994	USAM Nîmes
1994–1996	Badel 1862 Zagreb
1996–1997	RK Zamet
1997–1999	Medveščak Zagreb
1999–2000	Livry-Gargan
2000–2001	Girondins de Bordeaux
2001–2002	Livry-Gargan
National team
Years	Team
1987–1991	Yugoslavia
1992–2000	Croatia
Teams managed
2002–2003	RK Čakovec
2003–2006	Croatia (assistant)
2005–2007	Croatia U-21
2007–2009	Egypt
2009–2011	Bosna Sarajevo
2012–2013	RK Zamet
2013–2014	Lokomotiva Zagreb
2015–2016	Iran
2022–2024	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023–	Borac Banja Luka
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Representing Croatia
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship
Mediterranean Games

Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and the current coach of Borac Banja Luka. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.

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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 and scored 31 goals.

He was inducted in the European Handball Hall of Fame in 2023.^[1]

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