Alex Andjelic
Aleksandar Anđelić (16 October 1940 – 24 March 2021) was a Serbian ice hockey coach. He coached extensively in the Netherlands and Germany, and used to coach the Serbian youth team - while working from Toronto.[1][2]
Alex Andjelic | |||
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Born |
Bačka Palanka, Yugoslavia | 16 October 1940||
Died |
24 March 2021 80) Belgrade, Serbia | (aged||
Position | Forward | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
HK Partizan 's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles Nijmegen Tigers | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 1965–1969 |
Born in Bačka Palanka, Andjelic played for Partizan Belgrade in Belgrade before playing in the Netherlands for clubs 's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles in 1967–68, Nijmegen Tigers in 1968-69 . He played over 40 times for Yugoslavia.
He played for Yugoslavia at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
He coached with a number of clubs: Nijmegen, Heerenveen Flyers, Rotterdam Panda's, Tigers Amsterdam, and IJHC Den Bosch in the Netherlands; Schwenninger Wild Wings, Essen Moskitoes, Deggendorf, and Grefrather EC in Germany; and EHC Chur and Rapperswil-Jona in Switzerland. In the 2019-2020 season, he coached the Zoetermeer Panters from the Dutch top division and the Turkish National Team.
On March 24, 2021, it was announced in Dutch media Andjelic died in a hospital in Belgrade, after a week of being kept in a coma.[3] He had also tested positive for COVID-19.[4]
References
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Profile of Andjelic at nijmegen-legends.com
- Alex Andjelic at EliteProspects.com
- Alex Andjelic at Eurohockey.com
- Alex Andjelic at HockeyDB.com
- Alex Andjelic at Olympedia