Alex Andjelic
Alex Andjelic | |||
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Born |
Bačka Palanka, Yugoslavia | 16 October 1940||
Died |
24 March 2021 Belgrade, Serbia | (aged 80)||
Position | Forward | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
HK Partizan 's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles Nijmegen Tigers | ||
National team | Yugoslavia | ||
Playing career | 1965–1969 |
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]
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 [3]. 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, , and in the Netherlands; Schwenninger Wild Wings, , Deggendorf, and 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[]
- ^ Interview Aleksandar Anđelić: Hokej igra u kojoj se misli unapred
- ^ [1]
- ^ News of Andjelic's passing [2]
- ^ "Serbian ice hockey coach and Olympian Andjelic dies age 80".
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
- 1940 births
- 2021 deaths
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia
- People from Bačka Palanka
- 's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles players
- Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Nijmegen Tigers players
- Olympic ice hockey players of Yugoslavia
- Yugoslav ice hockey forwards
- Serbian ice hockey forwards
- Serbian expatriates in Canada
- Yugoslav sportspeople stubs
- European ice hockey biography stubs
- Serbian sportspeople stubs