Željko Obradović
Serbian basketball player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Željko Obradović (born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for Partizan of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague.
Partizan Mozzart Bet | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | Basketball League of Serbia ABA League EuroLeague |
Personal information | |
Born | (1960-03-09) 9 March 1960 (age 64) Čačak, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
Nationality | Serbian |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 1982: undrafted |
Playing career | 1978–1991 |
Position | Point guard |
Coaching career | 1991–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1978–1984 | Borac Čačak |
1984–1991 | Partizan |
As coach: | |
1991–1993 | Partizan |
1993–1994 | Joventut Badalona |
1994–1997 | Real Madrid |
1997–1999 | Benetton Treviso |
1999–2012 | Panathinaikos |
2013–2020 | Fenerbahçe |
2021–present | Partizan |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Widely regarded as the greatest coach in European basketball history and outside the NBA,[1][2][3] Obradović has won a total of 64 club titles and honours over the course of his 30-year-long coaching career, including a record nine EuroLeague titles with five different clubs, along with 18 EuroLeague Final Four appearances. In addition to his success at club level, he has also won major trophies as head coach of the Yugoslavia national team (present-day Serbia), most notably winning the gold medals at EuroBasket 1997 and the 1998 FIBA World Championship.
Among his individual coaching awards, he has won two FIBA European Coach of the Year awards, three EuroLeague Coach of the Year awards, four Greek Basket League Best Coach awards, the ABA League Coach of the Season award, two Manager of the Year in Turkey awards, the Best Sports Coach in Greece award and the Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, making the list as one of the ten head coaches that were chosen.