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Andrej Štimac
Personal information
Born (1979-03-31) March 31, 1979 (age 45)
Rijeka, Croatia
NationalityCroatian
Listed height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Career information
Playing career2001–2017
PositionPower forward / Center
Coaching career2017–present
Career history
As player:
2001–2002Kvarner 2010
2002–2005Cibona
2005–2006Menorca Bàsquet
2006–2007Turów Zgorzelec
2007–2008Zadar
2008–2010Zagreb CO
2010–2011 Mersin BB
2011–2012Djuro Djokovic
2012–2015Lions de Genève
2015–2016Lugano Tigers
2016–2017Kvarner 2010
As coach:
2017–2020Fribourg Olympic (assistant)
2020–2022Lions de Genève
2022Donar (assistant)
2022–presentDonar
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As assistant coach:

As coach:

Andrej Štimac (born March 31, 1979) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach of Donar. During his playing career, he played as power forward and center.

Playing career

Štimac started his professional career with KK Kvarner 2010 of the Croatian HT Premijer liga in 2001. Next, he spent three seasons with Cibona, also playing a total of 44 games in the EuroLeague where he averaged 4.7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.[1] In 2005, he played for Menorca Bàsquet in Spain.

From 2012 to to 2016, he played in Switzerland for Lions de Genève (2012–2015) and Lugano Tigers (2015–2016).[2] Štimac finished his career with a last season at his first club, Kvarner 2010.

Coaching career

Štimac began his coaching career in 2017, as an assistant for Fribourg Olympic in Switzerland, serving under Petar Aleksić. He left Fribourg in 2020,[3] he became the head coach of Lions de Genève and helped them win the Swiss Cup and SBL Cup in 2021. His contract was not renewed after the 2021–22 season after the Lions were eliminated in the semi-finals by Fribourg.[4]

In the summer of 2022, Štimac signed a one-year contract to become assistant coach for the Dutch club Donar of the BNXT League, where he was an assistant under Matthew Otten.[5] After Otten was fired after a disappointing start of the season, Stimac signed a contract as head coach until 2023–24 on October 31.[6]

References

  1. ^ "ANDREJ STIMAC | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  2. ^ News, Latest Basketball (2015-09-03). "Andrej Stimac now with Lugano Tigers - Latest Basketball News". www.latestbasketballnews.com. Retrieved 2022-11-21. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ FOB (2020-04-17). "Andrej Stimac verlässt Olympic". Fribourg Olympic Basket (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  4. ^ "Basketball: Stimac non reconduit par les Lions de Genève, Attallah à la barre". RTSSport.ch (in French). 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  5. ^ "Andrej Stimac nieuwe assistent coach". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  6. ^ "Andrej Stimac aangesteld als hoofdcoach". Donar (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-21.


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