Veselin Matić

Veselin Matić

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Iran
Biographical details
Born	(1960-07-21) July 21, 1960 Belgard, Serbia
Playing career
Position(s)	Point guard, shooting guard
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
9 National Championship (1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96) 2 Estonian cup (2006-07, 2007-08) 2 EuroBasket: (1997, 2001) 2 FIBA World Championship (1998, 2002) 1 FIBA Asia Championship (2009)
Awards
Best Manager in Serbia (1994, 1995, 1996) FIBA Winning Manager (1998, 2002) FIBA Asia Winning Manager (2009)

Veselin Matic (born 21 July 1960 in Belgrade) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Iranian national team from 2009 to 2012.

Coaching career

• OKK Belgrade (1988–90)
• Yugoslavia (1989–1990)
• Telekom Karlsruhe (1990–93)
• KK Crvena zvezda (1993–94, Assistant)
• KK Partizan (1994–96, Assistant)
• USC Freiburg (1997–98)
• Polonia Warbud Warszawa (1998-00)
• Köln 99ers (2000–01)
• RheinEnergie Köln (2001–05, Sport Director)
• Poland (2005–06)
• BC Kalev/Cramo (2006–08)
• Sagesse (2008–09)
• Iran (2009–12)

Highlights career

Club highlights

• National champion (1993–94)
• National champion (1994–95)
• National champion (1995–96)
• Moved team from 2-nd division to 1-st division(1998-00)
• Moved team from 3-rd division to 1-st division(2000–01)
• Winner of Estonian cup (2006–07)
• Winner of Estonian cup (2007–08)

National team highlights

• European Champion (1997)
• World Champion (1998, Scout)
• European Champion (2001, Assistant)
• World Champion (2002, Assistant)
• Asian Champion (2009)