Oliver Popović
Sloboda Užice | ||||||||||||
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Position | Head coach | |||||||||||
League | Basketball League of Serbia ABA League Second Division | |||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
Born | Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 18 March 1970|||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||
Listed height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1992: undrafted | |||||||||||
Playing career | 1986–2005 | |||||||||||
Position | Small forward | |||||||||||
Coaching career | 2005–present | |||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||
As player: | ||||||||||||
1986–1991 | Partizan | |||||||||||
1991–1992 | IMT | |||||||||||
1992–1993 | Borac Čačak | |||||||||||
1993–1995 | Spartak Subotica | |||||||||||
1995–1997 | Beobanka | |||||||||||
1997–1999 | Crvena zvezda | |||||||||||
1999–2000 | Beobanka | |||||||||||
2000–2001 | Lokomotiv Rostov | |||||||||||
2001–2003 | UNICS Kazan | |||||||||||
2003–2005 | Maroussi | |||||||||||
As coach: | ||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Tamiš | |||||||||||
2006–2007 | Mega Ishrana | |||||||||||
2007–2008 | Vizura | |||||||||||
2008–2009 | Khimik | |||||||||||
2012–2014 | Vršac | |||||||||||
2015–2016 | SCM U Craiova | |||||||||||
2016–2017 | Napredak Kruševac | |||||||||||
2017 | Dynamic | |||||||||||
2018–2020 | Novi Pazar | |||||||||||
2020–present | Sloboda Užice | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||
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Oliver Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливер Поповић; born 18 March 1970) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Sloboda Užice of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League Second Division.
Playing career
He was a Yugoslav champion (1987, 1989, and 1998) and Cup holder (1989), silver medalist of Russian (2002) and Greek (2004) basketball championships; bronze medalist of 1988 European Champions' Cup, winner of 1989 Korać Cup and 2003 NEBL; finalist of the 2004 FIBA Euroleague.
Coaching career
On 7 August 2017, Popović was named a head coach of the Belgrade team Dynamic.[1] On 19 December he parted ways with Dynamic.[2]
On 21 June 2018, Popović became the head coach for Novi Pazar of the Basketball League of Serbia.[3] He left Novi Pazar after the 2019–20 season.
On 1 November 2020, Popović was hired as the new head coach for his hometown team Sloboda Užice.[4][5]
References
- ^ UMESTO MUTE: Oliver Popović trener Dinamika (in Serbian)
- ^ "Dynamic VIP PAY part ways with Oliver Popović and appoint Miroslav Nikolić as new head coach". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
- ^ "Oliver Popović novi trener košarkaša Novog Pazara". novosti.rs. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Popović preuzeo Slobodu, Lučić se iz Užica seli na klupu Vršca". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Popović novi šef stručnog štaba KK Sloboda". radioluna.rs. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- 1970 births
- Living people
- BC UNICS players
- KK Beobanka players
- KK Borac Čačak players
- KK Crvena zvezda players
- KK Dynamic coaches
- KK Mega Basket coaches
- KK IMT Beograd players
- KK Partizan players
- KK Napredak Kruševac coaches
- KK Tamiš coaches
- KK Sloboda Užice coaches
- KK Spartak Subotica players
- KK Vršac coaches
- KK Vizura coaches
- OKK Novi Pazar coaches
- Maroussi B.C. players
- Serbian men's basketball coaches
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Užice
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Romania
- Small forwards
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