Milutin Minja
Appearance
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
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?–1953 | Radnički Belgrade | ||||||||||||||
1953–1957 | Proleter Zrenjanin | ||||||||||||||
1957–1959 | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||||
? | Vojvodina (men's team) | ||||||||||||||
1973–1974 | Vojvodina (women's team) | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Milutin Minja (Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Миња) was a Yugoslav basketball player and coach.
Playing career
Minja played for the Radnički and Crvena zvezda, both from Belgrade, and for the Zrenjanin-based team Proleter of the Yugoslav Basketball League. During time with Proleter he won the National Championships.[1]
Yugoslavia national team
As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Minja participated at three European Championships (1955 in Budapest, 1957 in Sofia and 1959 in Istanbul).[2] Also, he won a gold medal at 1959 Mediterranean Games in Lebanon.
Coaching career
Minja coached both Vojvodina men's and women's team from Novi Sad during 1970s.[3]
Career achievements and awards
- Yugoslav League champion: 1 (with Proleter Zrenjanin: 1956).
References
Categories:
- Competitors at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- KK Crvena zvezda players
- KK Proleter Zrenjanin players
- KK Vojvodina coaches
- Radnički Belgrade players
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Serbian men's basketball coaches
- Yugoslav men's basketball players
- Yugoslav basketball coaches
- Serbian basketball biography stubs