Bratislav Đorđević

Bratislav Đorđević
Personal information
Born (1938-10-23) 23 October 1938
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Career information
Playing career 1956–1963
Coaching career 1964–1993
Career history
As player:
1956–1963 Radnički Belgrade
As coach:
1964–1965 Radnički Belgrade (youth)
1966–1967 Branik Maribor
1971–1973 Crvena zvezda
00 Lifam Stara Pazova
1976–1979 Crvena zvezda
1979–1980 Radnički Belgrade
1982 Iraq
1983–1984 Borovo Vukovar
1984–1987 Al Wasl
00 United Arab Emirates
1987–1988 Borovo Vukovar
1988–1990 Al Fahahil
1991–1992 IMT Belgrade (associate)
1992–1993 Limoges (assistant)
Career highlights and awards

As coach:

Bratislav "Bata" Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Братислав Ђорђевић; born October 23, 1938) is Serbian former professional basketball coach and player. He was a head coach of Crvena zvezda during the 1970s. He is the father of Aleksandar Đorđević, also a professional basketball coach and former player.[1][2]

Basketball career

Đorđević spent the entire playing career in Radnički from Belgrade which played in Yugoslav First Basketball League.

Coaching career

Đorđević began his coaching career in Radnički. But the most important success he has achieved with the Crvena zvezda. He was coach during the winning Yugoslav League title in 1971–72 season. During that season, the leaders were: Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kapičić, Vladimir Cvetković and Ljubodrag Simonović.

During his work at the Crvena zvezda, his son Aleksandar started to play basketball. Aleksandar did not get a real chance in Crvena zvezda and his career continued to rival Partizan and later become one of the best Yugoslav and Serbian basketball players.

Besides the Crvena zvezda, Đorđević trained a large number of clubs and two national tems. The most important clubs that he trained are: Radnički, Branik Maribor, IMT Belgrade, Limoges CSP.

He also coached the national teams of Iraq and United Arab Emirates.[3] At the 1982 Asian Games his team, Irag, won 251–33 against Yemen.

Đorđević founded the first basketball camps in Yugoslavia, in Zlatibor (1975) and Bor (1976).

Personal life

In addition to his coaching career, Đorđević worked as physical education teacher at the Marko Orešković Elementary School in New Belgrade from 1967–1971.

Coaching record

Yugoslav First Basketball League

Team Year G W L WL% Result
Crvena zvezda 1971–72 22175.773Champions
Crvena zvezda 1972–73 26206.769Runner-up
Crvena zvezda 1976–77 261511.5776th
Crvena zvezda 1977–78 261214.4628th
Crvena zvezda 1978–79 22913.7507th
Career

See also

References

  1. Bratislav Đorđević: Da popravimo našu košarku
  2. "Otac je sinu najstrožiji kritičar (1987)". yugopapir.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. "„Sašin tata" - trener koji zaslužuje Ginisa". blic.rs. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
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