Petar Popović (basketball, born 1959)
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Born |
Kraljevo, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia | 13 July 1959|||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 1976–1997 | |||||||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||||||||
Number | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2001–2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||
As player: | ||||||||||||||||||||
1976–1993 | Zadar | |||||||||||||||||||
1993–1996 | Benston Zagreb | |||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Zadar | |||||||||||||||||||
As coach: | ||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | Zadar | |||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Zadar | |||||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Zadar (youth) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Petar Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Поповић; born June 27, 1959) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player.
Playing career
Popović played for the Zadar of the Yugoslav First League (later Croatian A-1 League) for 18 seasons. In 1993, he moved to Zagreb where he played for the Benston of the Croatian A-1 League.[1]
Yugoslav national team
Popović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team, alongside Krešimir Ćosić, Dragan Kićanović, Dražen Dalipagić and Mirza Delibašić, that won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 1981 in Czechoslovakia. Over six tournament games, he averaged 2.3 points per game.[2] Also, he won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championship for Juniors in Italy where he averaged 10 points per game.[3]
Coaching career
Popović was selected as a head coach of the Zadar two times. First time briefly in 2001, and later from the end of the 2005–06 season till March 2007.[4][5]
Career achievements
- Player
- Yugoslav League champion: 1 (with Zadar: 1985–86)
- Coach
- Krešimir Ćosić Cup champion: 1 (with Zadar: 2006–07)
Personal life
His son, Marko (born 1982), is Croatian basketball player, also. His nephew is Alan Gregov,[6] a Croatian former basketball player who won the silver medal with the Croatia national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, a bronze medal at 1994 FIBA World Championship and a bronze medal at EuroBasket 1993.
References
- ↑ "INTERVJU: PETAR POPOVIĆ… – KK Dubrava". kkdubrava.hr. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ↑ "Petar Popovic's profile | 1981 European Championship for Men". ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ↑ "Petar Popovic's profile | 1978 European Championship for Junior Men". ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ↑ "Treneri Zadra: Od Slavka Trninića do Tihomira Bujana". Zadarski list. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ↑ "Petar Popović podnio ostavku - Sport". Index.hr. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
- ↑ "Alan Gregov - Večernji.hr". vecernji.hr. Retrieved 2017-08-11.