Željko Zečević Explained

Željko Zečević
Team:AS Salé
Position:Head coach
League:Division Excellence
Birth Date:21 October 1963
Birth Place:Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian
Coach Start:1992
Cyears1:1992–1993
Cteam1:KK Porec
Cyears2:1995–1997
Cteam2:Cantú (assistant)
Cyears3:1997–1999
Cteam3:La Maddalena Basket
Cyears4:2000
Cteam4:CUS Catania
Cyears5:2000–2002
Cteam5:Udine (juniors)
Cyears6:2001–2002
Cteam6:CUS Catania
Cyears7:2003–2004
Cteam7:Potenza
Cyears8:2004–2005
Cteam8:Udine (assistant)
Cyears9:2004–2005
Cteam9:Olimpia Melfi
Cyears10:2006–2008
Cteam10:Scafati (assistant)
Cyears11:2009
Cteam11:Egypt
Cyears12:2009–2010
Cteam12:Sagesse SC
Cyears13:2010–2011
Cteam13:Craiova
Cyears14:2010–2014
Cteam14:Wydad AC
Cyears15:2015–2017
Cteam15:Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
Cyears16:2017–2018
Cteam16:US Monastir
Cyears17:2018–2019
Cteam17:Al Hala
Cyears18:2019
Cteam18:AS Salé
Cyears19:2019–2023
Cteam19:SLAC
Cyears20:2021–present
Cyears21:2023–present
Cteam21:AS Salé
Cteam20:Guinea
Highlights:As head coach:

Željko Zečević (Serbian: Жељко Зечевић; born 21 October 1963) is a Serbian professional basketball coach, who is the current head coach of AS Salé of the Moroccan Division Excellence. He is also the head coach of the Guinea national team since 2021.

Coaching career

Born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), Zečević started coaching youth teams in 1988 in his hometown.[1]

Zečević started coaching in Italy in 2000, as coach of the Amatori Sniadero Udine junior team. In the 2003–04 season, he made his debut with Potenza of the C-1.

From 2015 to 2017, he was the head coach of Chabab Rif Al Hoceima in the Moroccan Division Excellence.[2]

In 2009, he left Italy to coach for Sagesse SC in Lebanon. In 2010, Zečević signed with Wydad AC, his first African club. He would later spend time as the head coach of several teams on the continent.

In 2019, Zečević signed as head coach of SLAC of the Guinean Ligue 1. He coached SLAC to their first-ever qualification for the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in 2022.

For the 2023–24 season, he signed with AS Salé of the Moroccan Division Excellence, returning after four years for a second stint.[3]

National team coaching career

Zečević coached the Egypt national team at the 2009 FIBA AfroBasket and 2011 FIBA AfroBasket.

In February 2021, Zečević took over as head coach of the Guinea national team.[4] He coached the team in the 2021 AfroBasket.

Head coaching record

BAL

|-| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2 |SLAC| style="text-align:left;"|2022| 5||2||3|||| style="text-align:left;"|4th in Sahara Conference||1||0||1||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in Quarterfinals|-| style="text-align:left;"|2023| 5||1||4|||| style="text-align:left;"|5th in Sahara Conference||colspan=5 style="text-align:center;"|DNQ|- class="sortbottom"

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zeljko Zecevic - Official (2021) . www.localgymsandfitness.com . 16 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Zeljko Zecevic . Le360 Sport . 16 December 2021 . fr.
  3. Web site: Ndour . Papa Lamine . 2023-09-01 . Basket - Guinée : SLAC, tout un projet à refaire ? - A la une . 2023-09-29 . Sport News Africa . fr-FR.
  4. Web site: With new coach, some of Guinea's best talents return for last shot at AfroBasket Qualifiers . FIBA.basketball . 16 December 2021 . en.