Dražen Anzulović Explained

Dražen Anzulović
League:VTB United League
Team:BC Samara
Birth Date:7 May 1967
Birth Place:Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Croatian
Career End:2001
Coach Start:2001
Years1:1986–1990
Team1:Cibona
Years2:1990–1996
Team2:Zagreb
Years3:1996–1997
Cyears1:2001–2003
Cyears2:2003–2007
Cteam2:Cibona
Cyears3:2007–2008
Cyears4:2008–2009
Cyears5:2009–2010
Cyears6:2010
Cyears7:2010–2011
Cteam7:Cibona
Cyears8:2011–2012
Cyears9:2015–2017
Cyears10:2016–2017
Cteam10:Croatia (assistant)
Cyears11:2017–2018
Cteam11:Nanjing Monkey King
Cyears12:2018–2019
Cteam12:Croatia
Cyears13:2019–2023
Cteam13:BC Enisey
Cyears14:2023–present
Cteam14:BC Samara
Highlights:As player

As head coach

Dražen Anzulović (born 7 May 1967) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for BC Samara of the VTB United League.

Playing career

Anzulović spent most of his playing career in Cibona. He won the EuroLeague title as a player of Cibona in 1986 with Dražen Petrović on the team.[1]

Coaching career

Anzulović started his head coaching career after he got injured. As a head coach he has made great successes with Cibona, Cedevita, Spirou Charleroi and MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza.

On 28 November 2017, he was appointed head coach for Nanjing Monkey King. In April 2018, he left the Chinese club.

On 19 June 2019, he was named head coach for the VTB United League club BC Enisey.[2]

National team coaching career

Anzulović had served as an assistant coach for the Croatia national team twice, for the first time in period between 2006 and 2009, when Croatia managed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for the first time after 1992, and then for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the national team won the fifth place. On 24 April 2018, he was appointed the new head coach for the senior Croatia national team, after Ivica Skelin parted ways with the Croatian Basketball Federation (HKS). On 2 May 2019, Anzulović was sacked and replaced by Veljko Mršić.[3] [4]

Career achievements and awards

As a player:

As a coach:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cibona je oba svoja naslova prvaka Europe osvojila na današnji dan, a danas je klub na aparatima. basketball.hr. hr. 23 November 2020.
  2. News: Dražen Anzulović ima novi klub . www.germanijak.hr . 19 June 2019 . 6 February 2020 . Croatian.
  3. News: Hrvatska i službeno dobila novog izbornika! Anzulović poručio: Krasi nas strašna želja... . www.tportal.hr . 24 April 2018 . 6 February 2020 . Croatian.
  4. Web site: Veljko Mršić novi izbornik hrvatske košarkaške reprezentacije. sport.hrt.hr. 2 May 2019. 6 February 2020. Croatian.