Miroslav Raičević Explained

Position:Assistant coach
Miroslav Raičević
Height Ft:6
Height In:10
Weight Lb:250
Nationality:Serbian / Greek
Birth Date:13 July 1981
Birth Place:Vrbas, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Draft Year:2003
Career Position:Power forward / center
Career Start:2000
Career End:2016
Coach Start:2015
Years1:2000–2005
Team1:Aris Thessaloniki
Years2:2005–2006
Team2:Crvena zvezda
Years3:2006–2007
Team3:Dynamo Moscow
Years4:2007
Years5:2007–2008
Team5:Crvena zvezda
Years6:2008–2009
Team6:Panionios
Years7:2009–2010
Team7:Kavala
Years8:2010–2011
Team8:Enisey Krasnoyarsk
Years9:2016
Team9:Iraklis Thessaloniki
Cyears1:2015–2019
Cteam1:Iraklis Thessaloniki (assistant)
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Miroslav Raičević (Serbian: Мирослав Раичевић; born July 13, 1981) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He also holds Greek citizenship, under the name of Miroslav Marinos-Raitsevits. He played as both a power forward and center.

Professional career

Raičević began his career playing with the youth teams of the Budućnost Peć. In 1998, he moved to the Greek League club Aris Thessaloniki, and he began his professional career there in the year 2000.

In 2003, he won the FIBA Europe Cup championship with Aris, and he scored the final decisive shot in the very last seconds of the final game against Prokom Trefl Sopot. He also won the Greek Cup with Aris, in the year 2004.

He has also played with Red Star Belgrade of the Adriatic League during the 2005–06 season. He won the Serbian Cup with Red Star that season.

In the 2006–07 season, he played with the Russian Super League club Dynamo Moscow. During summer of 2007, he left Dynamo Moscow and joined the Italian League club Eldo Napoli. He then left Napoli and moved back to Red Star, in November 2007.

He joined the Greek EuroLeague club Panionios for the 2008–09 season.[1] In September 2010, he signed with Enisey Krasnoyarsk in Russia,[2] but he was released in January 2011.[3]

After not playing professional basketball for 5 years, and having already started a career in coaching, Raičević resurrected his playing career, as he signed with the Greek A2 team Iraklis, as a player-coach.[4] He made his debut for Iraklis in an away win against Doukas.[5]

National team career

Raičević was an international squad member of the Serbia and Montenegro national team at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

Coaching career

Raičević became an assistant coach with Iraklis, under the team's head coach, Vangelis Alexandris, in 2015.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/34501/180/panionios-tabs-miroslav-raicevic Euroleague.net Panionios signs Raičević.
  2. http://sport.blic.rs/Kosarka/Evropska-kosarka/185163/Miroslav-Raicevic-dosao-kod-Karadzica-u-Rusiju/ostavi-komentar Miroslav Raičević došao kod Karadžića u Rusiju
  3. http://www.basket-enisey.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1432:--lr&catid=44:2008-09-02-05-42-59&Itemid=125 Райчевич покинул «Енисей»
  4. Web site: Το παρασκήνιο του "colpo grosso" με τον Μίρο . Bluearena.gr . September 14, 2016 . September 15, 2016 . Greek.
  5. Web site: http://bluearena.gr/blog/2016/10/29/patise-parke-o-ra%CE%90sevits/ . el:Πάτησε… παρκέ ο Ραΐσεβιτς . Bluearena.gr . 29 October 2016 . 29 October 2016 . Lefakis, Dimitris . Greek.