Zoran Slavnić Explained

Zoran Slavnić
Height M:1.80
Weight Kg:73
Birth Date:1949 10, df=y
Birth Place:Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Serbian
Draft Year:1971
Career Start:1967
Career End:1983
Career Position:Point guard
Career Number:10, 15
Coach Start:1980, 1983
Coach End:2007
Years1:1967–1977
Team1:Crvena zvezda
Years2:1977–1979
Team2:Joventut Badalona
Years3:1979–1981
Team3:Šibenka
Years4:1981–1982
Team4:Partizan
Years5:1982–1983
Team5:Indesit Caserta
Cyears1:1980,
1983–1984
Cteam1:Šibenka
Cyears2:1984–1985
Cteam2:Partizan
Cyears3:1985–1986
Cteam3:Jugoplastika
Cyears4:1986–1988
Cteam4:Caja de Ronda Málaga
Cyears5:1988–1991
Cteam5:Crvena zvezda
Cyears6:1991–1992
Cteam6:Dafni
Cyears7:1993–1994
Cteam7:Beobanka
Cyears8:1994–1995
Cteam8:Crvena zvezda
Cyears9:1995–1996
Cteam9:Joventut Badalona
Cyears10:1996–1997
Cteam10:Iraklis Thessaloniki
Cyears11:2001
Cteam11:TSK uniVersa Bamberg
Cyears12:2004
Cteam12:Atlas
Cyears13:2007
Cteam13:Serbia
Highlights:As player:
Fiba Hof Player:Zoran-Slavnic

Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Мока Славнић; born 26 October 1949) is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and coach. He played with Crvena zvezda and with Partizan. One of the best European point guards of all time, he was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 and became a FIBA Hall of Fame player in 2013.

With Crvena zvezda, he won two Yugoslav National Championships, three Yugoslav National Cups, and one FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup. He also won the Spanish League championship with Joventut Badalona. During his basketball career, he played for Crvena zvezda (1967–1977), Joventut Badalona (1977–1979), Šibenka (1979–1981), and Partizan (1981–1982). His head coaches were Ranko Žeravica, Zdravko Kubat, and Mirko Novosel.

Slavnić was one of the rare players who won everything he could in a career with his national team: 3 EuroBaskets (1973, 1975, 1977), the FIBA World Cup (1978), and Summer Olympics gold (1980).

Professional playing career

Club career

Slavnic's biggest successes were achieved in a Red Star Belgrade jersey, as during the 1967–1977 period, he won two Yugoslavia League championships, three Yugoslavian Cups, and the FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup (later renamed FIBA Saporta Cup). Together with Dragan Kapičić, Duci Simonović, and Vladimir Cvetković, he was a member of one of greatest team in Red Star's history. While playing for Joventut, he helped the Spanish side to win the country's Spanish League championship in 1978, for the second time in the club's history. After that, he came back to Yugoslav basketball, playing for Sibenka, and after that, he played with Caserta in the Italian 2nd Division. He finished his playing career in that club, but after a short period in Red Star's biggest rivals, Partizan Belgrade. Together with legendary Yugoslav head coach, professor Aca Nikolić, he's the only person who both played and coached, Red Star and Partizan.

National team career

Slavnić played in 179 games with the senior Yugoslavian national team, and scored 1,465 points. He's one of the rare players with gold medals from the Summer Olympic Games, the FIBA World Cup, and the FIBA EuroBasket. He won three EuroBasket titles, 1973 in Barcelona, 1975 in Belgrade, and 1977 in Liege. He won the gold at the FIBA World Cup, in Manila in 1978, and Olympic gold, in Moscow in 1980.

Coaching career

Clubs

Slavnić coached Šibenka, Partizan Belgrade, Jugoplastika, Malaga, Red Star Belgrade, Dafni, Joventut Badalona, Iraklis, Brose Baskets Bamberg, and Atlas.

Serbian national team

Unanimously, the executive board of the Serbian Basketball Federation, decided on 29 May 2007, that Slavnić should be the head coach of the first senior national team of Serbia; after the state union with Montenegro had ceased to exist.[1] After numerous "thanks, but no thanks" decisions of experienced players, who didn't want to participate at EuroBasket 2007, Slavnić selected Milan Gurović, Marko Jarić, Darko Miličić, and nine debutantes, who later became standard members of the senior Serbian national team. But, due to defeats to Russia, who went on to take the title, then Greece, who were the defending European champions, and won in overtime, and Israel, Serbia were eliminated in the first phase of the continental championship. The Serbian Basketball Federation decided on 26 September 2007, to look for a new head coach.

Miscellaneous

Together with his dribbling, Zoran Slavnić had three moves that were highlights of his career:

Personal life

In June 2022, Slavnić had a hip surgery.[2]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Slavnić selektor, objavio spisak . . 2019-09-16 . 2007-05-29 . sr.
  2. Web site: Moka Slavnić u bolnici: Ne osećam stopalo . b92.net . 16 June 2022.