Petar Popović (basketball, born 1959) explained

Petar Popović
Birth Date:13 July 1959
Birth Place:Kraljevo, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Croatian
Career Number:6
Career Position:Shooting guard
Career Start:1976
Career End:1997
Coach Start:2001
Coach End:2011
Years1:1976–1993
Team1:Zadar
Years2:1993–1996
Team2:Benston Zagreb
Years3:1996–1997
Team3:Zadar
Cyears1:2001,
2006–2007
Cteam1:Zadar
Cyears2:2009–2011
Cteam2:Zadar (youth)
Highlights:As player

As head coach

Petar Popović (Serbian: Петар Поповић; born 13 July 1959) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player.

Playing career

Popović played for Zadar in the Yugoslav First League (later Croatian League) for 18 seasons. In 1993 he moved to Zagreb where he signed with Benston of the Croatian League.[1]

National team career

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 held 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 the head coach for Zadar twice; the first time briefly in 2001, and later from the end of the 2005–06 season till March 2007.[4] [5]

Personal life

His son, Marko, was also a professional basketball player. His nephews are both former professional basketballers, Alan Gregov,[6] who won the silver medal with the Croatia national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, a bronze medal at the 1994 FIBA World Championship and a bronze medal at EuroBasket 1993, and Arijan Komazec.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: INTERVJU: PETAR POPOVIĆ... – KK Dubrava. kkdubrava.hr. 2017-08-11.
  2. Web site: Petar Popovic's profile 1981 European Championship for Men. ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. 2017-08-11.
  3. Web site: Petar Popovic's profile 1978 European Championship for Junior Men. ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. 2017-08-11.
  4. Web site: Treneri Zadra: Od Slavka Trninića do Tihomira Bujana. Zadarski list. 2017-08-11. 2011-01-24.
  5. Web site: Petar Popović podnio ostavku - Sport. Index.hr. 2017-08-11.
  6. News: Alan Gregov - Večernji.hr. vecernji.hr. 2017-08-11.
  7. Zadarska sporstska dinastija . KOŠ . February 1990 . 5 . 2 August 2019.