Zoran Sretenović Explained

Zoran Sretenović
Height M:1.89
Birth Date:5 August 1964
Birth Place:Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Death Place:Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality:Serbian
Draft Year:1986
Career Start:1981
Career End:2001
Career Position:Point guard
Career Number:4
Coach Start:2001
Coach End:2016
Years1:1984–1986
Team1:Crvena zvezda
Years2:1986–1991
Team2:Jugoplastika
Years3:1991–1992
Team3:Bamberg
Years4:1992–1993
Team4:Olympique Antibes
Years5:1993–1994
Team5:Partizan
Years6:1994–1995
Team6:Borovica Ruma
Years7:1995–1996
Team7:Crvena zvezda
Years8:1996–1997
Team8:Borovica Ruma
Years9:1997–1998
Team9:Radnički Belgrade
Years10:1998–2001
Team10:Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Cyears1:2001
Cyears2:2004–2005
Cteam2:Hemofarm (assistant)
Cyears3:2006–2007
Cteam3:Železničar Inđija
Cyears4:2007–2008
Cyears5:2008
Cyears6:2009–2010
Cteam6:Železničar Inđija
Cyears7:2010–2011
Cyears8:2013
Cteam8:AZS Koszalin
Cyears9:2015–2016
Cteam9:Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Highlights:

Zoran Sretenović (Serbian: Зоран Сретеновић; 5 August 1964 – 28 April 2022)[1] was a Serbian basketball coach and player.

Playing career

Sretenović played for several clubs in his country and abroad, most notably with Jugoplastika/Pop 84 from Split where he won three European Champion Cups, usually in the starting lineup. In the third of those title games, in Paris against F.C. Barcelona, Sretenovic became the second of only three players, and the only European ever, to play all 40 minutes of a Final Four title game for the winning team.[2] He also won championships and cups of Germany, four titles, two Cups and two Supercups of Yugoslavia.[3]

National team career

Sretenović was a member of the Yugoslavia national cadet team at the 1981 European Championship for Cadets in Greece. Over six tournament games, he averaged 7.0 points per game.[4]

Sretenović was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team (representing SFR Yugoslavia) that won the gold medal at the 1991 FIBA European Championship in Rome, Italy. Over five tournament games, he averaged 3.8 points per game.[5]

Sretenović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team (representing FR Yugoslavia) that won the gold medal at EuroBasket 1995 in Athens, Greece. Over three tournament games, he averaged 1.3 points and 1.3 assists per game.[6]

Coaching career

Upon retiring, Sretenović entered into a coaching career.

In the 2001–02 season, he became head coach of KK Budućnost Podgorica.[7] He was also the assistant coach to Željko Lukajić at KK Hemofarm in 2005. In 2007–08, he was the head coach of KK Igokea. From July to November 2008, he was the head coach of KK Vojvodina Srbijagas.[8] He later worked in Polpharma Starogard Gdański and AZS Koszalin.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.eurohoops.net/en/national-teams/1338824/zoran-sretenovic-dies-at-57/ Zoran Sretenovic dies at 57
  2. Web site: 50 Years interview: Zoran Sretenovic, Jugoplastika . . 30 September 2012.
  3. Web site: Guard Camp . YUBAC Basketball Camp . 30 September 2012.
  4. Web site: Sretenovic at the 1981 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship . archive.fiba.com . 21 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Sretenovic at EuroBasket 1991 . archive.fiba.com . 21 August 2019.
  6. Web site: Zoran Sretenovic at EuroBasket 1995 . archive.fiba.com . 21 August 2019.
  7. Web site: Sretenović nasledio Tanjevića . arhiva.srbija-info.gov.rs . 27 August 2022.
  8. Web site: Sretenović trener KK Vojvodina . . 19 January 2012 . 16 July 2008 . sr.