Andrija Gavrilović ( sr-cyr, Андрија Гавриловић; born 13 January 1965) is a Serbian-Italian professional

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who was lastly an assistant coach for

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of the Italian

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(LBA).

Coaching career

In 1986, Gavrilović started his coaching career with the Crvena zvezda youth system. There he coached Nebojša Ilić, Aleksandar Trifunović, Rastko Cvetković,

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, Slobodan Kaličanin, and later

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, and

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. Gavrilović moved to

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, Italy in September 1992. Until 2003, he was a coach in several academy teams in the Milan area. He also coached the U16 team of

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and Progresso Castelmaggiore. Later, he spent three seasons as an assistant coach for

. Further, he was an assistant coach for

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of the

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. In 2007, he signed as an assistant coach for UNICS of the

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. Next season, he had moved to

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where he stayed for six seasons. In July 2018, Gavrilović was named an assistant coach for the

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team Crvena zvezda mts. On 2 February 2019 Gavrilović led Crvena zvezda to an 89–61 win over Petrol Olimpija. The Zvezda head coach

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had fallen ill and missed their home game against Olimpija. On 22 October 2019 Gavrilović was named as the interim head coach for Crvena zvezda. In his official head coaching debut on 24 October, Gavrilović led the Zvezda to a 73–65 loss to

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. He finished his stint as the interim head coach with a 5–6 record on 23 November. In June 2020, Crvena zvezda parted ways with him. In July 2021, Gavrilović was named an assistant coach for

under

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. On 21 September, the team won the second

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in its history, defeating

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90–84. Moreover, after having ousted

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and

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in the first three rounds of the

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, on 11 May 2022, Virtus defeated Frutti Extra Bursaspor by 80–67 at the Segafredo Arena, winning its first EuroCup and qualifying for the EuroLeague after 14 years. He parted ways with Virtus Bologna in July 2022.

Coaching record

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Personal life

Gavrilović holds both a

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* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

and

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. Beside native

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

, he speaks

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and

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References

External links

Andrija Gavrilovic
at euroleague.net
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at

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