Biljana Stanković (
Serbian Cyrillic: Биљана Станковић; born 11 September 1974 in
Vršac,
SFR Yugoslavia
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) is a
Serbian
basketball coach and former
Serbian and
Yugoslavian basketball player. She played at the
point guard
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position and is a former member of
national team of Serbia.
Professional career
Stanković is the most victorious female player in Serbian basketball history, winning 24 titles in 28 seasons from 1990 to 2017.
National team career
Stanković played over 100 games for the
Serbian national team and was the team's captain for 7 years. She participated in three
EuroBasket tournaments and one
FIBA World Cup
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.
Coaching career
In December 2018, Stanković was hired as the head coach of
Úrvalsdeild kvenna club
Skallagrímur, replacing recently fired Ari Gunnarsson.
Honours
Hemofarm
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First League of FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (6): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006
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Cup of FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (6): 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006
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First League of Serbia (3): 2007, 2008, 2009
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Cup of Serbia (5): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
*
First League of Serbia (1): 2013
*
Cup of Serbia (1): 2013
*
Adriatic League Women (1): 2013
Radivoj Korać
*
First League of Serbia (1): 2014
*
Cup of Serbia (1): 2014
*
Adriatic League Women (1): 2014
References
External links
Profileat eurobasket.com
1974 births
Living people
People from Vršac
Yugoslav women's basketball players
Serbian women's basketball players
Point guards
ŽKK Vršac players
ŽKK Partizan players
ŽKK Radivoj Korać players
Serbian women's basketball coaches
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Romania
Skallagrímur women's basketball coaches
Úrvalsdeild kvenna basketball coaches
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