Branislav Ratkovica ( sr-cyr, Бранислав Ратковица; born 27 July 1985) is a Serbian professional

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and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Metalac of the

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Professional career

Ratkovica started playing basketball for KK Drvomarket. He made his professional debut for

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(then called Beopetrol) during the 2002–03 season. In the following season, Ratkovica made his debut in the ULEB Cup. For the 2004–05 season he was loaned to Avala Ada. In the summer of 2007, Ratkovica signed a one-year contract with German team

EWE Baskets Oldenburg Baskets Oldenburg, for sponsorship reasons EWE Baskets Oldenburg, is a professional basketball club that is based in the city of Oldenburg, Germany. The club plays in the Bundesliga. The club's name is derived from the team's main sponsor EWE AG, ...

. In the summer of 2008, Ratkovica moved to

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. After four years in Germany, Ratkovica signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club

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. Ratkovica started the 2012–13 season with Aliağa Petkim, but he left the club after some matches and signed a one-year contract with

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. In February 2013, he returned to Germany and signed with

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for the rest of the season. The 2013–14 season Ratkovica started in Politekhnika-Halychyna, but after two games he left the club and signed for the rest of the season with Walter Tigers Tübingen. He also played there the 2014–15 season, where he was the

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's assists leader. During the 2014–15 season, Ratkovica averaged 9.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 7.2 assists. In July 2015, Ratkovica signed with

PBC Lukoil Academic BC Academic Metropol Region ( bg, БК "Академик" Метропол-Рийджън) is a reestablished Bulgarian professional basketball club based in the capital Sofia. In April 2022, Academic has been reborn and rebranded by the new own ...

. He played in the

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, where he averaged 7.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. He also won the Bulgarian League. In July 2016, he signed a one-year contract with

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. On November 30, 2017, he signed a contract with

Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes ...

Coaching career

On 5 July 2019, Ratkovica was named an assistant coach for Mega Bemax of the

. On 5 June 2020, Ratkovica left Mega Bemax for

OKK Beograd Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd ( sr-cyr, Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competin ...

, which he took over as the head coach. He left Beograd in May 2021. On 7 June 2021, Metalac Valjevo named Ratkovica as their new head coach.

References

External links

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