Bratislav "Bata" Đorđević ( sr-cyr, Братислав Ђорђевић; born October 23, 1938) is a Serbian former professional

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coach and player. He was a head coach of

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in B ...

during the 1970s. He is the father of

Aleksandar Đorđević Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević or Sale Đorđević (Anglicized: Sasha Djordjevic; sr-Cyrl, Александар Саша Ђорђевић, ; born 26 August 1967) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves ...

, also a professional basketball coach and former player.

Playing career

Đorđević spent the entire playing career in Radnički from

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which played in the

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Coaching career

Đorđević began his coaching career in Radnički. But the most important success he has achieved with

. He was coach of the Zvezda team that won the 1971–72

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title. The team included

Zoran Slavnić Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Мока Славнић; born 26 October 1949) is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and coach. He played with Crvena zvezda and with Partizan. One of the best European point guards ...

Dragan Kapičić Dragan Kapičić ( sr-cyr, Драган Капичић; born 7 August 1948) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and executive. Club career Kapičić played with Crvena zvezda, in his hometown of Belgrade, in the Yugoslav First Fe ...

Vladimir Cvetković Vladimir Cvetković ( sr-cyr, Владимир Цветковић; born 24 May 1941) is a Serbian former basketball player and sports administrator who is the honorary president of Crvena zvezda. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 13 seasons. Wi ...

, and

Ljubodrag Simonović Ljubodrag "Duci" Simonović ( sr-Cyrl, Љубодраг Дуци Симоновић, ); born 1 January 1949) is a Serbian philosopher, author and retired basketball player. He played with Red Star Belgrade, with which he won two National Champi ...

among others. During his stint with Zvezda, his son

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had started to play basketball. Aleksandar did not get a serious chance in Crvena zvezda and continued his career with

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and later become one of the best Yugoslav and Serbian basketball players. Besides Crvena zvezda, Đorđević coached many clubs and two national teams. The most important clubs that he trained are: Radnički, Branik Maribor, IMT Belgrade,

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. Also, he coached the national teams of

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and the

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. At the

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his team, Irag, had a 251–33 win over

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. Đorđević founded the first basketball camps in

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, in

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(1975) and Bor (1976).

Personal life

In addition to his coaching career, Đorđević worked as a physical education teacher at the Marko Orešković Elementary School in

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from 1967–1971. His brother Predrag "Buca" Đorđević is a former basketball coach.

Coaching record

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References