Danijel Jusup (born 8 September 1961) is a Croatian professional

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of the

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and the Croatian League.

Coaching career

Jusup started his sporting career with

, first as a player, later as a coach. In 1992, at age of 31, he became the head coach for Zadar that played in the Croatian League and the EuroLeague. Altogether, he spent eight years in his hometown club during which he won three Croatian Cups, the

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and played the finals of the Croatian League three times. Aside from Zadar and

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, Jusup coached

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and

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of the Croatian League, and was named Croatian Coach of the Year twice. His first international position was the head coach of the Polish First Division club

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with which Jusup took part in the

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. He also participated in another European second-tier competition, ULEB Cup, with Zadar. In July 2005, Jusup signed with the German club

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, but after only six months terminated the contract. During the 2008–09 season he led the Russian

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. In January 2010, Jusup led Bosnian team Široki Eronet for only one week before returning to Zadar for the fourth time. In the summer of 2012, Jusup signed for Zagreb for the second time. Five days before the start of the 2017–18 season, he left Zagreb. In April 2018, Jusup signed with Široki of the Bosnian League for the third time in his coaching career. On 23 October 2019, Jusup was named the head coach for Zadar. He debuted for the fifth time in his coaching career as Zadar coach on 25 October 2019, in the 78–82 loss to

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, in the

. In February 2020, Jusup celebrated winning the

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for the 2019–20 season. On 24 June 2020, Zadar terminated the contract with Jusup. On 7 July 2022, Zadar hired Jusup as their new head coach, for the sixth time.

References

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