Goran Topić ( sr-cyr, Горан Топић; born 3 May 1967) is a Serbian professional

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and

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, who is an assistant coach of FMP of the

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and the

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Coaching career

Men's club basketball

From 2007 to 2012, Topić had been a part of coaching staffs of the Hemofarm head coaches

Miroslav Nikolić Miroslav "Muta" Nikolić ( sr, Мирослав Николић; born 8 January 1956) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Playing career Nikolić played professional basketball for KK Goša from Smederevska Palanka, OK ...

Vlada Vukoičić Vladimir "Vlada" Vukoičić ( sr, Влада Вукоичић; born 2 June 1973) is a Serbian basketball coach for the Qingdao Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association. Coaching career Vukoičić was 19 years old in 1994 when he began workin ...

, Stevan Karadžić,

Željko Lukajić Željko "Struja" Lukajić ( sr-cyr, Жељко Лукајић, born December 14, 1958) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. Coaching career Lukajić began coaching in 1986 when he was the head coach of KK Famos Hrasnica for the 1986–1987 ...

, and

Nebojša Bogavac Nebojša Bogavac ( sr-cyrl, Небојша Богавац; born December 14, 1973) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach for KK Podgorica, Podgorica of the Prva A Liga and the ABA League Seco ...

. In September 2012, he was added to the coaching staff 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 Association football, foot ...

as an assistant coach. He worked there until the end of the 2013–14 season. During the 2014–15 season, he was an assistant coach for the

Turów Zgorzelec PGE Turów Zgorzelec is a Polish a basketball team based in Zgorzelec. The club played in the Polish League (PLK) and won the Polish championship once, in the 2013–14 season. The club was sponsored by the PGE Group, and they are also the clu ...

of the

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. In 2016, he worked as an assistant coach for the

Vršac Vršac ( sr-cyr, Вршац, ; hu, Versec; ro, Vârșeț) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the city urban area had a pop ...

under head coach

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. After Gurović left Vršac, Topić continued to work as a part of the staff of new head coach

Vladimir Đokić Vladimir Đokić ( sr-cyr, Владимир Ђокић; born April 25, 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Vršac of the Basketball League of Serbia. Playing career A point guard, Đoki ...

. On January 21, 2018, Topić was named a head coach for Vršac. In May 2022, Topić signed a contract extension with FMP.

Women's club basketball

On June 27, 2003, Topić was named the new head coach of Hemofarm.

National team

In 2012, Topić was an assistant coach for the women's national team of Serbia in the

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's staff. Also in the same year, he was an assistant coach of

Dušan Ivković Dušan "Duda" Ivković ( sr-cyrl, Душан "Дуда" Ивковић; 29 October 1943 – 16 September 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He served as head coach of the senior Serbian national basketball team from 20 ...

in the men's national team of Serbia.

Scouting career

In 2014, Topić was added as a national team scout for the

Serbia men's national basketball team The Serbia men's national basketball team ( sr, Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије, Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international basketball competition and is controlled by the Basketball Fed ...

. He was a staff member of a head coach

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 serve ...

for two FIBA World Cups (

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and

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), the

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, and two EuroBaskets (

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and

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Career achievements

;As scout * 2014 FIBA World Championship: *

: *

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References

External links

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