Mario Primorac (born 3 November 1961,

Zavidovići Zavidovići ( sr-cyrl, Завидовићи) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located b ...

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) is a former Bosnian-Herzegovinian

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, who works as a

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Club career

He was born in

, Bosnia and Herzegovina. His family lived in

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. His father was a railway worker, so as a small child he moved to

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, and then to

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where he went to school. He started playing basketball relatively late, only in the second grade of high school.

Jasmin Repeša Jasmin Repeša (born 1 June 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian professional basketball coach and former player whose last coached team was Fortitudo Bologna of the Italian Serie A. Repeša has won numerous pro club competitions during his head coa ...

persuaded him to train. Ivica Obad, Drago Raguž, Dražen Blažević and others were same generation and trained with him at the time. Here he started his career with KK Borac Čapljina at senior level.Čapljinski portal
PHOTO / VIDEO: Presenting HKK ''Čapljina - Lasta '' He later played for KK Bosna Sarajevo for a decade. In 1983/84 with Bosna he was 4th at the European Champions Cup, in the roster:

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Žarko Varajić Žarko Varajić ( sr-cyr, Жарко Варајић; 26 December 1951 – 23 June 2019) was a Serbian professional basketball player and executive. He represented the Yugoslavia national team internationally. Early career Growing up in Nikšić, ...

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, Predrag Benaček,

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, Boro Vučević, Mario Primorac, Dragan Lukenda,

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, Miroljub Mitrović, and the coach was

Svetislav Pešić Svetislav "Kari" Pešić ( sr-cyrl, Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born August 28, 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Serbia men's national team. Playing career During his ...

. Then he went abroad. He played in Germany, Austria and Slovenia for Alba Berlin,

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, Satex and Zagorje. He ended his playing career at the age of 40. He stayed in basketball as a coach. He was first in the project of his private basketball school Mario Primorac in Maribor. For a long time he led his club, which later merged with Maribor's

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and was called Branik-Primorac, where he was director and coach. They achieved good results. The seniors played in a strong

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. With the juniors they went even further and won the title of champion of Slovenia. In the summer of 2013, he led the Lithuanian club Dzuki from Alytus, but due to disagreements with the home players, he left the club. He returned to his homeland to coach HKK Čapljina. He did not stay long, but not through his own fault, as the club had financial problems.Čapljinski portal
''Čapljinac Mario Primorac - zlatni košarkaš sa Eurobasketa 1989. ''7 May 2019 (accessed 7 March 2020)

National Team career

He has been a member of the national team for many years. He played in

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for

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, for Bosnia national basketball team in

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and in the qualifications for the

EuroBasket 1995 The 1995 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1995, was the 29th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to ea ...

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Coach {{DEFAULTSORT:Primorac, Mario 1961 births Living people Basketball players from Sarajevo Sportspeople from Čapljina People from Zavidovići Sportspeople from Zenica-Doboj Canton Bosnia and Herzegovina men's basketball players Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball coaches Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Germany Centers (basketball) KK Bosna Royal players Alba Berlin players Yugoslav men's basketball players FIBA EuroBasket-winning players Expatriate basketball people in Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Austria