Milan Škobalj ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Шкобаљ, born 9 July 1963) is a Serbian professional

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coach and former player. He mostly recently coached in

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Coaching career

Škobalj had worked as an assistant coach in

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for three seasons before he became the assistant 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 ...

in 2001. In 2008 had a stint as a head coach of Crvena zvezda after

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in Ukrainian League. Škobalj was an assistant coach of

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in the national team of Serbia and Montenegro at the

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. In 2009, Škobalj was hired as the head coach of the

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in the Danish league,

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. He received Basketligaen Coach of the Year honors in the 2009–10 season. From 2012 until 2014, he coached two clubs in the Moroccan League, Sport Plazza in

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and Amal in

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. In 2015, he was hired as the head coach of Eos Herrlag in

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. On 9 May 2016, he was named the head coach of

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of the Danish League. In May 2018, he signed for the

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of the German 2nd-tier league. In January 2020, he was replaced by

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. From December 2021 until the end of the 2022-23 campaign, he served as head coach of the

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Personal life

His son Filip Škobalj (born 2002) is a basketball player. His eldest son ... (born 1987) is also basketball player of KK Salamala.

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Milan Skobalj
at eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Skobalj, Milan 1963 births Living people Basketball players from Belgrade KK Crvena zvezda head coaches KK Crvena zvezda assistant coaches Serbian men's basketball coaches Serbian expatriate basketball people in Denmark Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany Serbian expatriate basketball people in Morocco Serbian expatriate basketball people in Sweden Serbian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine

Coaching career

Personal life

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