Oliver Popović ( sr-cyr, Оливер Поповић; born 18 March 1970) is a Serbian professional
basketball
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coach and former player.
Playing career
He was a Yugoslav champion (1987, 1989, and 1998) and Cup holder (1989), silver medalist of Russian (2002) and Greek (2004) basketball championships; bronze medalist of 1988
European Champions' Cup, winner of 1989
Korać Cup Korać is a surname. Notable persons with that name include:
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* Milorad Korać (born 1969), Serbian football player and manager
* Radivoj Korać (1938–1969), Serbian basketball player
* Vitomir Kor ...
and 2003
NEBL
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; finalist of the 2004
FIBA Euroleague.
Coaching career
On 7 August 2017, Popović was named a head coach of the
Belgrade
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team
Dynamic
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. On 19 December, he parted ways with Dynamic.
On 21 June 2018, Popović became the head coach for
Novi Pazar
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of the
Basketball League of Serbia
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. He left Novi Pazar after the 2019–20 season.
On 1 November 2020, Popović was hired as the new head coach for his hometown team
Sloboda Užice
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.
On 19 November 2022, Popović became the head coach of
UNICS Kazan
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youth team.
References
1970 births
Living people
BC UNICS players
KK Avala Ada coaches
KK Beobanka players
KK Borac Čačak players
KK Crvena zvezda players
KK Dynamic coaches
KK Mega Basket coaches
KK IMT Beograd players
KK Partizan players
KK Napredak Kruševac coaches
KK Tamiš coaches
KK Sloboda Užice coaches
KK Spartak Subotica players
KK Vršac coaches
KK Vizura coaches
OKK Novi Pazar coaches
Maroussi B.C. players
Serbian men's basketball coaches
Serbian men's basketball players
Sportspeople from Užice
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Romania
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