Oliver Popović ( sr-cyr, Оливер Поповић; born 18 March 1970) is a Serbian professional

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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

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and 2003

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; finalist of the 2004 FIBA Euroleague.

Coaching career

On 7 August 2017, Popović was named a head coach of the

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team

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. On 19 December, he parted ways with Dynamic. On 21 June 2018, Popović became the head coach for

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of the

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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

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. On 19 November 2022, Popović became the head coach of

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youth team.

References

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