Vladan Radonjić ( sr-Cyrl, Владан Радоњић; born 15 June 1979) is a Serbian professional

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for Crvena zvezda of the EuroLeague and the ABA League. Further, he worked as a

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

coach.

Early life and education

Radonjić was born in

Gornji Milanovac Gornji Milanovac ( sr-Cyrl, Гoрњи Милановац, ) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 24,216, while the population of the municipality is 44,406. The town was foun ...

, SR Serbia,

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, where he finished an elementary and a

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. He earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from the University of Belgrade in 2002 and earned his doctor's degree from

Singidunum University Singidunum University ( sr, Универзитет Сингидунум, Univerzitet Singidunum) is a higher education institution in Belgrade, Serbia which offers undergraduate, master and doctoral academics studies in three scientific fields � ...

in 2013. In 2004, he worked for the Serbian Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine.

Coaching career in basketball

In the 2007–08 BLS season, Radonjić worked for Swisslion Vršac as a strength and conditioning coach. In 2008, he joined the coaching staff of

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

under head coach

Duško Vujošević Duško Vujošević ( sr-Cyrl, Душко Вујошевић; born 3 March 1959) is a Montenegrin and Serbian professional basketball coach. Early life Duško Vujošević was born in Titograd (modern-day Podgorica), PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavi ...

. He won three titles (

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, and

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) in each of two season with Partizan, 2008–09 and 2009–10. In 2010, he accompanied Vujošević to CSKA Moscow. For the 2011–12 season, he returned to Partizan, at the time coached by Vlada Jovanović. In 2012, he worked for

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...

. In 2014, he worked for Igokea. In November 2020, Radonjić joined the coaching staff of Partizan led by

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. In July 2022, Crvena zvezda hired Radonjić as their new strength and conditioning coach.

National teams

In July/August 2009, Radonjić was a conditioning coach for the Serbia national under-18 team that won a gold medal at the

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. Later, he briefly worked for the Montenegro national team under Luka Pavićević.

Coaching career in volleyball

Radonjić worked for women teams

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(2013–2014),

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(2014–2017), and

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(2017–2019).

Career achievements

;Basketball career *

champion: 2 (with

: 2008–09, 2009–10) *

champion: 3 (with

: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12) * Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina champion: 1 (with Igokea: 2013–14) *

winner: 3 (with

: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12) ;Volleyball career * Swiss Women's Volleyball League champion: 3 (with

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17) *

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champion: 1 (with

: 2013–14) *

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champion: 1 (with

: 2018–19) * Swiss Volleyball Cup winner: 3 (with

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17) * French Women's Volleyball Cup winner: 1 (with

: 2017–18)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radonjic, Vladan 1979 births Living people KK Crvena zvezda assistant coaches Serbian men's basketball coaches Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate basketball people in Montenegro Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Serbian expatriate sportspeople in France Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Serbian strength and conditioning coaches Serbian volleyball coaches People from Gornji Milanovac University of Belgrade Faculty of Sport and Physical Education alumni