Zoran Sretenović ( sr-cyr, Зоран Сретеновић; 5 August 1964 – 28 April 2022) was a Serbian

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coach and player.

Playing career

Sretenović played for several clubs in his country and abroad, most notably with Jugoplastika/Pop 84 from Split where he won three European Champion Cups, usually in the starting lineup. In the third of those title games, in Paris against

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, Sretenovic became the second of only three players, and the only European ever, to play all 40 minutes of a Final Four title game for the winning team. He also won championships and cups of Germany, four titles, two Cups and two Supercups of Yugoslavia.

National team career

Sretenović was a member of the Yugoslavia national cadet team at the 1981 European Championship for Cadets in

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. Over six tournament games, he averaged 7.0 points per game. Sretenović was a member of the

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(representing

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) that won the gold medal at the 1991 FIBA European Championship in

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, Italy. Over five tournament games, he averaged 3.8 points per game. Sretenović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team (representing

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) that won the gold medal at

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, Greece. Over three tournament games, he averaged 1.3 points and 1.3 assists per game.

Coaching career

Upon retiring, Sretenović entered into a coaching career. In the 2001–02 season, he became head coach of

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. He was also the assistant coach to Željko Lukajić at

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in 2005. In 2007–08, he was the head coach of

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. From July to November 2008, he was the head coach of

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. He later worked in Polpharma Starogard Gdański and

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References

External links

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