Branko Jorović ( sr-cyr, Бранко Јоровић; born November 27, 1981) is a Serbian professional

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coach and former player who serves as the U-19 head coach for Crvena zvezda mts. He played both the

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and

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positions.

Playing career

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, Jorović played for

Borac Čačak Borac may refer to: * FK Borac Banja Luka, a football club from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina ** RK Borac Banja Luka, an affiliated team handball club ** OK Borac, an affiliated volleyball club * FK Borac Čačak, a football club from Čač ...

, FMP Železnik, Olympias Patras, Swisslion Takovo,

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, Igokea, and

U-BT Cluj-Napoca U-Banca Transilvania Cluj-Napoca, commonly known as U-BT Cluj-Napoca, is a professional basketball club based in Cluj-Napoca, Romania that competes domestically in the Liga Națională (men's basketball), Liga Națională de Baschet and internatio ...

. He retired as a player with Cluj-Napoca in 2016.

National team career

Jorović was a member of the Serbia and Montenegro national team at the

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in Japan. Previously, he won a gold medal at the

2003 Summer Universiade The 2003 Summer Universiade, also known as the XXII Summer Universiade, took place in Daegu, South Korea. Emblem * The alphabet letter "U" and five stars, which is FISU's emblem, make up the basis of the emblem for the Daegu Universiade. * It sy ...

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Coaching career

In October 207, Jorović was named an assistant coach for Bosna Royal. He left Bosnia in December 2017. In December 2019, he signed for Železničar Čačak. In July 2022, Jorović became the head coach for Kolubara LA 2003 of the

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. However, Crvena zvezda mts added him to their coaching staff as an assistant coach, on 9 July 2022. On 19 November 2022, the club parted ways with his following the head coach change. Five days later, on 24 November, Crvena zvezda mts hired him as the U-19 team head coach.

Career achievements

As player: *

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champion: 2 (with FMP Železnik: 2003–04, 2005–06) * Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina champion: 3 (with Igokea:

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, 2013–14, 2014–15) *

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winner: 1 (with FMP Železnik: 2004–05) * Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup winner: 2 (with Igokea: 2012–13, 2014–15)

References

External links

Branko Jorović
at aba-liga.com
Branko Jorović
at balkanleague.net

at archive.fiba.com 1981 births Living people ABA League players Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players U-BT Cluj-Napoca players Basketball players from Čačak Kavala B.C. players KK Klik Arilje coaches KK Borac Čačak players KK Crvena zvezda assistant coaches KK Crvena zvezda (youth) coaches KK FMP (1991–2011) players KK Igokea players KK Lions/Swisslion Vršac players KK Železničar Čačak coaches Olympias Patras B.C. players Power forwards Serbian men's basketball coaches Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece Serbian expatriate basketball people in Romania Serbian men's basketball players Small forwards 2006 FIBA World Championship players Summer World University Games medalists in basketball FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia and Montenegro Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Serbia and Montenegro men's basketball players 21st-century Serbian sportsmen {{Serbia-basketball-bio-stub