Goran Grbović (born 9 February 1961) is a Serbian business manager and former professional

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player. He is an executive director of the

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Playing career

Born in

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, after finishing high school, he moved to

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. He started his career with

KK Borac Čačak Košarkaški klub Borac Čačak ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Борац Чачак), commonly referred to as KK Borac Čačak or as Borac Mozzart due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based ...

, where he was trained by the legendary

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and Dragan Milošević - Gaga. He played for Partizan from 1980 until 1988, winning a national championship in 1981 and 1987 also a third-place finish in

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in 1988. He ended his career after two successful seasons with Oximesa Granada. He is also remembered as an idol of many Partizan fans, inspiring many children to play basketball.

Partizan

Grbović played in Partizan from 1980 until 1988, he won National championship in 1981 and 1987 and participated in Euroleague F4 in 1988. That season, he scored the most points in hall Euroleague. He was also the best scorer of national championship in 1983 and 1984. He holds second place in club history by points in one play-off game, 44. He is seventh scorer in club history with 3889 points in 240 games, his average is 16.2 points.

National team career

Although he was qualified for the Yugoslav national team, he participated in only two competitions –

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tournaments in

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and

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. He won a bronze medal in EuroBasket 1987 with the Yugoslav national team.

Player profile

Grbović was a very strong and attractive player, temperamental also. His nickname was "

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". He was 2.02 m tall and played small forward. He had a good three-point shot and audiences liked his dunks.

Post-playing career

In July 2018, he was named an executive director of the

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Achievements

* Yugoslav league champion: 2 (with Partizan: 1980–81 and 1986–87)

Individual achievements

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All Star participation: 1988 * Yugoslav championship best scorer: 1983, 1984.

References

External links

Yugoslavian championship final

Grbović about season 2008/2009

Grbović at ACB.com

" I don't hate Red Star"

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grbovic, Goran 1961 births Living people Liga ACB players KK Partizan players KK Borac Čačak players KK IMT Beograd players Small forwards Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain Sportspeople from Kruševac Serbian men's basketball players Yugoslav men's basketball players Summer World University Games medalists in basketball FISU World University Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia FISU World University Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Yugoslav expatriate basketball people