Goran Topić ( sr-cyr, Горан Топић; born 3 May 1967) is a Serbian professional

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coach and

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, who is an assistant coach of FMP of the

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Coaching career

Men's club basketball

From 2007 to 2012, Topić had been a part of coaching staffs of the Hemofarm head coaches Miroslav Nikolić,

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, Stevan Karadžić, Željko Lukajić, and Nebojša Bogavac. In September 2012, he was added to the coaching staff of Crvena zvezda as an assistant coach. He worked there until the end of the 2013–14 season. During the 2014–15 season, he was an assistant coach for the Turów Zgorzelec of the

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. In 2016, he worked as an assistant coach for the

Vršac Vršac ( sr-Cyrl, Вршац, ) is a city in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2022, the city urban area had a population of 31,946, while the city administrative area had 45,462 inhabitants. It is located in the geographical ...

under head coach Milan Gurović. After Gurović left Vršac, Topić continued to work as a part of the staff of new head coach Vladimir Đokić. On January 21, 2018, Topić was named a head coach for Vršac. In May 2022, Topić signed a contract extension with FMP.

Women's club basketball

On June 27, 2003, Topić was named the new head coach of Hemofarm.

National team

In 2012, Topić was an assistant coach for the women's national team of Serbia in the Marina Maljković's staff. Also in the same year, he was an assistant coach of Dušan Ivković in the men's national team of Serbia.

Scouting career

In 2014, Topić was added as a national team scout for the

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. He was a staff member of a head coach Aleksandar Đorđević for two FIBA World Cups (

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), the

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, and two EuroBaskets (

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and

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Career achievements

;As scout * 2014 FIBA World Championship: *

: *

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References

External links

Profile
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