Košarkaški klub Železničar Čačak ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Железничар Чачак), commonly referred to as KK Železničar Čačak, is a men's professional

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club based in

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. The club currently participates in the Second League of Serbia. Former Železničar player

Aleksandar Nikolić Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Александар "Аца" Николић; 28 October 1924 – 12 March 2000) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He was also a professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of S ...

, later a professional coach and a "father" of Serbian basketball, was inducted into the

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and

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as a coach. Also many famous players and coaches started their basketball careers in Želeničar, such as

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Radisav Ćurčić Radisav Ćurčić (, , ; born September 26, 1965) is a Serbian-Israeli former professional basketball player. Standing at and weighing , he played Center (basketball), center position. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team inter ...

Players

Coaches

* Željko Bugarčić (2016–2019) * Branko Jorović (2019–2020) * Aleksandar Bjelić (2020–present)

References

External links

Team profile on Eurobasket

Team profile on Srbijasport
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kkzeleznicarcacak.rs
Železničar Železničar Sport in Čačak

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Players

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