Miodrag Vesković ( sr-cyr, Миодраг Весковић, born September 23, 1950) is a Serbian professional

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coach.

Coaching career

Vesković coached the Željezničar Sarajevo and Elemes Šibenik in the Yugoslav Women's League. With Elemes Šibenik he won the National Championship in 1990–91 season. Later, he coached Hemofarm in the Basketball League of Serbia and Montenegro,

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in the Italian Serie A1 and

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in the

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. Vesković coached men's teams such as

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for the 2000–01 Euroleague season and Arkadia Traiskirchen in the

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National team

Vesković was appointed four times as the head coach for women's national team of

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

and

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. He coached the national team under all four state names:

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FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

and

. He coached SFR Yugoslavia national team at the 1991 European Women Basketball Championship where he won silver medal. Vesković coached FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro national teams at 1999 EuroBasket Women and

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Career achievements

* Yugoslav Women's League champion: 1 (with Elemes Šibenik: 1990–91) * FR Yugoslavia Women's Cup winner: 1 (with Hemofarm: 1998–99)

Personal life

Vesković married

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(born 1972), a Serbian retired basketball player.Životna pobeda Gordane Grubin
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References

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