Nenad Marković (born 6 June 1968) is a

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n professional

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coach and former player who played at the

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position. He was most recently the

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for

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in the Italian

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(LBA).

Early life and career

Born in

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to a Bosnian Serb father and a Bosnian Croat mother, Marković began playing organized basketball at KK Igman Ilidža, before being scouted by

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and placed in its youth system under coach Mladen "Makso" Ostojić. Marković played for a number of years in KK Bosna's youth teams alongside players such as

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, , Senad Begović,

Adis Bećiragić Adis Bećiragić (Turkish language, Turkish: Aziz Bekir; born 18 June 1970) is a Bosnian-Turkish professional basketball coach and former player. He was a backbone player on the Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team, Bosnian natio ...

, etc.

Club career

Marković broke into Bosna's first team and became a regular starter during the 1989–90 season. At that season's end his improvement was recognized with a call-up to the Yugoslav national team under famous coach Dušan "Duda" Ivković. However, Marković was not ultimately selected for the

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side sent to Argentina in August 1990, which Yugoslavia won. Marković nonetheless continued to improve at the club level, featuring regularly for KK Bosna over the next two seasons, before the war broke out in his native

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. For the next 14 seasons Marković played all over Europe, including in Italy, Spain, Israel, France, and Greece. In France, while playing for

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, he had the honour of playing in the French league All-Star game, during which he won the three-point shootout competition. He also played in many notable matches for the new Bosnian national team, including in two matches against

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in November 1997 and November 1998 that helped make his name as one of Bosnia's most prominent athletes. before eventually returning to KK Bosna to end his playing career. Eventually, in 2004, Marković returned to KK Bosna to end his playing career, becoming the first Bosnian basketball player to return to his hometown club in this way. He retired from the game in 2006, having played for 18 years.

Coaching career

Following retirement, Marković worked as a coach for the

Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team (Bosnian language, Bosnian: ''Košarkaška reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine'' / Кошаркашка репрезентација Босне и Херцеговине) represents Bosnia ...

. He became head coach of KK Bosna in 2007, but resigned on failing to achieve his announced goal of leading them to the national championship title. In October 2007, Marković became the head coach of Greek club

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, whom he led to qualification for the

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, a goal the club had not achieved in the previous 12 seasons. His contract, however, was not renewed, and he was replaced in summer 2008 for the following 2008–09 season by Aleksandar Trifunović. End of July 2009, Marković again has become head coach of Greek club Panionios Athens. In early February 2013, Marković took the reins of Greek club KAOD from the town of

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fighting for survival in the Greek League. Marković took over from Georgios Kalafatakis, who left the team after 15 league matches in 12th league spot (out of 14) with the 5-10 record. On 24 November 2014 he signed with

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of the

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(BSL). On 5 July 2016 he signed with

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of the

(BSL). On 21 June 2017 he signed with Iberostar Tenerife of the

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. He won the

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championship in

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. On 28 November 2017 he signed with

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of the

(BSL). On 10 June 2021 he signed with

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of French

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. On January 24, 2024, he signed with

in the Italian

(LBA).

Achievements

As player

* Bosna: (1) ** Bosnian Cup: (2005)

As coach

* Iberostar Tenerife: (1) **

: (

)

Political career

Marković joined the

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(SDP BiH) in Bosnia-Herzegovina. On 29 January 2009, he was appointed deputy mayor of Bosnia-Herzegovina's capital

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, working under mayor

Alija Behmen Alija Behmen (25 December 1940 – 1 August 2018) was a Bosnian politician who served as the 36th mayor of Sarajevo from 2009 to 2013. He also served as Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2003. Behmen was a m ...

, also of SDP BiH. In July 2009, Marković went back to coaching with a job at Panionios. For a few months, he continued with the deputy mayoral job in parallel, but in November 2009 handed in his resignation, which was accepted by the Sarajevo city council.Prihvaćena ostavka Nenada Markovića
weekend.ba, 3 November 2009

References

External links

Liga ACB profileEurobasket.com profile
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