Nenad Trajković ( sr-cyr, Ненад Трајковић; born Naser Trajković; 10 February 1961), is a Serbian

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Early life

Naser Trajković ( sr-cyr, Насер Трајковић) was born in

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. Later he changed his first name to Nenad.

Coaching career

Trajković started his coaching career as an assistant coach for Partizan, where he had three stints from 1987 to 1995. He worked under the Partizan's head coaches

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, Željko Lukajić,

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. Trajković coached Serbian teams

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, Sloga and Partizan. In the 1999–2000 season, he won

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for Partizan. In 2003, Trajković went abroad. He was a head coach for Banjalučka pivara (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Krka (Slovenia) and Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium). He also worked as an assistant coach for

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). In 2010–11 season, he was an assistant coach for the

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team

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. Trajković also worked as a scout for the

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in 2005. On July 14, 2018, Trajković became a head coach for Igokea. On November 5, 2018, he left Igokea. In September 2019, Trajković became a head coach for Studentski centar of the Montenegrin League. In June 2020, he signed a three-year contract extension for Studentski centar. He left Studentski centar after the 2020–21 season.

International teams

Trajković coached Yugoslavia men's university team that won the silver medal at the

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. Trajković worked with the Yugoslavia youth national teams in 1998 and 2000. He coached the Yugoslavian University man national team in 1999 at Palma de Mallorca, FR Yugoslavia U–20 team at the

2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2000 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 2000 European Championship for Young Men) was the fifth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Ohrid, hosted the tournament. Slovenia won their first title. ...

. Trajković was a head coach of the Iran national team and Latvia national team. Also, he was an assistant coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team at the

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Career achievements

;As a head coach *

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champion: 1 (with Studentski centar:

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) *

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winner: 1 (with Partizan: 1999–2000) *

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winner: 1 (with Krka: 2011–12) ;As an assistant coach * Yugoslav League champion: 2 (with Partizan: 1986–87, 1994–95) *

winner: 2 (with Partizan: 1993–94, 1994–95)

References