Nenad Trunić ( sr-cyr, Ненад Трунић; born 6 February 1968) is a Serbian

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and former player.

Playing career

Professional career

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, Trunić played for Sloboda Dita,

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Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

, Radnički Beograd,

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, Libertas Livorno,

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, FV Lugano,

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, Albacomp,

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, and Radnički Kragujevac.

National team career

In August 1985, Trunić was a member of the Yugoslav cadet team that won the gold medal at the European Championship for Cadets in Ruse, Bulgaria. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 4.2 points per game.

Post-playing career

During the

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, Trunić was an international scout for the

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in charge for the

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. During the late-2000s, Trunić was a member of the

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Experts Council with

Božidar Maljković Božidar "Boža" Maljković ( sr-Cyrl, Божидар "Божа" Маљковић; born 20 April 1952) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach and current president of the Olympic Committee of Serbia. He is one of the most successful b ...

Dušan Ivković Dušan "Duda" Ivković ( sr-Cyrl, Душан "Дуда" Ивковић; 29 October 1943 – 16 September 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He served as head coach of the senior Serbian national basketball team from 2 ...

Svetislav Pešić Svetislav "Kari" Pešić ( sr-Cyrl, Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born 28 August 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Serbia men's national team. Playing career During his club ...

, and

Ranko Žeravica Ranko Žeravica ( sr-cyr, Ранко Жеравица; 17 November 1929 – 29 October 2015) was a Serbian professional basketball coach. With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the senior Yugoslav national ...

. Trunić has been a

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Coaching Clinics since 2011, and at the FIBA Europe Coaching Certificate Program since 2013. During the late-2010s, Trunić was an advisor of the

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and youth system coordinator at the Iran Basketball Federation.

National team coaching career

In 2009, Trunić was the head coach of the Serbia men's national under-16 team that won a bronze medal at the

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, Lithuania. In 2017, Trunić was the head coach of the Serbia men's national under-17 team at the

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, Germany. His team finished 5th with a 4–4 record. In November 2021, Trunić was named an assistant coach for the Serbia national team under

Academic career

Trunić earned his bachelor's degree in basketball in 1992, his master's degree in 2004, both from the

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. He earned a

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in Belgrade in 2006, with the

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and strategy for creating top basketball players''. Between 2004 and 2014, Trunić was as a professor at the Belgrade School of Sports and Health Studies, as a lead lecturer for courses: Theory and Methodology of Basketball, Basics of Sports Training, Pedagogical Practice in Basketball, Methodology of Techniques and Tactics in Youth System Training in Sports. At the same school, he was the head of the study program Sports Coach and a

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of a large number of graduate theses in basketball and sports training theory. Also, from 2006 to 2010, he was a professor at the Borislav Stanković Basketball Academy under the

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. Since 2014, Trunić has been working as a professor at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Management at

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in Belgrade, as a lead lecturer for courses: Basketball, Training Technology in Sports, Identification and Development of Talents in Sports, and Prioritization of Training in Sports. In the 2016–17 school year, he was the

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of the same faculty.

Books

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References

External links

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