Teo Čizmić (born 30 March 1971) is a Croatian professional
basketball
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coach and former player, currently serving as the sport director at
KK Split
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.
Playing career
Čizmić started playing professional basketball in 1988 with
Split
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Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, enter ...
-based team
Jugoplastika. He won three
EuroLeague
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s, and played with the famous Croatian players
Velimir Perasović
Velimir Perasović (; born 9 February 1965) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He is serving as the head coach for the Russian team BC UNICS, UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League.
Early life
Perasović was born in Stob ...
,
Dino Rađa
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and
Toni Kukoč
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on the team. He finished his career as a player with Split in 2006.
Coaching career
At the beginning of his coaching career, Čizmić was the assistant coach for
Split
Split(s) or The Split may refer to:
Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, enter ...
of the
Croatian League. In 2006–07 season Split managed to qualify for the semifinals of the national championship which it lost. In 2007–08 season Split managed to play the Croatian league final which they lost. On 17 December 2008, Čizmić succeeded
Slobodan Subotić
Slobodan "Piksi" Subotić ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Суботић, ; born 15 August 1956) is a Greek-Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player. He last served as the head coach for Budućnost of the ABA League, Montenegrin Lea ...
as head coach at Split. On 5 May 2009, he resigned from his hometown club.
Following the resignation in Split, he was named the head coach of
Romanian League team
Steaua Bucuresti, with whom in 2009–10 season, he managed to qualify for the play-offs. In the next season, Steaua Bucuresti played
EuroChallenge
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competition. Čizmić left Steaua in 2011. In 2011–12 season, he was the assistant coach to
Veljko Mršić
Veljko Mršić (; born 13 April 1971) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player, who is currently the head coach of the KK Split, Split of the Croatian Premijer liga (Croatian basketball), Premijer liga and the ABA League.
P ...
at
Cibona. In 2012 he was named the head coach of
Polish League team
AZS Koszalin
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History
The AZS Koszalin sports club was founded on 8 October 1968. The founding fathers participating in th ...
. He left the club in 2013.
In 2015 Čizmić was appointed the head coach for Hungarian club
BC Körmend
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. In 2017 he was named the coach for
Atomeromu SE. He left the club in June 2018, and became the assistant coach of
Cedevita
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under the coaching staff of the head coach
Slaven Rimac.
Personal life
His son
Leo is also a professional basketball player.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Čizmić, Teo
1971 births
Living people
BC Oostende players
Croatian basketball coaches
Croatian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Croatian men's basketball players
Hapoel Galil Elyon players
KK Cedevita Olimpija assistant coaches
KK Split players
Tuborg Pilsener basketball players
Power forwards