Tomislav Mijatović (born 1976) is a Croatian professional

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. He is currently the assistant coach for

Anadolu Efes Anadolu Efes Spor Kulübü, commonly referred to as Anadolu Efes or simply Efes, is a Turkish professional basketball team based in Istanbul. Founded in 1976, the club was formerly known as Efes Pilsen until 2011. Efes is the 2021–22 EuroLeagu ...

of the Turkish

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and the

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.He is also the head coach of the Croatian national team.

Coaching career

Mijatović was an assistant coach at

Cibona Zagreb Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball sports club, club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketba ...

from 2001 to 2003. During the 2002–03 season, he temporarily replaced the suspended Aleksandar Petrović as head coach. In 2007, Mijatović again became an assistant coach at Cibona. When Cibona's head coach

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moved to

in Turkey in 2010, Mijatović was considered as his successor at Cibona. However, Mijatović followed Perasović to Anadolu Efes. As an assistant coach, Mijatović won the

with the team in 2021 and 2022 and was also crowned Turkish champion and cup winner three times each. He worked in Istanbul under

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and

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 ...

, among others. In February 2024, Mijatović was promoted to head coach of Anadolu Efes. In his first season as head coach, the club won the

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regular season, but fell short to Fenerbahçe in the finals.

References

External links

EuroLeague profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mijatović, Tomislav Living people Anadolu Efes S.K. coaches Croatian basketball coaches 1980 births