Zoran Sretenović ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Сретеновић; 5 August 1964 – 28 April 2022) was a Serbian

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coach and player.

Playing career

Sretenović played for several clubs in his country and abroad, most notably with Jugoplastika/Pop 84 from Split where he won three European Champion Cups, usually in the starting lineup. In the third of those title games, in Paris against F.C. Barcelona, Sretenovic became the second of only three players, and the only European ever, to play all 40 minutes of a Final Four title game for the winning team. He also won championships and cups of Germany, four titles, two Cups and two Supercups of Yugoslavia.

National team career

Sretenović was a member of the Yugoslavia national cadet team at the 1981 European Championship for Cadets in

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. Over six tournament games, he averaged 7.0 points per game. Sretenović was a member of the

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(representing

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) that won the gold medal at the 1991 FIBA European Championship in

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, Italy. Over five tournament games, he averaged 3.8 points per game. Sretenović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team (representing

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) that won the gold medal at

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, Greece. Over three tournament games, he averaged 1.3 points and 1.3 assists per game.

Coaching career

Upon retiring, Sretenović entered into a coaching career. In the 2001–02 season, he became head coach of

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. He was also the assistant coach to Željko Lukajić at KK Hemofarm in 2005. In 2007–08, he was the head coach of

KK Igokea Košarkaški klub Igokea ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Игокеа), commonly referred to as KK Igokea or as Igokea m:tel due to sponsorship reasons, is a Bosnian professional basketball club based in Aleksandrovac, near Laktaši, Re ...

. From July to November 2008, he was the head coach of

KK Vojvodina Srbijagas Košarkaški klub Vojvodina Srbijagas ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Војводина Србијагас), commonly referred to as KK Vojvodina Srbijagas, was a men's professional basketball club based in Novi Sad, Serbia. The club p ...

. He later worked in Polpharma Starogard Gdański and AZS Koszalin.

References

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