Zoran Sretenović

Personal information
Born	(1964-08-05)5 August 1964 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Died	28 April 2022(2022-04-28) (aged 57) Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
NBA draft	1986: undrafted
Playing career	1981–2001
Position	Point guard
Number	4
Coaching career	2001–2016
Career history
As player:
1984–1986	Crvena zvezda
1986–1991	Jugoplastika
1991–1992	Bamberg
1992–1993	Olympique Antibes
1993–1994	Partizan
1994–1995	Borovica Ruma
1995–1996	Crvena zvezda
1996–1997	Borovica Ruma
1997–1998	Radnički Belgrade
1998–2001	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
As coach:
2001	Budućnost
2004–2005	Hemofarm (assistant)
2006–2007	Železničar Inđija
2007–2008	Igokea
2008	Vojvodina Srbijagas
2009–2010	Železničar Inđija
2010–2011	Polpharma Starogard Gdański
2013	AZS Koszalin
2015–2016	Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski
Career highlights and awards
3× Euroleague champion ( 1989– 1991) 4× Yugoslav League champion ( 1988– 1991) 3× Yugoslav Cup winner (1990, 1991, 1994) German Cup winner (1992) French All-Star Game (1993)
Medals Men's basketball Representing Yugoslavia European Championships 1991 Italy SFRY Team 1995 Greece FRY Team

Zoran Sretenović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Сретеновић; 5 August 1964 – 28 April 2022) ^[1] was a Serbian basketball 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. ^[2] He also won championships and cups of Germany, four titles, two Cups and two Supercups of Yugoslavia. ^[3]

National team career

Sretenović was a member of the Yugoslavia national cadet team at the 1981 European Championship for Cadets in Greece. Over six tournament games, he averaged 7.0 points per game. ^[4]

Sretenović was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team (representing SFR Yugoslavia) that won the gold medal at the 1991 FIBA European Championship in Rome, Italy. Over five tournament games, he averaged 3.8 points per game. ^[5]

Sretenović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team (representing FR Yugoslavia) that won the gold medal at EuroBasket 1995 in Athens, Greece. Over three tournament games, he averaged 1.3 points and 1.3 assists per game. ^[6]

Coaching career

Upon retiring, Sretenović entered into a coaching career.

In the 2001–02 season, he became head coach of KK Budućnost Podgorica. ^[7] 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. From July to November 2008, he was the head coach of KK Vojvodina Srbijagas. ^[8] He later worked in Polpharma Starogard Gdański and AZS Koszalin.

References

External links

• Zoran Sretenović at eurobasket.com