Obradović, coaching Fenerbahçe, against Galatasaray.
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Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turkish League EuroLeague |
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Born |
Čačak, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
March 9, 1960 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 1982 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1980–1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1991–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1980–1984 | Borac Čačak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1991 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1991–1993 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Joventut Badalona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1997 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2000 | Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | Benetton Treviso | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2012 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–present | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Želimir "Željko" Obradović (Serbian Cyrillic: Желимир Жељко Обрадовић; born March 9, 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball head coach for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League. He is also a former professional basketball player.
He is generally considered one of the best European coaches ever, having won eight EuroLeague titles with four different teams. His list of professional titles won is unmatched by any other current European head coach. In addition to his success at the club level, he has won major trophies as a head coach of the Yugoslavian national basketball team, most notably the EuroBasket 1997 and the 1998 FIBA World Championship. In addition to lot of trophies he has won, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008.
He was born March 9, 1960, in Čačak, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia.
Obradović started his career as a basketball player with Borac Čačak, where he ended up playing 4 senior seasons, from 1980 until 1984, as a point guard.
Over the summer 1984, the then 24-year-old Obradović joined Partizan. He was brought in by Partizan's incoming head coach Moka Slavnić and vice president Dragan Kićanović, both recent retirees who had starred on the Yugoslav national team, as a legendary guard duo.