Željko Pavličević

Željko Pavličević

Pavličević coaching Shimane Susanoo Magic in 2012
Wakayama Trians
Position	Head coach
League	NBL
Personal information
Born	(1951-03-26) March 26, 1951 (age 66) Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Career information
Playing career	1969–1975
Coaching career	1975–present
Career history
As player:
1969–75	Lokomotiva
As coach:
1975–84	Cibona (assistant)
1984–86	Cibona
1986–87	OAR Ferrol
1989–90	TAU Vitoria
1990–91	Pop 84
1991–93	Panathinaikos
1996–97	Split
2003–06	Japan
2007–08	Zagreb
2010–13	Shimane Susanoo Magic
2013–present	Wakayama Trians

Željko Pavličević (born 26 March 1951) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently the head coach of NBL team Wakayama Trians.

Pavličević began playing basketball in 1969 for the junior team of Locomotiva in the city of Zagreb. He was studying at the Faculty of Chemical Technology at the basketball school.

Having passed all the categories in the club, (cadets, juniors etc.) in 1975, he became Mirko Novosel's assistant coach in the senior team of Cibona (until then WIT). In 1984–85 he was promoted to head coach, but only in domestic competitions (in Euroleague led Mirko Novosel).

In his first season as head coach with Cibona, won the Yugoslav Cup and the Yugoslav League (against Jugoplastika & Crvena zvezda ). As assistant coach he took part in the winning of the first title of European Champions Cup (the predecessor of today's Euroleague) with Cibona in Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium against Real Madrid. The following season, (1985–86) as head coach of Cibona both in domestic and European competitions and with the roster weakened by the loss of Andro Knego in Cajamadrid, but refreshed with newcomer Dražen Petrović, won the Yugoslav Cup and became back to back European champion in Budapest against the Soviet champions Žalgiris. This match was marked by the participation of the two best European players, Petrović and the Lithuanian center Arvydas Sabonis.