Aco Petrović (basketball)
Petrovic coaching Žalgiris in 2010.
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| Born |
14 October 1959 Požega, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
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| Died | 1 December 2014 (aged 55) Belgrade, Serbia |
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1993–2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1993–1997 | Radnički Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Crvena zvezda (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2003 | FMP Železnik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | FR Yugoslavia (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Hemofarm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Lokomotiv Rostov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | UNICS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Serbia (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Crvena zvezda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Žalgiris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | FMP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Azovmash | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | UNICS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aleksandar Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Петровић; October 14, 1959 – December 1, 2014), also known by his nickname Aco (Serbian Cyrillic: Ацо), was a Serbian basketball coach.
Petrović started his coaching career in Radnički Belgrade, where he spent four years. After that, he was assistant coach of the Crvena zvezda and won the 1997–98 Yugoslavia championship. He also led the FMP Železnik and Hemofarm Vršac from domestic clubs.
The first foreign engagement was in Russia in the team Lokomotiv Rostov, and with them he came to the final of 2005 FIBA Europe Conference North. Also, Petrović has led more than foreign clubs UNICS,Žalgiris and Azovmash.
Petrović was an assistant coach of Svetislav Pešić in the national team of Yugoslavia, with whom he won gold at the 2001 European Championships in Turkey and, a year later, at the World Championships in Indianapolis. He also has a silver medal from the 2009 European Championships in Poland when he was in the coaching staff of Dušan Ivković.
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