Trifunović coaching Crvena zvezda in February 2010.
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Pınar Karşıyaka | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | Turkish Basketball Super League |
Personal information | |
Born |
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
30 May 1967
Nationality | Serbian |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 1989 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 1985–2001 |
Coaching career | 2002–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1985–1988 | Crvena zvezda |
1988–1991 | Zadar |
1991–1997 | Crvena zvezda |
1997–1998 | Fribourg |
1998–2000 | Pogoń Ruda Śląska |
2000–2001 | Beopetrol |
As coach: | |
2002–2003 | Crvena zvezda |
2003–2004 | Crvena zvezda (assistant) |
2004–2005 | Crvena zvezda |
2006–2008 | Lietuvos rytas |
2008–2009 | Panionios |
2009 | Spartak Saint Petersburg |
2009–2010 | Crvena zvezda |
2010–2011 | Lietuvos rytas |
2011–2012 | Žalgiris |
2013–2015 | Astana |
2016–2017 | Yeşilgiresun Belediye |
2017–present | Pınar Karşıyaka |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Aleksandar Trifunović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Трифуновић; born 30 May 1967) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of Pınar Karşıyaka.
Trifunović began his pro career with Crvena zvezda before moving to KK Zadar where he played for 3 seasons under head coaches Dragan Šakota, Slavko Trninić, and Krešimir Ćosić.
He returned to Crvena zvezda in summer 1992, contributing greatly to the club's two back-to-back league titles.
Trifunović was the manager of the Serbian League club Crvena zvezda during the 2001–02 season.
Trifunović was the head coach of the Serbian club Crvena zvezda during the 2002–03 season and during the month of December during the 2004-05 season. He firmly established his head coaching career in Lithuania with the Lithuanian League club Lietuvos rytas in the years 2006–2008. Rytas club reached the ULEB Cup finals in the 2006–07 season and the Euroleague Top 16 stage in the 2007–08 season. He also won the Baltic League championship in 2007 with Rytas.
In the 2008 off-season he became the head coach of the Greek League club Panionios.
In 2009, he became the head coach of the Russian Super League club Spartak Saint Petersburg. He resigned from the club on November 10, 2009.