Slobodan Ivković
| Personal information | |
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| Born |
4 August 1937 Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Died | 2 October 2003 (aged 66) Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| Radnički Belgrade | |
| As coach: | |
| Radnički Belgrade | |
| OKK Belgrade | |
| MZT Skopje | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Slobodan "Piva" Ivković (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Ивковић; 4 August 1937 – 28 September 1995) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach.
Ivković played club basketball at the senior level in the club Radnički Belgrade. He was well-talented player with much better physical capabilities, but nobody managed to stabilize him as player. Besides that, he had weak sight, which was a serious problem since in those times many games were played outside, during the night.
Ivković coached in the following clubs: Radnički Belgrade, OKK Belgrade, MZT Skopje and clubs in Kuwait and in the United Arab Emirates. He was one of the first Serbian coaches that went to school in the USA. He is the founder of creation of modern coach organization in the former Yugoslavia.
Ivković's younger brother Dušan is also a famous basketball player and coach.
Ivković is related to the famous Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla. Ivković's maternal grandmother Olga Mandić and Tesla's mother Đuka Mandić were sisters. Ironically, Tesla died the same year Dušan Ivković was born.
A memorial tournament named after him is held in Belgrade. The organizer is the basketball club Radnički.
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