Bratislav Đorđević

Bratislav "Bata" Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Братислав Ђорђевић; born October 23, 1938) is a Serbian former professional basketball coach and player. He was a head coach of Crvena zvezda during the 1970s. He is the father of Aleksandar Đorđević, also a professional basketball coach and former player.[1][2]

Bratislav Đorđević
Personal information
Born (1938-10-23) 23 October 1938
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Career information
NBA draft1960 / Undrafted
Playing career1956–1963
Coaching career1964–1993
Career history
As player:
1956–1963Radnički Belgrade
As coach:
1964–1965Radnički Belgrade (youth)
1966–1967Branik Maribor
1971–1973Crvena zvezda
00Lifam Stara Pazova
1976–1979Crvena zvezda
1979–1980Radnički Belgrade
1980–1981Apollon Patras
1982Iraq
1983–1984Borovo Vukovar
1984–1987Al Wasl
00United Arab Emirates
1987–1988Borovo Vukovar
1988–1990Al Fahahil
1991Profikolor BNS
1991–1992Infos RTM Belgrade (associate)
1992–1993Limoges (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As coach:

Playing career

Đorđević spent the entire playing career in Radnički from Belgrade which played in the Yugoslav First Basketball League.

Coaching career

Đorđević began his coaching career in Radnički. But the most important success he has achieved with Crvena zvezda. He was coach of the Zvezda team that won the 1971–72 Yugoslav League title. The team included Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kapičić, Vladimir Cvetković, and Ljubodrag Simonović among others.

During his stint with Zvezda, his son Aleksandar had started to play basketball. Aleksandar did not get a serious chance in Crvena zvezda and continued his career with rival Partizan and later become one of the best Yugoslav and Serbian basketball players.

Besides Crvena zvezda, Đorđević coached many clubs and two national teams. The most important clubs that he trained are: Radnički, Branik Maribor, IMT Belgrade, Limoges CSP.

Also, he coached the national teams of Iraq and the United Arab Emirates.[3] At the 1982 Asian Games his team, Irag, had a 251–33 win over Yemen.

Đorđević founded the first basketball camps in Yugoslavia, in Zlatibor (1975) and Bor (1976).

Personal life

In addition to his coaching career, Đorđević worked as a physical education teacher at the Marko Orešković Elementary School in New Belgrade from 1967–1971.

Coaching record

Yugoslav First Basketball League
Team Year G W L W–L% Result
Crvena zvezda 1971–72 22175.773Champions
Crvena zvezda 1972–73 26206.769Runner-up
Crvena zvezda 1976–77 261511.5776th
Crvena zvezda 1977–78 261214.4628th
Crvena zvezda 1978–79 22913.7507th
Career–

See also

References
  1. Bratislav Đorđević: Da popravimo našu košarku
  2. "Otac je sinu najstrožiji kritičar (1987)". yugopapir.com. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. ""Sašin tata" - trener koji zaslužuje Ginisa". blic.rs. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
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