Filip Socek

Filip Socek (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Соцек; born December 31, 1982) is a Serbian basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Pirot of the Basketball League of Serbia.

Filip Socek
Pirot
PositionHead coach
LeagueBasketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born (1982-12-31) December 31, 1982
Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Career information
NBA draft2004 / Undrafted
Playing career2001–2009
PositionGuard
Coaching career2009–present
Career history
As coach:
2009–2011Mladost Bački Jarak (assistant)
2011–2012Meridiana (assistant)
2012–2014Meridiana
2014–2015Spartak
2015–2019,
2019–2020		Vojvodina
2020–presentPirot
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Assistant Coach for  Serbia
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
2013 UkraineU16 Team

Playing career

Socek was professional basketball player who played for his hometown team Vojvodina and for Montenegrin teams Mogren and Ulcinj.[1] He finished his playing career with Mladost Bački Jarak in 2009.

Coaching career

Socek was a coach head coach of Mladost Bački Jarak and Meridiana.[2] He won the Serbian B League in 2012–13 season with Meridiana.

He was an assistant coach for Serbia men's national under-16 basketball team which won a silver medal at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship.[3]

Prior to the 2014–15 season, Socek became a head coach for the Spartak Subotica. In January 2015, Socek was named as a head coach for the Vojvodina.[1] He left Vojvodina after the 2018–19 season. In November 2019, he signed for Vojvodina.[4] He left the club after in June 2020.

On 16 November 2020, Socek was hired as the new head coach of Pirot.[5]

Career achievements and awards

References
  1. "Socek: Vošini klinci i klub rastu svaki dan". rtv.rs. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. "Socek Filip Trener". sportskiklubmeridiana.net. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. "Serbia U16 Roster 2013". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. "Vojvodina gostuje u Pančevu". kls.rs. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  5. "SAOPŠTENJE KK PIROT". kls.rs. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. "NAGRADA KSV 2017" (PDF). ksv.org.rs. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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