Saša Nikitović

Saša Nikitović (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Никитовић, born 12 June 1979[1]), sometimes mistakenly referred as Aleksandar Nikitović,[2][3] is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player.

Saša Nikitović
Dynamic Belgrade
PositionYouth Coach
Youth Selections Coordinator
Personal information
Born (1979-06-12) 12 June 1979
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Career information
NBA draft2001 / Undrafted
Playing career1997–2003
PositionGuard
Coaching career2004–present
Career history
As coach:
2004–2005Partizan (assistant)
2005–2008Crvena zvezda (assistant)
2009–2013Serbia (assistant)
2011Crvena zvezda
2013Bahrain
2018–2019Petrol Olimpija
2019–presentDynamic Belgrade (youth)
Career highlights and awards
As assistant coach:
Medals
Men's basketball
Assistant coach for  Serbia
FIBA EuroBasket
2009 Poland Team
Summer Universiade
2009 Belgrade Team
2007 Bangkok Team

Playing career

Nikitović played for Crvena zvezda, Radnički Obrenovac, Umka, Doboj (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and CSU Sibiu of the Romanian League.

Coaching career

In 2004,[4] Nikitović began his coaching career with Partizan in Belgrade as assistant coach of Duško Vujošević.[5] Later he moved to Crvena zvezda where he worked as assistant coach with Dragan Šakota and Stevan Karadžić.[5]

On 18 March 2011, Nikitović was named the head coach of Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the Basketball League of Serbia, after the coach Mihailo Uvalin got fired.[4][5]

On 19 November 2018, Nikitović was named a head coach of the Slovenian team Petrol Olimpija.[6][7] On February 19, 2019, Olimpija parted ways with Nikitović after the contract was terminated by a mutual agreement.[8]

In June 2019, was named the under-18 team head coach for Dynamic Belgrade, as well as their youth selections coordinator.[9]

National teams

Nikitović was an assistant coach of Dušan Ivković in the national team of Serbia at two FIBA EuroBaskets, 2009 in Poland and 2011 in Lithuania, and at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.[5] He won silver medal at EuroBasket 2009.

He was an assistant coach of Aleksandar Kesar in the university team of Serbia at two Summer Universiades, 2007 in Bangkok and 2009 in Belgrade.[5] He won a gold medal at 2009 Universiade and a silver medal at 2007 Universiade.[4]

Nikitović led the Serbia national under-16 team at the 2010 European U16 Championship in Montenegro and at the 2011 European U16 Championship in Czech Republic.[10][11]

He led the Bahrain national team at the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship in Philippines.[12][13]

See also

References
  1. EuroLeague profile
  2. "Promena u Ljubljani: Srbin preuzeo Olimpiju". mondo.rs. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  3. "Aleksandar Nikitović, novi trener KK "Crvena zvezda"". ekapija.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  4. Aleksandar Nikitović, novi trener KK Crvena zvezda
  5. Uvalina oterali i doveli Nikitovića
  6. "Aleksandar Nikitović novi glavni trener Petrol Olimpije". petrol.olimpija.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  7. "Nikitović preuzeo Olimpiju". novosti.rs. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  8. "Jurij Zdovc is the new head coach of Petrol Olimpija". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  9. "Novo ime u Dinamikovom pogonu". kkdynamic.rs. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  10. "Sasa Nikitovic, Serbia - Profile". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  11. "Bodiroga On Youth; Serbia Coaching". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  12. "Coach awed by FIBA-Asia energy". philstar.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  13. "Bahrain to sign Serbian coach". archives.gdnonline.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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