Vanja Guša

Vanja Guša (Serbian Cyrillic: Вања Гуша; born July 28, 1966) is a Serbian basketball coach.

Vanja Guša
Personal information
Born (1966-07-28) July 28, 1966
Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
PositionHead coach
Coaching career1993–present
Career history
As coach:
2007–2009FMP (youth)
2009–2010Radnički Basket (assistant)
2010–2011FMP (youth)
2012–2013Crvena zvezda (youth)
2013–2016Kazma (assistant)
2016–2017Al Kuwait SC
2017–2019Zlatibor
2019–presentBahrain U18
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Head Coach for  Serbia
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
2013 UkraineU16 Team
FIBA Under-17 World Championship
2014 UAEU17 Team

Coaching career

Youth teams

Guša worked as a youth coach for teams from Belgrade such as: Beovuk 72 (1993–1995; 2003–2007), Beobanka (1996–1999), Avala Ada (2000–2003), FMP and Crvena zvezda.[1] He won two Nike International Junior Tournaments (NIJT) with FMP junior team (2008, 2009).[2][3]

Senior teams

In August 2013, Guša went to Kuwait.[4] He was an assistant coach for the Kazma of the Kuwaiti Division I League. On Jul 23, 2016, he was named the head coach for the Al Kuwait SC.[5]

On July 13, 2017, Guša was named the head coach for the Zlatibor of the Basketball League of Serbia.[2][6] He parted ways with Zlatibor in February 2019.[7]

National youth teams

Guša coached Serbian men's national youth basketball teams: under-16[8] (2013), under-17 (2014) and university team (2015). Also, he coached boys team for the EYOF (2011–2013).

In February 2019, Guša signed for the Bahrain Basketball Association as a head coach for the Bahrain junior national team.[9]

Career achievements

References
  1. "Vanja Gusa - SLA Profile". sports-leader-agency. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. "Vanja Guša novi trener košarkaša Zlatibora". zoomue.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. "Biografije selektora mlađih selekcija Srbije". kosarka24.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. "Vanja Guša ide u Kuvajt". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. "Coach Vanja Gusa (EX Kazma) agreed terms with Al Kuwait SC". asia-basket.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. "Vanja Guša novi trener košarkaša Zlatibora". radioluna.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  7. "Derbi u Beogradu, Sloboda bi da konačno obezbedi Superligu". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  8. "Serbia at U16 European Championship Men - DIVISION A 2013". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  9. "SPORTS WRAP: Gusa to coach basketball team". gdnonline.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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