Borislav "Bora" Džaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Борислав Џаковић, 24 October 1947 – 28 June 2019) was a Serbian-Bosnian professional basketball coach and player.

Borislav Džaković
Personal information
Born(1947-10-24)24 October 1947
Mostar, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died28 June 2019(2019-06-28) (aged 71)
Belgrade, Serbia
NationalitySerbian / Bosnian
Career information
Playing career1963–1967
Coaching career1973–2010
Career history
As player:
1963–1967Lokomotiva Mostar
As coach:
1973–198222. decembar
1982–1984Partizan
1984–1987Sloboda Tuzla
1987–1989Šibenka
1989Borac Banja Luka
1990–1992Sloboda Tuzla
1992Vojvodina
1993–1994ENAD Ayiou Dometiou
1994–1995Partizan
1995–1996Crvena zvezda
1997–1998Crvena zvezda (assistant)
1998Crvena zvezda
2003–2006Sloboda Tuzla
2009–2010Borac Banja Luka

Coaching career

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The greatest success of Džaković was the double crown with Partizan in the 1994–95 season.[1] Džaković managed with Sloboda Tuzla to get into the Yugoslav First Basketball League for the 1986–87 season and the 1991–92 season. He also led the Šibenka, Borac Banja Luka and Crvena zvezda.[2]

The only foreign engagement was in Cyprus Division A, where he coached ENAD Ayiou Dometiou, based in Nicosia.[3]

National team coaching career

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Džaković was a head coach of the Yugoslavia national team that won a silver medal at the 1986 Balkan Championship.[4]

Career achievements

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Personal life

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Džaković died on 28 June 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia, after a battle with a disease.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Borislav-Boro Džaković: Mostar i BiH su nepresušni izvori sportskih talenata". novasloboda.ba. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  2. ^ "TUŽNA KOŠARKAŠKA VEST Preminuo Borislav Bora Džaković, bivši trener Partizana i Zvezde". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Preminuo košarkaški trener Borislav Džaković". b92.net. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Odlazak legende: Umro Borislav-Boro Džaković, košarkaški virtouz, Mostarac od glave do pete". novasloboda.ba. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Preminuo Borislav Džaković, legendarni trener KK Sloboda Dita". tuzlanski.ba. Retrieved 29 June 2019.