Jadranko "Jadran" Vujačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јадранко Вујачић; born 27 December 1959) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player.
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| Born | 27 December 1959 Titograd, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Montenegrin | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1981: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1977–1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 5, 8, 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1998–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| 1977–1980 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||
| Budućnost | |||||||||||||||
| Olimpija | |||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Sloboda DITA | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Borac Banja Luka | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Borac Čačak | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Budućnost | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Makedonija 91 | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 1998–present | Joker Podgorica | ||||||||||||||
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Playing career edit
A center, Vujačić played for Partizan, Budućnost, Olimpija, Sloboda DITA, Borac Banja Luka, Borac Čačak, and Makedonija 91. He won three FIBA Korać Cup tournaments with Partizan.[1] Vujačić retired as a player with Makedonija 91 in 1998.
National team career edit
Vujačić was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that won the gold medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in Morocco.
Coaching career edit
After retirement in 1998, Vujačić founded the Joker Basketball Academy in his hometown Podgorica, Montenegro.[2] Professional basketball players such as Nikola Mirotić and Marko Todorović started to play basketball there.[3][4][5][6]
References edit
- ^ "Kakav tim, strašan tim". kosmagazin. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Nikola Mirotić i Jadran Vujačić osnovali menadžersku agenciju". fosmedia.me. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Explosión NBA de Mirotic. Su descubridor Jadran Vujacic la explica en Gigantes". gigantes.com. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Coming to America". nba.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Čudo iz Crne Gore". vijesti.me. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Las lecciones aprendidas de Nikola Mirotic y Marko Todorovic". acb.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
External links edit
- Coach Profile at treneri.me
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