Miodrag "Mijo" Kadija (born 27 September 1962) is a Montenegrin basketball coach of Spars Ilidža of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ABA League Second Division.

Miodrag Kadija
Spars Ilidža
PositionHead coach
LeagueBosnian Championship
ABA League Second Division
Personal information
Born (1962-09-27) 27 September 1962 (age 61)
Cetinje, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalityMontenegrin
Coaching career1991–present
Career history
As coach:
1992–2001Lovćen
2001–2002Budućnost
2003–2004Atlas
2004–2005Lovćen Cetinje
2005Avala Ada
2005–2006Sloga
2007Igokea
2007Strumica
2013Feni Industries
2013–2017Teodo Tivat
2018–2019Lovćen 1947
2021,
2022–present
Spars
Medals
Men's basketball
Head coach for  Serbia and Montenegro
Under-16 European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Spain Team

Coaching career edit

Kadija coached Lovćen Cetinje, Budućnost,[1] Atlas, Avala Ada,[2] Sloga,[3] Igokea,[4] Strumica, Feni Industries,[5] Teodo Tivat.[6]

On 23 August 2018, Kadija became a head coach for the Montenegrin team Lovćen 1947 for the third time.[7] He left after the 2018–19 season ended.[8]

On 2 January 2021, Bosnian team Spars hired Kadija as their new head coach.[9][10][11][12] He left Spars after the 2020–21 season ended.[13] On 31 December 2021, he re-signed with Spars.[14][15]

National teams coaching career edit

Kadija was the head coach of the Serbia & Montenegro U16 national team that won the gold medal at the 2003 European Championship for Cadets in Madrid, Spain. He also coached National under-18 team at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Spain.[5]

Kadija was the head coach of the Montenegro U18 national team.

References edit

  1. ^ "KADIJA, MIODRAG". euroleague.net. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Djurović trener Mega Ishrane umesto Popovića". mondo.rs. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  3. ^ "SCG - Nasa Liga ends with cheers and tears". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. ^ "MIODRAG KADIJA NOVI TRENER IGOKEE". beoexcell.net. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Kadija novi trener Feni Industrije". vijesti.me. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Intervju: Miodrag Kadija, košarkaski trener". muslimanicg.info. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Miodrag Kadija returns to Lovćen". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Zoran Kašćelan novi trener košarkaša Lovćena?". cgsport.me. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. ^ "OKK Spars ima novog trenera". oslobodjenje.ba. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Miodrag Kadija novi trener Sparsa iz Sarajeva". sportklub.rs. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Kadija replaces Džemić on Spars bench". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Sparsi dobili novog trenera". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  13. ^ "OKK Spars dobio novog trenera". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Miodrag Kadija novi trener Sparsa iz Sarajeva". sportklub.rs. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Teodosića vodio do evropskog zlata, sada preuzeo klupu Sparsa". mondo.ba. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

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