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Saša Nikitović
Petrol Olimpija
PositionHead Coach
LeagueSlovenian League
ABA League
Personal information
Born (1979-06-12) 12 June 1979 (age 45)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Career information
NBA draft2001: undrafted
Playing career1997–2003
Coaching career2004–present
Career history
As coach:
2004–2005Partizan (assistant)
2005–2008Crvena zvezda (assistant)
2007–2009Serbian university team (assistant)
2009–2013Serbia (assistant)
2010–2011Serbia U16
2011Crvena zvezda
2013Bahrain
2018–presentPetrol Olimpija
Career highlights and awards
As assistant coach:
Medals
Men's basketball
Assistant coach for  Serbien
FIBA EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 2009 Poland Team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bangkok Team

Saša Nikitović (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Никитовић, born June 12, 1979[1]), sometimes credited as Aleksandar Nikitović, is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Petrol Olimpija of the Slovenian League.

Playing career

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

Coaching career

In 2004,[2] Nikitović began his coaching career with Partizan in Belgrade as assistant coach of Duško Vujošević.[3] Later he moved to Crvena zvezda where he worked as assistant coach with Dragan Šakota and Stevan Karadžić.[3]

On March 18, 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.[2][3]

On November 19, 2018, Nikitović was named a head coach of the Slovenian team Petrol Olimpija.[4][5]

National team

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.[3] 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.[3] He won a gold medal at 2009 Universiade and a silver medal at 2007 Universiade.[2]

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.[6][7]

He led the Bahrain national team at 2013 FIBA Asia Championship in Philippines.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ EuroLeague profile
  2. ^ a b c Aleksandar Nikitović, novi trener KK Crvena zvezda
  3. ^ a b c d e Uvalina oterali i doveli Nikitovića
  4. ^ "Aleksandar Nikitović novi glavni trener Petrol Olimpije". petrol.olimpija.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Nikitović preuzeo Olimpiju". novosti.rs. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Sasa Nikitovic, Serbia - Profile". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Bodiroga On Youth; Serbia Coaching". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Coach awed by FIBA-Asia energy". philstar.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Bahrain to sign Serbian coach". archives.gdnonline.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

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