Bratislav Đorđević

Bratislav Đorđević
Personal information
Born (1938-10-23) 23 October 1938
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Career information
Playing career 1954–1963
Coaching career 1964–2003
Career history
As player:
1954–1963 Radnički Belgrade
As coach:
1964–1966 Radnički Belgrade
1971–1973 Crvena zvezda
?–? Branik Maribor
?–? Lifam Stara Pazova
1976–1979 Crvena zvezda
?–? Borovo Vukovar
?–? Al Wasl
?–? Al Fahahil
?–? IMT Belgrade
?–? Limoges
?–? Iran
?–? United Arab Emirates
Career highlights and awards

As coach:

Bratislav "Bata" Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Братислав Ђорђевић; born October 23, 1938) is Serbian former professional basketball coach and player. He was a head coach of Crvena zvezda during the 1970s. He is the father of Aleksandar Đorđević, also a professional basketball coach and former player.[1]

Basketball career

Đorđević spent the entire playing career in Radnički from Belgrade which played in Yugoslav First Basketball League.

Coaching career

Đorđević began his coaching career in Radnički. But the most important success he has achieved with the Crvena zvezda. He was coach during the winning Yugoslav League title in 1971–72 season. During that season, the leaders were: Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kapičić, Vladimir Cvetković and Ljubodrag Simonović.

During his work at the Crvena zvezda, his son Aleksandar started to play basketball. Aleksandar did not get a real chance in Crvena zvezda and his career continued to rival Partizan and later become one of the best Yugoslav and Serbian basketball players.

Besides the Crvena zvezda, Đorđević trained a large number of clubs and two national tems. The most important clubs that he trained are: Radnički, Branik Maribor, IMT Belgrade, Limoges CSP. He also coached the national teams of Iran and United Arab Emirates.

Đorđević founded the first basketball camps in Yugoslavia, in Zlatibor (1975) and Bor (1976).

Personal life

In addition to his coaching career, Đorđević worked as physical education teacher at Marko Orešković Elementary School in New Belgrade from 1966–1971.[2]

Coaching record

Yugoslav First Basketball League

Team Year G W L WL% Result
Radnički 1964 18 7 11 .389 8th
Radnički 1965 22 7 15 .318 9th
Radnički 1966 22 10 12 .455 9th
Crvena zvezda 1971–72 22 17 5 .773 Champions
Crvena zvezda 1972–73 26 20 6 .769 Runner-up
Crvena zvezda 1976–77 26 15 11 .577 6th
Crvena zvezda 1977–78 26 12 14 .462 8th
Crvena zvezda 1978–79 22 9 13 .750 7th
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References

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