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Željko Zečević

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Željko Zečević
AS Salé
PositionHead coach
LeagueDivision Excellence
Personal information
Born (1963-10-21) October 21, 1963 (age 61)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Coaching career1992–present
Career history
As coach:
1992–1993KK Porec
1995–1997Cantú (assistant)
1997–1999La Maddalena Basket
2000CUS Catania
2000–2002Udine (juniors)
2001–2002CUS Catania
2003–2004Potenza
2004–2005Udine (assistant)
2004–2005Olimpia Melfi
2006–2008Scafati (assistant)
2009Egypt
2009–2010Sagesse SC
2010–2011Craiova
2010–2014Wydad AC
2015–2017Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
2017–2018US Monastir
2018–2019Al Hala
2019AS Salé
2019–2023SLAC
2021–presentGuinea
2023–presentAS Salé
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

Željko Zečević (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Зечевић; born 21 October 1963) is a Serbian professional basketball coach, who is the current head coach of AS Salé of the Moroccan Division Excellence. He is also the head coach of the Guinea national team since 2021.

Coaching career

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Born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), Zečević started coaching youth teams in 1988 in his hometown.[1]

Zečević started coaching in Italy in 2000, as coach of the Amatori Sniadero Udine junior team. In the 2003–04 season, he made his debut with Potenza of the C-1.[citation needed]

From 2015 to 2017, he was the head coach of Chabab Rif Al Hoceima in the Moroccan Division Excellence.[2]

In 2009, he left Italy to coach for Sagesse SC in Lebanon. In 2010, Zečević signed with Wydad AC, his first African club.[citation needed] He would later spend time as the head coach of several teams on the continent.

In 2019, Zečević signed as head coach of SLAC of the Guinean Ligue 1. He coached SLAC to their first-ever qualification for the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in 2022.[citation needed]

For the 2023–24 season, he signed with AS Salé of the Moroccan Division Excellence, returning after four years for a second stint.[3]

National team coaching career

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Zečević coached the Egypt national team at the 2009 FIBA AfroBasket and 2011 FIBA AfroBasket.[citation needed]

In February 2021, Zečević took over as head coach of the Guinea national team.[4] He coached the team in the 2021 AfroBasket.

Head coaching record

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BAL

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Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
SLAC 2022 5 2 3 .400 4th in Sahara Conference 1 0 1 .000 Lost in Quarterfinals
2023 5 1 4 .200 5th in Sahara Conference DNQ


References

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  1. ^ "Zeljko Zecevic - Official (2021)". www.localgymsandfitness.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Zeljko Zecevic". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. ^ Ndour, Papa Lamine (1 September 2023). "Basket - Guinée : SLAC, tout un projet à refaire ? - A la une". Sport News Africa (in French). Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  4. ^ "With new coach, some of Guinea's best talents return for last shot at AfroBasket Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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