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Aleksandar Matović
Partizan Mozzart Bet
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueBasketball League of Serbia
ABA League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1978-01-03) 3 January 1978 (age 46)
Čačak, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Career history
As coach:
00Superfund
2015–2016AEK (assistant)
2016Budućnost (assistant)
2017–2021Partizan (assistant)
2017; 2018Partizan (interim)
2021Partizan
2021–presentPartizan (assistant)
Medals
Men's basketball
Assistant coach for  Serbia
U19 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2011 Latvia Team
U18 European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Spain Team

Aleksandar Matović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Матовић; born 3 January 1978) is a Serbian basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague.

Coaching career

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Matović started his coaching career as a youth coach for Borac Čačak and Partizan. Later, Matović was the head coach of Superfund.[1]

In August 2015, Matović became an assistant coach of AEK under Dragan Šakota.[2][3] In July 2016, he became an assistant coach for Budućnost under Vlado Šćepanović.[4]

Individually through the years, Matović was a player development coach for many NBA players, such as Klay Thompson, Mychel Thompson, Goran Dragić, Zoran Dragić, Semih Erden, Sasha Vujačić, Andris Biedriņš, and Vladimir Radmanović.[2]

Partizan (2017–present)

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In summer 2017, Matović became an assistant coach for Partizan NIS under Miroslav Nikolić.[5][6] In mid-December 2017, Matović was the interim head coach for Partizan following departure of coach Nikolić.[7] On 13 December, he coached the Partizan team in a 83–67 loss to RETAbet Bilbao Basket.[8] On the next day, Matović joined staff of Nenad Čanak who was hired as the new Partizan head coach.[9]

In October 2018, Matović was named the interim head coach for Partizan following departure of coach Čanak.[10] On 31 October, Matović had a 77–72 loss to Turk Telecom.[11][12] Matović finished his second stint as the interim head coach with one lost when new head coach Andrea Trinchieri was hired on 1 November, joining his coaching staff as assistant.[13][6]

On 8 March 2021, Partizan NIS hired Matović as their new head coach for the rest of the 2020–21 season.[14][15] Two days later, he made his official debut in a 75–70 loss to Metropolitans 92.[16][17] Following this lost, Partizan was eliminated in the Top 16 stage of the 2020–21 EuroCup season.[18] He left the head coach position in June 2021, following arrival of the new head coach Željko Obradović.[19] In August, he was named back as an assistant coach for Partizan under Obradović.[20]

National teams

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In June 2021, Matović was added to the coaching staff of Serbia men's national team under Igor Kokoškov as a player development coach.[21][22]

Career achievements

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As assistant coach

Coaching record

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EuroCup

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Team Year G W L W–L% Result
Partizan 2017–18 1 0 1 .000 Interim head coach
Partizan 2018–19 1 0 1 .000
Partizan 2020–21 1 0 1 .000 Eliminated in Top 16 stage
Career 3 0 3 .000

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "PET NA PET – Aleksandar Aco Matović: Moji košarkaški uzori bili su Saša Danilović i Dominikanac Sibilio". kablarnet.rs. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "AEK Athens B.C. announces Aleksandar Matovic". aekbc.gr. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ^ "AEK pravi tim za titulu". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Aleksandar Matović asistira Šćepanoviću". vijesti.me. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. ^ "PARTIZAN POTVRDIO: Saša Filipovski nije više trener, Aleksandar Matović predvodi ekipu". kurir.rs. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b "PARTIZAN JE SAD U NJEGOVIM RUKAMA: Godinama trenira Bogdana Bogdanovića, razvijao niz velikih asova!". mondo.rs. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Miroslav Nikolić is no longer head coach of Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Partizan NIS Belgrade 67 -- RETAbet Bilbao Basket 83". eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Nenad Čanak is the new head coach of Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Definitivno - Matović vodi Partizan u Ankari". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Turk Telekom Ankara 77 -- Partizan NIS Belgrade 72". eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  12. ^ "PARTIZAN - TURK TELEKOM Matović posle poraza u Ankari: Mekano smo ušli u meč, birali smo loša rešenja". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Andrea Trinchieri signs as Partizan's first foreign head coach". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Zvanično: Filipovski bivši, Mijatović uz Matovića do kraja sezone". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Sporazmni raskid saradnje sa Sašom Filipovskim, prvi tim do kraja sezone predvodi Aleksandar Matović". kkpartizan.rs. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Matović pred ključni duel Partizana u Evrokupu: Pogled u prvi korak". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Partizan NIS Belgrade 70 -- Boulogne Metropolitans 92 75". eurocupbasketball.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Kraj puta, ispade Partizan iz Evrokupa". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  19. ^ "ZVANIČNO: Partizan potvrdio, vratio se Žoc!". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Zvanično: Partizan objavio članove stručnog štaba". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Aleksandar Matović priključen pripremama reprezentacije Srbije". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  22. ^ "MATOVIĆ U REPREZENTACIJI SRBIJE: Trener Partizana dobio posebno zaduženje". novosti.rs. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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