Jadran Vujačić
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| Born | 27 December 1959 Titograd, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Montenegrin | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 1981: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1977–1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 5, 8, 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1998–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| 1977–1980 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||
| Budućnost | |||||||||||||||
| Olimpija | |||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Sloboda DITA | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Borac Banja Luka | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Borac Čačak | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Budućnost | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Makedonija 91 | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 1998–present | Joker Podgorica | ||||||||||||||
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Jadranko "Jadran" Vujačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јадранко Вујачић; born 27 December 1959) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player.
Playing career
[edit]A center, Vujačić played for Partizan, Budućnost, Olimpija, Sloboda DITA, Borac Banja Luka, Borac Čačak, and Makedonija 91. He won three FIBA Korać Cup tournaments with Partizan.[1] Vujačić retired as a player with Makedonija 91 in 1998.
National team career
[edit]Vujačić was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that won the gold medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in Morocco.
Coaching career
[edit]After retirement in 1998, Vujačić founded the Joker Basketball Academy in his hometown Podgorica, Montenegro.[2] Professional basketball players such as Nikola Mirotić and Marko Todorović started to play basketball there.[3][4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kakav tim, strašan tim". kosmagazin. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Nikola Mirotić i Jadran Vujačić osnovali menadžersku agenciju". fosmedia.me. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Explosión NBA de Mirotic. Su descubridor Jadran Vujacic la explica en Gigantes". gigantes.com. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Coming to America". nba.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Čudo iz Crne Gore". vijesti.me. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Las lecciones aprendidas de Nikola Mirotic y Marko Todorovic". acb.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Coach Profile at treneri.me
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- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia
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