Đorđe Andrijašević

Đorđe Andrijašević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Андријашевић; born 5 May 1931), credited as Giorgio Andrijassevic in Italy, is a Serbian professional basketball former player and former coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. He was the first coach to use full-court press technique in Europe.

Đorđe Andrijašević

Personal information
Born	(1931-05-05) 5 May 1931 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Career information
NBA draft	1953: undrafted
Playing career	1950–1963
Position	Guard
Number	6
Coaching career	1956–1987
Career history
As player:
1950–1955	Crvena zvezda
1955–1958	Pallacanestro Pavia
1962–1963	JA Vichy
As coach:
1956–1958	Pallacanestro Pavia
1962–1970	JA Vichy
1970–1971	Crvena zvezda
1974–1976	Caen
1977–1986	Olympique Antibes
1986–1987	Caen
Career highlights and awards
As player: 6× Yugoslav League champion (1950–1955) As coach: 2× French Cup winner (1969, 1970) Yugoslav Cup winner (1971)

Playing career

Andrijašević played for Crvena zvezda from 1950 to 1956. During that time he won six Yugoslav Championships.

In July 1950, he was a member of the Zvezda squad that won an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy.

After 1955, he played in Italy and France.

National team career

As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Andrijašević participated in 1954 FIBA World Championship and 1953 and 1955 European Championship. Andrijašević has played 47 games for the national team.

Coaching career

Andrijašević played and coached Pallacanestro Pavia from 1955 to 1958. From 1962 to 1970 he coached the JA Vichy (in 1962–63 as player-coach), winning two French Cups and reaching the finals of the European Cup Winner's Cup in 1970. Andrijašević led Olympique Antibes in second place in the championship and the semifinals at FIBA Korać Cup in 1984.

Andrijašević was the first one to use full-court press technique in Europe. His zone press was an adapted and improved version of Gene Johnson's full-court press. He used it for the first time with French team JA Vichy in 1965.

Career achievements

Player

• Yugoslav League champion: 6 (with Crvena zvezda: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955).

Coach

• French Cup winner: 2 (with JA Vichy: 1968–69, 1969–70).
• Yugoslav Cup winner: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1970–71).

See also

• List of KK Crvena zvezda players with 100 games played
• List of Red Star Belgrade basketball coaches