Nebojša Raičević (Serbian Cyrillic: Небојша Раичевић; born 1961) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Lastly, he was the head coach for Napredak Aleksinac of the Basketball League of Serbia.

Nebojša Raičević
Free agent
PositionHead coach
Personal information
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Kruševac, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Career information
NBA draft1983: undrafted
Coaching career1994–present
Career history
As player:
00Napredak Kruševac
As coach:
1994–1995Napredak Kruševac
1998–1999Napredak Aleksinac
00OKK Kruševac
2013Al-Muharraq
2014–2016Napredak Kruševac
2017–2021Napredak Aleksinac
Medals
Men's Basketball
Head coach for  Iran
FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2008 Iran U18 Team

Coaching career

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In 1999, Raičević founded the basketball club based in his hometown, OKK Kruševac.[1]

In July 2013, Raičević was named the head coach for Al-Muharraq of the Bahraini Premier League.[1]

In 2017, Raičević was hired as the new head coach of Napredak Aleksinac. His team finished second in the Second League of Serbia's 2018–19 season and got promoted to the Basketball League of Serbia for the first time in club's history.[2][3] He left Napredak in February 2021.[4]

National team coaching career

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Raičević was an assistant coach of the Yugoslavia national under-18 team at the 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Croatia.

Raičević was the head coach of the Iran national U18 team that won the gold medal at the 2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship with a 6–1 record.[5] Also, he was the Iran U19 head coach at the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nebojša Raičević osvaja Bahrein". rtk.rs. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Košarkaši „Napretka" iz Aleksinca novi prvoligaši". gradjanin.rs. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Небојша Раичевић: Срећан сам у Напретку, позивам навијаче у Халу". alpress.rs. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. ^ "KLS: Klonferi bolji od abaligaša, simultanka Samojlovića u Aleksincu, Dreksel MVP". mvp.rs. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Iranian Men National Team U18/19 2008". asia-basket.com. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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