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.
| AS Salé | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Division Excellence |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 21, 1963 Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Coaching career | 1992–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1992–1993 | KK Porec |
| 1995–1997 | Cantú (assistant) |
| 1997–1999 | La Maddalena Basket |
| 2000 | CUS Catania |
| 2000–2002 | Udine (juniors) |
| 2001–2002 | CUS Catania |
| 2003–2004 | Potenza |
| 2004–2005 | Udine (assistant) |
| 2004–2005 | Olimpia Melfi |
| 2006–2008 | Scafati (assistant) |
| 2009 | Egypt |
| 2009–2010 | Sagesse SC |
| 2010–2011 | Craiova |
| 2010–2014 | Wydad AC |
| 2015–2017 | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima |
| 2017–2018 | US Monastir |
| 2018–2019 | Al Hala |
| 2019 | AS Salé |
| 2019–2023 | SLAC |
| 2021–present | Guinea |
| 2023–present | AS Salé |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As head coach:
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Coaching career
editBorn 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
editZečević 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
editBAL
edit| 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
edit- ^ "Zeljko Zecevic - Official (2021)". www.localgymsandfitness.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Zeljko Zecevic". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "With new coach, some of Guinea's best talents return for last shot at AfroBasket Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
External links
edit- Zeljko Zecevic at Asia-basket.com
- Život posvećen košarci
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