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Slobodan Ivković

Slobodan Ivković

Serbian basketball player and coach (1937–1995)

Slobodan "Piva" Ivković (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Ивковић; 4 August 1937 – 28 November 1995[1]) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach.

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Playing career

Ivković played club basketball at the senior level in the club Radnički Belgrade. He was a well-talented player with much better physical capabilities, but nobody managed to stabilize him as a player. Besides that, he had weak sight, which was a serious problem since in those times many games were played outside, during the night.[2]

Coaching career

Ivković was one of the first Serbian coaches that went to school in the USA. He was the founder of the creation of a modern coach organization in the former Yugoslavia. He coached in the following clubs: Radnički Belgrade, OKK Belgrade, MZT Skopje, Kazma (Kuwait), and Al Ahli (United Arab Emirates).[1]

Personal life

His younger brother Dušan was a former basketball player and FIBA Hall of Fame coach.

Ivković is related to the famous Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla. Ivković's maternal grandmother Olga Mandić and Tesla were first cousins.[3][4]

A memorial tournament named after him is held in Belgrade. The organizer is the basketball club Radnički.[5]

Career achievements

Head coach

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Slobodan Ivković–Piva" (PDF). okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    B92 - Dušan Ivković - Svugde nosim svoj krst
  3. [3]
    B92.rs - Dušan Ivković - Svugde nosim svoj krst (in Serbian)
  4. [4]
    Legenda dana - Dušan Ivković Archived 2012-03-02 at the Wayback Machine; Blic, 4 September 2010
  5. [5]
    Srbijasport - IV memorijalni turnir `Slobodan - Piva Ivković`
  6. [6]
    Euroleague - The excitement starts here
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