Petar Popović (basketball, born 1959)

Petar Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Поповић; born 13 July 1959) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player.

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Petar Popović
Personal information
Born (1959-07-13) 13 July 1959
Kraljevo, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Career information
Playing career1976–1997
PositionShooting guard
Number6
Coaching career2001–2011
Career history
As player:
1976–1993Zadar
1993–1996Benston Zagreb
1996–1997Zadar
As coach:
2001,
2006–2007		Zadar
2009–2011Zadar (youth)
Career highlights and awards
As player

As head coach

Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 1981 Czechoslovakia Team
European Championship for Juniors
Bronze medal – third place1978 ItalyTeam

Playing career

Popović played for Zadar in the Yugoslav First League (later Croatian League) for 18 seasons. In 1993 he moved to Zagreb where he signed with Benston of the Croatian League.[1]

National team career

Popović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team, alongside Krešimir Ćosić, Dragan Kićanović, Dražen Dalipagić and Mirza Delibašić, that won the silver medal at the EuroBasket 1981 held in Czechoslovakia. Over six tournament games, he averaged 2.3 points per game.[2] Also, he won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championship for Juniors in Italy where he averaged 10 points per game.[3]

Coaching career

Popović was selected as the head coach for Zadar twice; the first time briefly in 2001, and later from the end of the 2005–06 season till March 2007.[4][5]

Personal life

His son, Marko, was also a professional basketball player. His nephews are both former professional basketballers, Alan Gregov,[6] who won the silver medal with the Croatia national team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, a bronze medal at the 1994 FIBA World Championship and a bronze medal at EuroBasket 1993, and Arijan Komazec.[7]

References
  1. "INTERVJU: PETAR POPOVIĆ... – KK Dubrava". kkdubrava.hr. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  2. "Petar Popovic's profile | 1981 European Championship for Men". ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  3. "Petar Popovic's profile | 1978 European Championship for Junior Men". ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  4. "Treneri Zadra: Od Slavka Trninića do Tihomira Bujana". Zadarski list. 2011-01-24. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  5. "Petar Popović podnio ostavku - Sport". Index.hr. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  6. "Alan Gregov - Večernji.hr". vecernji.hr. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  7. "Zadarska sporstska dinastija". KOŠ (5). February 1990. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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