Saša Nikitović[a] (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Никитовић, born 12 June 1979[3]), is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for FMP of the Basketball League of Serbia and ABA League.
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| Position | Head Coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball League of Serbia ABA League | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 June 1979 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2001: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1997–2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2004–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As coach: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Partizan (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Crvena zvezda (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | Serbia (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Crvena zvezda | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Petrol Olimpija | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Dynamic Belgrade (youth) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Dynamic Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | FMP | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editNikitović played for Crvena zvezda, Radnički Obrenovac, Umka, Doboj (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and CSU Sibiu of the Romanian League.
Coaching career
editIn 2004,[4] Nikitović began his coaching career with Partizan in Belgrade as assistant coach of Duško Vujošević.[5] Later he moved to Crvena zvezda where he worked as assistant coach with Dragan Šakota and Stevan Karadžić.[5]
On 18 March 2011, Nikitović was named the head coach of Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the Basketball League of Serbia, after the coach Mihailo Uvalin got fired.[4][5]
On 19 November 2018, Nikitović was named a head coach of the Slovenian team Petrol Olimpija.[6][7] On 19 February 2019 Olimpija parted ways with Nikitović after the contract was terminated by a mutual agreement.[8]
In June 2019, was named the under-18 team head coach for Dynamic Belgrade, as well as their youth system coordinator.[9] On 12 February 2021, Dynamic Belgrade hired Nikitović as their new first team head coach.[10][11]
In January 2024, Nikitović was named the hear coach of FMP of the Basketball League of Serbia and ABA League.[12]
National teams
editNikitović was an assistant coach of Dušan Ivković in the national team of Serbia at two FIBA EuroBaskets, 2009 in Poland and 2011 in Lithuania, and at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey.[5] He won silver medal at EuroBasket 2009.
He was an assistant coach of Aleksandar Kesar in the university team of Serbia at two Summer Universiades, 2007 in Bangkok and 2009 in Belgrade.[5] He won a gold medal at 2009 Universiade and a silver medal at 2007 Universiade.[4]
Nikitović led the Serbia national under-16 team at the 2010 European U16 Championship in Montenegro and at the 2011 European U16 Championship in Czech Republic.[13][14]
He led the Bahrain national team at the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship in Philippines.[15][16]
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Promena u Ljubljani: Srbin preuzeo Olimpiju". mondo.rs. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Aleksandar Nikitović, novi trener KK "Crvena zvezda"". ekapija.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ EuroLeague profile
- ^ a b c Aleksandar Nikitović, novi trener KK Crvena zvezda
- ^ a b c d e Uvalina oterali i doveli Nikitovića
- ^ "Aleksandar Nikitović novi glavni trener Petrol Olimpije". petrol.olimpija.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Nikitović preuzeo Olimpiju". novosti.rs. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Jurij Zdovc is the new head coach of Petrol Olimpija". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Novo ime u Dinamikovom pogonu". kkdynamic.rs. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Učio od Duleta i Dude, vodio Zvezdu, sad preuzeo Dinamik". nova.rs. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "PROMENE NA DORĆOLU: Bivši Dudin pomoćnik preuzima Dinamik". tvarenasport.com. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "FMP SOCCERBET APPOINT SAŠA NIKITOVIĆ AS NEW HEAD COACH". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Sasa Nikitovic, Serbia - Profile". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Bodiroga On Youth; Serbia Coaching". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Coach awed by FIBA-Asia energy". philstar.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Bahrain to sign Serbian coach". archives.gdnonline.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
External links
edit- Profile at aba-liga.com