Zoran Krečković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Кречковић, born April 17, 1959) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player.

Zoran Krečković
Personal information
Born (1959-04-17) 17 April 1959 (age 65)
Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Career information
NBA draft1981: undrafted
Playing career1977–1992
PositionShooting guard
Number6
Coaching career1996–present
Career history
As player:
1977–1978Partizan
1982–1992IMT
As coach:
1996–2000Beopetrol
2001–2002Crvena zvezda
2002–2003Yamolgaz '92 Yambol
2004–2006,
2008–2009
Kuwait
2011–2012Al Sadd
2012Osaka Evessa
2012–2014Al-Jahra
2014–2018Al Sadd
2018–2020Al-Jahra
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As head coach:

  • Emir of Qatar Cup winner (2012)

Coaching career

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Krečković began his coaching career in 1996 with IMT Beopetrol in Belgrade. In February 2000 he got fired.[1] He had a stint at Crvena zvezda in 2001–02 before moving on to Yamolgaz '92 Yambol in the Bulgarian League from 2002–03.[2][3]

Krečković coached the Kuwait national team from 2004–06 and in 2008–09, including appearances in the 2005 FIBA Asia Championship in Doha and the 2009 Asia Championship in Tianjin, China.[3]

He guided Al Sadd in the 2011–12 Qatari League season and got second position in the league and Emir Cup title in that season.[4] Krečković had a stint at Osaka Evessa of Japan League in 2012.[3] After that he coached Al Jahraa in Kuwaiti League for two seasons.[4]

In 2014, Krečković became a head coach of Al Sadd for second time.[4] In July 2018, he became a head coach of Al Jahraa for second time.[5]

Career achievements

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As player
As head coach

Head coaching record

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Legend
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
Osaka Evessa 2012 4 0 4 .000 Fired - - - -

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Zoran Kreckovic Profile
  2. ^ Zoran Kreckovic je novi trener prvaka Bugarske
  3. ^ a b c Kreckovic facing huge rebuilding task in Osaka
  4. ^ a b c Coach Zoran Kreckovic signs back to Al Sadd
  5. ^ "Zoran Kreckovic comes back to Al Jahraa!!". asia-basket.com. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  6. ^ Čair svedok istorije
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