Zeljko Pavlicevic

Born in Zagreb, Croatia on the 26th of March, 1951. Graduated from the Chemical-Technological University of Zagreb. After graduating from the University started first as basketball player for Lokomotiva and then Cibona Zagreb. In 1975 started as an assistant coach in Cibona, and then ten years later in 1985 was named head coach of Cibona. From there on achieved a number of results with different teams as head coach:

  • 1984/1985 Won with Cibona the national Championship of Yugoslavia
  • Won the Cup of Yugoslavia
  • 1985/1986 Won Cup of Yugoslavia
  • Won Cup of Europe against Zalgiris (Lithuania) in Budapest
  • 1986/1987 to 1989 Head coach in Spain of Clesa Ferrol and TAU Vitoria
  • 1999/1991 Head coach of Pop 84 from Split, Croatia
  • Won National Championship of Yugoslavia
  • Won Cup of Yugoslavia
  • Won Cup of Europe against Barcelona (Spain) in Paris
  • Named head coach of the year
  • 1991/1994 Head coach of Panathinaikos, Greece
  • Cup of Greece
  • 1996/1998 I worked as the Sports Director of the Croatian National selection
  • 1998/1999 Head coach of Split, Croatia
  • 2003/2007 Work as head coach of the Japanese National selection, and prepare them for the World Championship of 2006. Won Kirin Cup two times, and won second place in the East Asian Championship
  • 2008 Head coach of KK Zagreb. Won Croatian Cup and finished with best season for KK Zagreb in over 40 years.

I have also worked with some of the most prominent European basketball players of the last two decades, some of them are:
Drazen Petrovic (deceased): Cibona, Real Madrid, NBA
Toni Kukoc: Pop 84, Benetton, NBA
Nikos Galis: Panathinaikos, legendary Greek player
Stojko Vrankovic: Aris, Panathinaikos, NBA
Zan Tabak: Pop 84, NBA
Through my international career as a professional basketball coach, I have acquired extensive knowledge of the field and a wide experience in coaching in different countries, as well as fluency in English, Spanish, moderate Russian, apart from Croatian.

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