Branislav Ratkovica

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Branislav Ratkovica
Metalac Valjevo
Position
Lukoil Academic
2016–2017Partizan
2017–2018Cibona
2018–2019Mega Bemax
2019OKK Beograd
As coach:
2019–2020Mega Bemax (assistant)
2020–2021OKK Beograd
2021–presentMetalac
Career highlights and awards
As player
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
U20 European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Russia National Team

Branislav Ratkovica (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав Ратковица; born 27 July 1985) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Metalac of the Basketball League of Serbia.

Professional career

Ratkovica started playing basketball for KK Drvomarket.[1]

He made his professional debut for

Avala Ada.[3]

In the summer of 2007, Ratkovica signed a one-year contract with German team

Walter Tigers Tübingen
.

After four years in Germany, Ratkovica signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club

Olin Edirne Basket
.

In February 2013, he returned to Germany and signed with

Artland Dragons for the rest of the season. The 2013–14 season Ratkovica started in Politekhnika-Halychyna, but after two games he left the club[5] and signed for the rest of the season with Walter Tigers Tübingen.[6] He also played there the 2014–15 season, where he was the League's assists leader.[7]
During the 2014–15 season, Ratkovica averaged 9.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 7.2 assists.

In July 2015, Ratkovica signed with

PBC Lukoil Academic.[8] He played in the FIBA Europe Cup, where he averaged 7.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game.[9] He also won the Bulgarian League
.

In July 2016, he signed a one-year contract with Partizan.[10] On November 30, 2017, he signed a contract with Cibona.[11][12]

Coaching career

On 5 July 2019, Ratkovica was named an assistant coach for Mega Bemax of the Basketball League of Serbia.[13]

On 5 June 2020, Ratkovica left Mega Bemax for OKK Beograd, which he took over as the head coach.[14] He left Beograd in May 2021.[15]

On 7 June 2021, Metalac Valjevo named Ratkovica as their new head coach.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Intervju: Branislav Ratkovica". kosarka.rs. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Branislav Ratkovica". kosarka.rs. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. ^ "BRANISLAV RATKOVICA IN AVALA ADA". beobasket.net. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Peković i Ratkovica u Oldenburgu". b92.net. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Ratkovica napustio Politehniku". kurir.rs. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Ratkovica se vratio u Tibingen". b92.net. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Srbin najbolji asistent u Bundesligi". sportske.net. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Ratkovica se preselio u Bugarsku". mvp.rs. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  9. ^ "BRANISLAV RATKOVICA". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Branislav Ratkovica je novi plejmejker Partizana" (in Serbian). kkpartizan.rs. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Branislav Ratkovica novi playmaker Cibone". cibona.com. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  12. ^ "SRBIN NOVI PLEJ CIBONE Najbolji asistent naše Superlige prešao u slavni hrvatski tim". blic.rs. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  13. ^ "RATKOVICA U ODELU Dejan Milojević dobio DVA pomoćna trenera". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Ratkovica is a new coach of OKK Beograd". www.bcmegabasket.net. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Predstavljen novi stručni štab seniorskog tima OKK Beograda". okkbeograd.org.rs. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Trenerska rokada u Metalcu: Đokić otišao, Ratkovica došao". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

External links

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