Zoran Radović
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Born | undrafted | February 17, 1961|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1978–1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1978–1980 | OKK Beograd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1990 | Crvena Zvezda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1992 | Alba Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1993 | OKK Beograd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Pavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | OKK Beograd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zoran Radović (born February 17, 1961, in
Early career and college
Known for tenacious defensive skills, Radović started playing basketball at OKK Belgrade where he went through all age groups within the club's youth system. Among the various coaches Radović played for at OKK Belgrade, Vlade Đurović would go on to a significant coaching career.
In 1980, Radović moved to the
Professional career
After his NCAA adventure, Radović came back home, signing with
In 1990, Radović moved to Berlin, spending two seasons at the developing German club Alba Berlin where he played in two finals of the German league playoff versus Bayer Leverkusen. His 49 points in one game still stands as a record of the most points scored in one game in Alba Berlin history.
In 1992, Radović came home to Belgrade again and played for the team where he started his career, OKK Belgrade and with the team he won Yugoslavian Cup in a memorable game vs Partizan in 1993.
For the 1993-1994 season Radović played in Pavia, Italy and finished out his career in the 1994-1995 season with the club where he started it, OKK Belgrade.
National team career
Radović started playing with the junior national teams of Yugoslavia at the 1977 Balkan Junior Championship, where the team won a gold medal. He repeated the success in 1978, by winning the gold again at the same event. As a junior player, he also won the
With the senior
During his national team career, Radović was coached by Bogdan Tanjević, Ranko Žeravica, Krešimir Ćosić, and Dušan Ivković, with all of them being instrumental in the success of Yugoslav basketball.
See also
References
- ^ Željko Obradović: Svi smo postali deo Velikog Brata, a to ništa ne valja!;telegraf.rs, 2 January 2014