Zoran Slavnić
Serbian basketball player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Мока Славнић; born 26 October 1949) is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and coach. He played with Crvena zvezda and with Partizan. One of the best European point guards of all time, he was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991 and became a FIBA Hall of Fame player in 2013.
Personal information | |
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Born | (1949-10-26) 26 October 1949 (age 74) Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
Nationality | Serbian |
Listed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Listed weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 1971: undrafted |
Playing career | 1967–1983 |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 10, 15 |
Coaching career | 1980, 1983–2007 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1967–1977 | Crvena zvezda |
1977–1979 | Joventut Badalona |
1979–1981 | Šibenka |
1981–1982 | Partizan |
1982–1983 | Indesit Caserta |
As coach: | |
1980, 1983–1984 | Šibenka |
1984–1985 | Partizan |
1985–1986 | Jugoplastika |
1986–1988 | Caja de Ronda Málaga |
1988–1991 | Crvena zvezda |
1991–1992 | Dafni |
1993–1994 | Beobanka |
1994–1995 | Crvena zvezda |
1995–1996 | Joventut Badalona |
1996–1997 | Iraklis Thessaloniki |
2001 | TSK uniVersa Bamberg |
2004 | Atlas |
2007 | Serbia |
Career highlights and awards | |
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FIBA Hall of Fame as player | |
With Crvena zvezda, he won two Yugoslav National Championships, three Yugoslav National Cups, and one FIBA European Cup Winner's Cup. He also won the Spanish League championship with Joventut Badalona. During his basketball career, he played for Crvena zvezda (1967–1977), Joventut Badalona (1977–1979), Šibenka (1979–1981), and Partizan (1981–1982). His head coaches were Ranko Žeravica, Zdravko Kubat, and Mirko Novosel.
Slavnić was one of the rare players who won everything he could in a career with his national team: 3 EuroBaskets (1973, 1975, 1977), the FIBA World Cup (1978), and Summer Olympics gold (1980).