Želimir Obradović

Željko Obradović

Obradović coaching Fenerbahçe in 2016
Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Position	Head coach
League	Turkish League EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(1960-03-09) March 9, 1960 (age 57) Čačak, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Career information
NBA draft	1982 / Undrafted
Playing career	1980–1991
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1991–present
Career history
As player:
1978–1984	Borac Čačak
1984–1991	Partizan
As coach:
1991–1993	Partizan
1993–1994	Joventut Badalona
1994–1997	Real Madrid
1996–2000	Yugoslavia
1997–1999	Benetton Treviso
1999–2012	Panathinaikos
2013–present	Fenerbahçe
Career highlights and awards
As player: Yugoslav League champion (1987) Yugoslav Cup winner (1989) FIBA Korać Cup champion (1989) As head coach: 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors 9x EuroLeague champion (1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017) 2x FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1997, 1999) 2x EuroLeague Coach of the Year (2007, 2011) 2x Turkish League champion (2014, 2016) Turkish Cup winner (2016) 2x Turkish President's Cup winner (2013, 2016) 11x Greek League champion (2000, 2001, 2003–2011) 7x Greek Cup winner (2003, 2005–2009, 2012) 4x Greek League Coach of the Year (2000, 2007, 2009, 2011) Italian Super Cup winner (1997) Yugoslav League champion (1992) Yugoslav Cup winner (1992)
Medals Men's Basketball Head Coach for  Yugoslavia EuroBasket 1999 France Team 1997 Spain Team World Cup 1998 Greece Team Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team competition Representing  Yugoslavia World Cup 1990 Argentina Team Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team competition

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As head coach:

Želimir "Željko" Obradović (Serbian Cyrillic: Желимир Жељко Обрадовић; born March 9, 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball head coach for Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Basketball Super League. He is also a former professional basketball player.

He is generally considered one of the best European coaches ever, having won nine EuroLeague titles with five different teams. His list of professional titles won is unmatched by any other current European head coach. In addition to his success at the club level, he has won major trophies as a head coach of the Yugoslavian national basketball team, most notably the EuroBasket 1997 and the 1998 FIBA World Championship. In addition to lot of trophies he has won, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008.

He was born March 9, 1960, in Čačak, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia.

Obradović started his career as a basketball player with Borac Čačak in their youth system.

During the 1977-78 season, eighteen-year-old Obradović got his first taste of senior team basketball at Borac, appearing in 6 games during the season and contributing a total of 3 points. After eventually establishing himself as the team's starting point guard he stayed with the club until 1984.