Željko Zečević

Željko Zečević
SLAC
Position	Head coach
League	Basketball Africa League; Ligue 1
Personal information
Born	October 21, 1963 (age 58); Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Coaching career	1992–present
Career history
As coach:
1992–1993	KK Porec
1995–1997	Cantú (assistant)
1997–1999	La Maddalena Basket
2000	CUS Catania
2000–2002	Udine (juniors)
2001–2002	CUS Catania
2003–2004	Potenza
2004–2005	Udine (assistant)
2004–2005	Olimpia Melfi
2006–2008	Scafati (assistant)
2009–2010	Sagesse SC
2010–2011	Craiova
2010–2014
2015–2017	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
2017–2018	US Monastir
2018–2019	Al Hala
2019	AS Salé
2019–present	SLAC
Career highlights and awards
	As head coach: Moroccan League champion (2013);

Željko Zečević (born 21 October 1963) is a Serbian basketball coach, who is the current head coach of SLAC of the Basketball Africa League. He is also the head coach of the Guinea national basketball team.

Starting his coaching career in Serbia with KK Porec, he moved to Italy and coached several teams over 10 years. In 2010, Zečević signed with , his first African club. He would later spent time as the head coach of several teams on the continent.

Coaching career[]

Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Zečević started coaching youth teams in 1988 in his hometown.^[1]

Zečević started coaching in Italy in 2000, as coach of the Amatori Sniadero Udine junior team. In the 2003–04 season, he made his debut with Potenza of the C-1.

From 2015 to 2017, he was the head coach of Chabab Rif Al Hoceima in the Moroccan Division Excellence.^[2] In 2009, he left Italy to coach for Sagesse SC in Lebanon.

In 2019, Zečević signed as head coach of SLAC of the Guinean Ligue 1.

National team career[]

He coached the Egypt national team at the 2009 and 2011. In February 2021, he took over as head coach of the Guinea national basketball team.^[3] He coached the team in the 2021 AfroBasket.

References[]

^ "Zeljko Zecevic - Official (2021)". www.localgymsandfitness.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ "Zeljko Zecevic". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
^ "With new coach, some of Guinea's best talents return for last shot at AfroBasket Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

External link[]

Zeljko Zecevic at Asia-basket.com

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[fitness-1] "Zeljko Zecevic - Official (2021)". www.localgymsandfitness.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[2] "Zeljko Zecevic". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[3] "With new coach, some of Guinea's best talents return for last shot at AfroBasket Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

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