Dejan Radonjić
Serbian basketball player and coach from Montenegro / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dejan Radonjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Радоњић; born 2 February 1970) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former basketball player. He is the current head coach for Bahçeşehir Koleji of the BSL.
Bahçeşehir Koleji | |
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Position | Head coach |
League | BSL |
Personal information | |
Born | (1970-02-02) 2 February 1970 (age 54) Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nationality | Montenegrin |
Listed height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 1992: undrafted |
Playing career | 1990–2004 |
Position | Point guard |
Coaching career | 2005–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
1990–1991 | Lovćen |
1991–1993 | Budućnost |
1993–1994 | Profikolor |
1995–1997 | Lovćen |
1997–1998 | FMP |
1998–2002 | Budućnost |
2002–2004 | NIS Vojvodina |
As coach: | |
2005–2013 | Budućnost |
2013–2017 | Crvena Zvezda |
2018–2020 | Bayern Munich |
2020–2022 | Crvena Zvezda |
2022–2023 | Panathinaikos |
2023–present | Bahçeşehir Koleji |
Career highlights and awards | |
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As head coach:
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Standing at 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in), he played in the point guard position for Lovćen, Budućnost, Profikolor, FMP Železnik, and NIS Vojvodina. He won three YUBA League championships and a Yugoslav Cup with Budućnost. He retired as a player with NIS Vojvodina in 2004.
Radonjić became the head coach for Budućnost in 2005. Until 2012, he won seven consecutive Montenegrin League championships and six consecutive Montenegrin Cup tournaments with Budućnost. In 2013, Radonjić joined Serbian team Crvena zvezda. Until 2017, he won both the Adriatic League and Serbian League championships the same 3-in-a-row sequence, as well as three Serbian Cup tournaments. Thereafter, he coached German team Bayern Munich in three seasons, winning two German League championships. In 2021, he returned to Crvena Zvezda.