Memi_Bečirović

Memi Bečirovič

Memi Bečirovič

Slovenian basketball coach


Mehmed "Memi" Bečirovič (born 1 March 1961) is a Slovenian professional basketball coach. He currently serves as the head coach for the Nanjing Monkey Kings of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He was the head coach of the Slovenia national team from December 2009 till December 2010, when he was replaced by Božidar Maljković.[1][2] He coached the national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. He coached for ten teams in Slovenia, Italy, Ukraine, and Belgium in his thirteen-year career.[3] This position was his first at the head of a senior international team, after previously coaching the Slovenian junior team at various age levels between 1997 and 2003.

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Bečirovič's son, Sani, was a professional basketball player and now is a sporting director, currently with Cedevita Olimpija.

As the head coach of the Iran national team, Bečirovič led the team to its first and second FIBA Asia Cup championship in the fourth and fifth edition of the tournament in Tokyo and Wuhan in 2012 and 2014. He also led Iran to their third title in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship and also qualification for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. He also led Iran to the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games.


References

  1. "Memi Bečirović" (in Slovenian). 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010.
  2. "Božidar Maljković košarkarski selektor" [Božidar Maljković the Basketball Head Coach] (in Slovenian). Siol. 20 December 2010. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010.
  3. Profile Archived 2017-11-10 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com

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