Zvezdan Mitrović is the new Cedevita Olimpija head coach
Experienced tactician Zvezda Mitrović will be leading the senior team of Cedevita Olimpija in the following season, as he has replaced Zoran Martić at the bench of Ljubljana squad. The latter had his contract with Cedevita Olimpija expired at the end of the 2023/24 season.
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The senior team of Cedevita Olimpija will enter the 2024/25 season with a new head coach on board. Montenegrin tactician Zvezdan Mitrović, that has led Galatasaray in his latest episode, and that used to coach Monaco, Asvel, Budućnost VOLI, Kryvbas and Khimik, is the new head coach of the Dragons. In 2021 Mitrović has become the BKT EuroCup champion as the head coach of Monaco, and he has also won the trophies in France and Ukraine, with Asvel and Kyvbas, respectively. In 2021 he has been named the BKT EuroCup Coach of the Season.
Between 2017 and 2019 Mitrović has been the head coach of the Montenegro National Team.
“I am happy to have signed the contract with Cedevita Olimpija. I am feeling nice, thrilled and motivated. I am returning to the regional league, that I met for the first time 20 years ago, as the assistant coach at Budućnost VOLI and of course to the BKT EuroCup, where I made my mark before. We need to compose a high-quality team from high-quality players, the players with a good character, that will, with their devotion and attitude that lead to victories, make a good result and draw the fans to the arena. Our main focus will be on getting the fans back to the stands, to follow basketball and enjoy doing so,” Zvezdan Mitrović told as he signed with Cedevita Olimpija.
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Zvezdan Mitrović je novi glavni trener Cedevita Olimpije
Člansko zasedbo Cedevite Olimpije bo v prihodnje s klopi vodil izkušeni črnogorski strokovnjak Zvezdan Mitrović, ki bo na mestu glavnega trenerja ljubljanskega kolektiva zamenjal Zorana Martića. Slednjemu je ob zaključku tekmovalne sezone 2023/24 potekla pogodba z ljubljanskim klubom.
Članska ekipa Cedevite Olimpije bo v tekmovalno sezono 2024/25 vstopila z novim glavnim trenerjem. Zmajem bo vsaj prihodnji dve sezoni s klopi poveljeval izkušeni črnogorski strokovnjak Zvezdan Mitrović, ki je nazadnje deloval v turškem Galatasarayu, pred tem pa med drugim vodil Monaco, Asvel, Budućnost, Kryvbas in Khimik. Leta 2021 je z Monacom osvojil naslov prvaka Evropskega pokala, pohvali pa se lahko tudi z naslovi državnega prvaka Francije in Ukrajine. Naslov francoskega državnega prvaka je osvojil leta 2019 z Asvelom, naslov ukrajinskega državnega prvaka pa leta 2009 s Kryvbasom. Leta 2021 je bil izbran tudi za najboljšega trenerja v EuroCupu.
Med letoma 2017 in 2019 je bil selektor črnogorske moške članske reprezentance.
"Zadovoljen sem ob podpisu pogodbe s Cedevito Olimpijo, prisotni so lep občutek, navdušenost in motivacija. Obenem se vračam v regionalno ligo, ki sem jo spoznal pred 20 leti, kot pomočnik trenerja v Budućnosti, ter seveda v Evropski pokal, kjer sem pustil lep pečat. Sestaviti moramo kakovostno ekipo, iz, predvsem, kvalitetnih igralcev, fantov z dobrim karakterjem, ki bi s svojo zavezanostjo, svojim odnosom, in na koncu koncev tudi zmagami, napravili dober rezultat, s tem pa navijače privabili v dvorano. Osnoven cilj je, da se publika vrne v dvorano, da spremlja košarko in da uživa v košarki," je ob podpisu pogodbe s Cedevito Olimpijo povedal Zvezdan Mitrović.
