Borislav Ćorković
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Born | Dvor na Uni, Sava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 9 January 1933|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 January 2006[1] Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | (aged 73)|||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1952–1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1958–1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
As player: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1952–1958 | Dinamo Pančevo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
As coach: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1958–1960 | Železničar Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1960–1965 | OKK Belgrade (youth) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1965–1970 | Partizan Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1970–1972 | Kuwait (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1976 | Partizan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1976–1979 | Yugoslavia Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Dinamo Pančevo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1982 | Partizan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1987 | Kuwait | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | Partizan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Borislav "Reba" Ćorković (Serbian Cyrillic: Борислав Ћорковић; 9 January 1933 – 26 January 2006) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach.
Playing career
[edit]During the 1950s, Ćorković played basketball for Dinamo Pančevo of the Yugoslav League.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]In 1958, Ćorković began with coaching career with Železničar Belgrade. From 1960 to 1965, he coached young teams, mostly women, in OKK Belgrade. In 1965, he became a head coach for Partizan women's team, also coached the junior men's team also. In 1974, he joined Partizan men's team. He led Partizan as a head coach for five seasons (1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1989–90) in three stints. He won two national championships with them. In the late 1990s and during the 2000s, he worked as an advisor for Partizan's youth selections.[1]
As a head coach for the Yugoslavia women's national team, he won the gold medal at the 1977 Balkan Games in Ankara, Turkey, and the bronze medal at the 1978 Games in Thessaloniki. Also, he won the silver medal at the 1978 European Championship for Women in Poznań with 7–2 record. He loses to the Soviet Union and Poland).[1]
Career achievements
[edit]As head coach:
- Slobodan Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement (2007)
- Yugoslav League champion: 2 (with Partizan: 1975–76, 1980–81)
also
- FIBA European Champions Cup – top 6 (with Partizan: 1981–82)
- FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup – quarterfinalist (with Partizan: 1989–90)
- FIBA Korać Cup – semifinalist (with Partizan: 1974–75)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Preminuo Borislav Reba Ćorković". b92.net. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Istorijat KK Dinamo – Period I – 1945. – 1962". kktamis.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- 1933 births
- 2006 deaths
- Basketball players from Belgrade
- KK Partizan coaches
- KK Železničar Beograd coaches
- KK Dinamo Pančevo players
- KK Dinamo Pančevo coaches
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Kuwait
- Serbian men's basketball coaches
- Serbs of Croatia
- Yugoslav basketball coaches
- Yugoslav men's basketball players
- ŽKK Partizan coaches