League NBA Name Neven Spahija Nationality Croatian Role Basketball Coach | Coaching career 1986–present Positions Coach 1996–1997 Gradine Pula | |
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Born 6 November 1962 (age 61)
Sibenik, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia ( 1962-11-06 ) 1986–1987 Elemes Sibenik (assistant) 1994–1996 Zrinjevac Zagreb (assistant) | ||
Neven spahija napadalna gibanja na strani pomoc i
Neven Spahija (born 6 November 1962) is a Croatian professional basketball coach, who is currently the head coach of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Contents
- Neven spahija napadalna gibanja na strani pomoc i
- Pre season coach Neven Spahija after the 9294 to Fenerbahce
- Clubs
- National teams
- Coaching record
- References
Pre-season: coach Neven Spahija after the 92:94 to Fenerbahce
Clubs
Spahija started his basketball coaching career with Gradine Pula from Croatia, and Olimpija Ljubljana from Slovenia, working as an assistant coach. He started his head coaching career with Cibona from Croatia, where he won his first League championship in 2001. He then worked with Krka Novo Mesto from Slovenia, Avtodor Saratov from Russia, Lietuvos rytas from Lithuania, Maccabi Tel Aviv from Israel, Baskonia and Valencia from Spain.
From 2010 to 2012, he was the head coach of the Turkish club Fenerbahçe Ülker. In June 2013, he was named the head coach of Cibona Zagreb, for the next four years. In November 2013, he parted ways with Cibona.
On 4 August 2014, Spahija was hired by the Atlanta Hawks, to be their assistant coach. On 26 June 2017, Spahija returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv, on a 2+1 years contract.
National teams
Spahija also led the senior Croatian national team, from 2001 to 2005, and he coached them at the EuroBasket 2003 and the EuroBasket 2005.
Coaching record
Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.