Veselin Matić

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Sport(s) Basketball 1990–1993 Telekom Karlsruhe 1980–1988 OKK Belgrade Name Veselin Matic		1988–1990 OKK Belgrade Role Basketball Coach 1989–1990 Yugoslavia Titles Head coach

Born July 21, 1960 (age 63) Belgard, Serbia ( 1960-07-21 ) 1993–1994 KK Crvena zvezda (assistant) Positions Point guard, Shooting guard

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Veselin Matic (born 21 July 1960 in Belgrade) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of Lebanon national basketball team. He was the head coach of the Iranian national team from 2009 to 2012.

Interview with veselin matic iri istanbul 2010 fiba world championship in turkey

Club highlights

National champion (1993–94) (Crvena zvezda)

National champion (1994–95) (Partizan)

National champion (1995–96) (Partizan)

Winner of Yugoslav cup (1994–95) (Partizan)

Moved team from 2nd division to 1st division(1998-00)

Moved team from 3rd division to 1st division(2000–01)

Winner of Estonian cup (2006–07) (BC Kalev)

Winner of Estonian cup (2007–08) (BC Kalev)

Arab Club Champion (2014)

National team highlights

European under-16 Champion (1997)

World Champion (1998, Scout)

European Champion (2001, Assistant)

World Champion (2002, Assistant)

Asian Champion (2009)

3x3 Asia Indoor Champion (2009)

World Championship Participation (2010)

Asia Games Bronze Medalist (2010)

West Asian Champion (2015)

Qualification Pre Olympic Qualifying Tournament Tournament(2015)

Work with NBA players

Veselin Matic has had worked with multiple NBA players in his career. He worked with Boris Diaw, Vladimir Radmanovic, Zeljko Rebraca, Peja Stojakovic, Predrag Drobnjak, Marko Jaric, Marcin Gortat, Hamed Hadadi, Samaki Walker and Loren Woods.

Coaching Clinics

Veselin Matic held coaching clinics in over 20 countries in the world, including countries like Serbia, Lithuania, Poland, Korea, Japan or Egypt.

Work with Fiba (2012-present)

Veselin Matic is an official FIBA scout for the FIBA Men world championships. He attended the U17 FIBA World Championship in Kaunas (2012), Lithuania, the U19 FIBA World Championship in Prague (2013), Czech Republik, the U17 FIBA World Championship in Dubai (2014), UAE, the U19 FIBA World Championship in Heraklion (2015), Grece, the U17 FIBA World Championship in Saragossa (2016), Spain and the FIBA Senior World Championship in Saragossa (2016). In 2017 Matic also worked worked on the basketball 3 level coaching manual made by FIBA.

Camp Work

Matic worked in multiple Basketball camps around the world. When he was younger he worked in the Adidas Eurocamp (1996-99), but has now been part of YUBAC, where he has been Camp Head Coach since 2004. At YUBAC he has helped out in multiple Areas including Pro Camp, Shooting Camp and Basic Camp.