In the statement made by the club, it was stated that 53-year-old Serbian head coach, who came to Istanbul on a private plane departing from Milan, was welcomed by team manager Cenk Renda.
In the yellow-dark blue team, a 3-year agreement was reached with Djordjevic after Igor Kokoskov left his job voluntarily.
Aleksandar Djordjevic most recently served in Italy’s Virtus Bologna team.
Who is Aleksandar Djordjevic?
Born on August 26, 1967 in Belgrade, Djordjevic had an impressive acting career. Djordjevic, who played for important teams such as Partizan, Olimpia Milano, Fortitudo Bologna, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Scavolini Pesaro, also experienced Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA. Having won one EuroLeague and three Korac Cup titles in his acting career, Djordjevic won the World Championship once and the European championship three times with his country’s national team. The Serbian coach reached the silver medal in the 1996 Olympics. Djordjevic was one of the most special point guards in EuroLeague history.
The Serbian coach, who started his coaching career in Olimpia Milano in 2007, coached Benetton Treviso in 2011-12, Panathinaikos in the 2015-16 season, Bayern Munich in the 2016-18 seasons, and Virtus Bologna in the 2019-21 seasons. The successful coach also served as the head coach of the Serbian National Team between 2013-19.
The Serbian coach had EuroCup experience with Benetton Treviso in 2011-12 and advanced to the round of 16 with the Italian representative.
Djordjevic appeared in the EuroLeague with Panathinaikos in the 2015-16 season. With the squad that drew attention of Diamantidis-Calathes duo, they were promoted to the Playoffs, and they were eliminated by Baskonia, which had an ambitious squad that season. Djordjevic won the Greek Cup this season with Panathinaikos.
In his Bayern experience, Djordjevic competed in the EuroCup for two seasons. Djordjevic, who carried Bayern to the quarter-finals in the 2016-17 season with his team, which includes Devin Booker and Danilo Barthel, who will play in Fenerbahçe Beko this season, could not avoid being eliminated by Unicaja Malaga, who would later finish the season with the championship. Increasing its performance in the 2017-18 season, Bayern was stuck with Darüşşafaka Tekfen, who will finish the 2017-18 season with the championship, in the semi-finals this time. Bayern with Djordjevic managed to win the German Cup in the same season.
Aleksandar Djordjevic, who worked for Virtus Bologna for three seasons, achieved an important success by winning the FIBA Champions League in his first season. Djordjevic’s team Bologna, who made it to the quarter-finals of the EuroCup in the 2019-20 season, could not continue the tournament due to the fact that the season was interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the 2020-21 season, Virtus Bologna (18-0), who had a very important series in the EuroCup and did not lose a match until the semi-finals, was eliminated against UNICS Kazan in this round with 1-2, ending the EuroCup season. In the Italian League, Bologna won the championship of the 2020-21 season by beating Olimpia Milano, which had the success of playing the Final Four in the EuroLeague, with a series of 4-0. Bologna eliminated Treviso and Brindisi 3-0 and Milan 4-0 in the Playoffs and won the title without losing a match.
Our successful coach won the silver medal at the World Championships in 2014 with the Serbian National Team, and again at the 2016 Olympic Games and 2017 European Championships. Despite losing to France, Brazil and Spain in the first round of the 2014 World Championship, Serbia lost the final to the United States, beating Greece in the Top 16, Brazil in the quarterfinals and France in the semifinals. Djordjevic’s students, who beat Croatia in the quarter-finals and Australia in the semi-finals at the Rio Olympics in 2016, were beaten by the United States in the final. Under the management of Djordjevic, Serbia reached the final in the 2017 European Championship, but could not pass Slovenia, which was dragged by the Luka Doncic-Goran Dragic duo. Djordjevic’s Serbia played in the semi-finals of the 2015 European Championship, and was stuck with Argentina in the quarter-finals of the 2019 World Championship.
Known as one of the best playmakers in the history of European basketball, Djordjevic won the EuroLeague championship, one of the most special achievements in his acting career, with Partizan in 1992, in Istanbul with the three-pointer he scored seconds before the end. Our successful coach is returning to Istanbul, this time as the head coach of Fenerbahçe Beko, to win new and great victories.
We wish that this agreement will be beneficial for our Club and Aleksandar Djordjevic, and we hope that our coach will experience victorious seasons under the yellow-dark blue jersey.
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