Josip Gjergja

{{short description|Croatian basketball player and coach}}

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| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lbs = 165

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| nationality = Croatian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|11|24}}

| birth_place = Zara, Kingdom of Italy

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| career_start = 1958

| career_end = 1976

| coach_start = 1983

| coach_end = 1994, 2003

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| career_position = Point guard

| years1 = 1958–1976

| team1 = Zadar

| cyears1 = 1983

| cteam1 = Yugoslavia

| cyears2 = 1984–1985

| cteam2 = PAOK

| cyears3 = 1993–1994

| cteam3 = Zadar

| cyears4 = 1994

| cteam4 = Croatia

| cyears5 = 2003

| cteam5 = Prishtina

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As a player:

• FIBA European Selection (1968)
• 5× Yugoslav League champion: (1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975)
• Yugoslav Cup winner (1970)
• Croatian Lifetime Achievement Award in Sport (2014)
• Croatian Sportsman of the Year (1963)

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{{MedalSport | Men's basketball }}

{{MedalCountry | {{bk|YUG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA World Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|1963 Brazil|}}

{{MedalSilver|1967 Uruguay|}}

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{{MedalSilver|1965 USSR|}}

{{MedalSport | Head coach for {{bk|CRO}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA World Cup}}

{{MedalBronze|1994 Canada|}}

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Josip "Pino" Gjergja (also transliterated Đerđa, Djerdja or Giergia; born 24 November 1937), also credited as Giuseppe Giergia,{{efn|Giuseppe Giergia was his birth name, changed by the Yugoslav regime. Recently he obtained legally to change his name back to the original version{{Cite journal|title=Intervista a Pino Giergia|url=http://www.adriaticounisce.it/Dalmata%20n.%2086.pdf|journal=Il Dalmata|volume=1-2015|pages=5–6|access-date=2020-12-26|archive-date=2021-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411015555/http://www.adriaticounisce.it/Dalmata%20n.%2086.pdf|url-status=dead}}}} is a retired Croatian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. He was nominated for the EuroLeague's 50 Greatest Contributors list in 2008. He was born in Zadar, to an Arbanasi family, hence the variously transcribed name. At a height of {{convert|1.76|m|ftin|abbr=on}} tall, he played at the point guard position.