Marina Maljković

{{short description|Serbian professional basketball coach (born 1981)}}

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| name = Marina Maljković

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| position = Head coach

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|9|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia

| nationality = Serbian
French (since 2003)

| coach_start = 2004

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| cyears1 = 2004–2007

| cteam1 = Ušće Belgrade

| cyears2 = 2007–2009

| cteam2 = Hemofarm

| cyears3 = 2009–2013

| cteam3 = Partizan Belgrade

| cyears4 = 2011–2017

| cteam4 = Serbia

| cyears5 = 2013–2016

| cteam5 = Lyon Basket

| cyears6 = 2016–2018

| cteam6 = Galatasaray

| cyears7 = 2017–present

| cteam7 = Serbia

| cyears8 = 2018–2020

| cteam8 = Shanghai Swordfish

| cyears9 = 2020–2022

| cteam9 = Denso Iris

| cyears10 = 2022–2023

| cteam10 = Fenerbahçe

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Marina Maljković ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Марина Маљковић}}; born 26 September 1981) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. She currently serves as a head coach for the Serbia women's national basketball team.

Club career

As a daughter of Serbian coach and four-time Euroleague winner Božidar Maljković, Marina had the opportunity to start her coaching career early at the age of 16, when she became an assistant coach in Abeilles de Rueil, a French club she was playing for at the time.[http://kosarka.rs/main.asp?dir=news&newsid=6605 Maljković: Srbija se ne odbija] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214045828/http://kosarka.rs/main.asp?dir=news&newsid=6605 |date=2013-12-14 }} {{in lang|sr}} In 2002, she graduated from The College for Sports Coaches in Belgrade. In the same year, she became the head coach of the female section of KK Ušće, aged 21. She was the coach of the youth categories, and, at the same time, she managed to lead the senior team as the club advanced from the third to the first league of Serbia and Montenegro in just two years. In 2007, Maljković became the head coach of the female section of ŽKK Hemofarm, winning two league titles and two national cups in the following two years.[http://www.kss.rs/vesti/Arhiva/Vesti%20avgust%202011.htm Trenerska biografija Marine Maljković] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915140207/http://kss.rs/Vesti/Arhiva/Vesti%20avgust%202011.htm |date=2013-09-15 }} {{in lang|sr}} In 2009, she moved to ŽKK Partizan.[http://beonet.com/index.php?s=read&cat=2&id=66002 Maljković u Partizanu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212063057/http://beonet.com/index.php?s=read&cat=2&id=66002 |date=2013-12-12 }} {{in lang|sr}} In the following four years, Partizan has won four national championships, two national cups and two Women's Adriatic League titles. Maljković has been the national champion of Serbia for six consecutive seasons, and has won six "Coach of the Year" awards. In September 2013, Maljković signed a two-year contract with Union Lyon Basket Féminin, a club competing in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball, the top women’s French professional basketball league.[http://www.lyoncapitale.fr/Journal/Lyon/Sport/Basket/Marina-Maljkovic-nouvelle-coach-du-Lyon-Basket-Feminin Marina Maljkovic nouvelle coach du Lyon Basket Féminin] {{in lang|fr}}

In June 2018, she signed for the Shanghai Swordfish of the WCBA.{{cite web |title=DALEKO OD KUĆE! Marina Maljković ima novi posao! |url=https://www.espreso.rs/sport/kosarka/260701/daleko-od-kuce-marina-maljkovic-ima-novi-posao |website=espreso.rs |accessdate=13 June 2018}}

On 19 April 2022 she signed with Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ntvspor.net/basketbol/fenerbahce-safiport-da-maljkovic-donemi-625ea6e9b908a41a6ccc18e9|title=

Spor Haberleri Basketbol Haberleri Fenerbahçe Safiport'da Maljkovic DönemiFenerbahçe Safiport'da Maljkovic dönemi|last=|first=|date=April 19, 2022|website=|publisher=NTV Spor|language=tr|access-date=April 19, 2022}}

Serbian national team

Maljković was an assistant coach of the Serbia and Montenegro national Under-18 team, which has achieved fourth place at the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women, as well as Serbia and Montenegro national Under-19 team at the 2005 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, which has won the silver medal after finals loss to the team USA.

In August 2011, Maljković has been appointed head coach of the Serbia women's national basketball team. At the EuroBasket Women 2013, Serbia national team managed to pass into the semifinals, which was the greatest national team success since the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. Aged 32, Maljković was the youngest, and the only female head coach at the championship.[http://kosarka24.rs/index.php/reprezentacije/vesti-reprezentacije/3268-marina-maljkovic-jedina-zena-medu-selektorima Marina Maljković jedina žena među selektorima] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625080147/http://www.kosarka24.rs/index.php/reprezentacije/vesti-reprezentacije/3268-marina-maljkovic-jedina-zena-medu-selektorima |date=2013-06-25 }} {{in lang|sr}}

She led the team once again at the EuroBasket 2015 in Budapest where they won the gold medal, and qualified for the 2016 Olympics, first in the history for the Serbian team.{{cite news|title=Serbia women win EuroBasket title, gain first Olympics berth|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/basketball/story/_/id/13163843/serbia-women-win-eurobasket-title-rio-berth|access-date=29 June 2015|work=ESPN|agency=Associated Press|date=29 June 2015}} In the autumn of 2015, she extended her contract with the Basketball Federation of Serbia to be the team's selector over next four years; she also requested that one third of her salary be forwarded to all 12 clubs of the First Women's Basketball League of Serbia.{{cite news|title=Veliko srce Maljkovićeve za žensku košarku|url=http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2015&mm=10&dd=03&nav_id=1047036|accessdate=3 October 2015|work=b92.net|date=3 October 2015|language=Serbian}} In January 2017, she left the head coaching position.{{cite news|title=Maljkovićeva: Razlog emotivno i fizičko pražnjenje|url=http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2017&mm=01&dd=03&nav_id=1216559|accessdate=3 January 2017|work=b92.net|date=3 January 2017|language=Serbian}}

On 14 December 2017, Maljković has been appointed head coach of the Serbia national team for the second time.{{cite web|title=VELIKI POVRATAK Marina Maljković selektor Srbije|url=http://sport.blic.rs/kosarka/domaca-kosarka-i-aba/veliki-povratak-marina-maljkovic-selektor-srbije/nql9sl4|website=sport.blic.rs|accessdate=15 December 2017}}

Career achievements

=Club competitions=

As head coach:

EuroLeague champion: 1 (with Fenerbahçe: 2022–23)
EuroCup champion: 1 (with Galatasaray: 2017–18)
Women's Adriatic League champion: 2 (with Partizan: 2011–12, 2012–13)
Turkish Women's Basketball Super League champion: 2 (with Fenerbahçe: 2021–22, 2022–23)
Challenge round champion: 1 (with Lyon Basket: 2014)
Serbian League champion: 6 (with Hemofarm: 2007–08, 2008–09 and Partizan: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13)
Serbian Cup winner : 4 (with Hemofarm: 2007–08, 2008–09 and Partizan: 2010–11, 2012–13)

=National team competitions=

As head coach:

2016 Summer Olympics: {{bronze medal}}
EuroBasket Women 2015: {{gold medal}}
EuroBasket Women 2021: {{gold medal}}
EuroBasket Women 2019: {{bronze medal}}

As an assistant coach:

2005 U-19 World Championship for Women: {{silver medal}}

Honours

80px Order of Karađorđe's Star{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/tomislav-nikolic-povodom-dana-drzavnosti-odlikovao-84-licnosti-i-institucije/xsfdhc6|title=Tomislav Nikolić povodom Dana državnosti odlikovao 84 ličnosti i institucije|publisher=Blic|date=13 February 2017|accessdate=15 February 2017}}

References

External links

[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.teamID_2072.compID_Rn2Om4j3HOcXtTFwJWFsh3.season_2013.roundID_9064.coachID_1767.html Marina Maljković] at fibaeurope.com

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