Marko Dimitrijević
{{Short description|Serbian basketball coach and former player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Marko Dimitrijević
| image =
| caption =
| league = Basketball League of Serbia
| team = Sloga
| position = Head coach
| height_m = 1.90
| weight_kg =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|2|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kraljevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Serbian
| draft_year = 2000
| career_start = 1996
| career_end = 2013
| career_position = Guard
| career_number = 5, 10
| coach_start = 2014
| coach_end =
| years1 = 2001–2002
| team1 = Sloga
| years2 = 2002
| team2 = Pardubice
| years3 = 2002–2003
| team3 = Igokea
| years4 = 2003–2004
| team4 = Konstantin
| years5 = 2004–2006
| team5 = Mašinac
| years7 = 2008
| team7 = Gaz Metan Mediaș
| years8 = 2008–2009
| team8 = Feni Industries
| years9 = 2009–2011
| team9 = Sloga
| years10 = 2011–2012
| team10 = Tamiš
| years11 = 2012–2013
| team11 = Smederevo 1953
| cyears1 = 2014–2016
| cteam1 = Polet Ratina
| cyears2 = 2016–2017
| cteam2 = Mladost SP
| cyears3 = 2017
| cteam3 = Novi Pazar
| cyears4 = 2018–2019
| cteam4 = Zdravlje
| cyears5 = 2019–2020
| cteam5 = Anibal (assistant)
| cyears6 = 2020–2021
| cteam6 = Kolubara LA 2003
| cyears7 = 2021–present
| cteam7 = Sloga
| highlights =
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Marko Dimitrijević ({{lang-sr-cyr|Марко Димитријевић}}; born 8 February 1978) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Sloga of the Basketball League of Serbia.
Playing career
During his playing days a guard, Dimitrijević played for his hometown teams Sloga and Mašinac, as well as Srem, Partizan, Igokea (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Pardubice (Czech Republic),{{cite web |title=Marko Dimitrijevič at nbl.cz |url=https://www.nbl.cz/souteze2/hrac_1576_faze_35.html |website=nbl.cz |accessdate=25 September 2020}} Gaz Metan Mediaș (Romania),{{cite web |title=Marko Dimitrijevic at baschet.ro |url=https://baschet.ro/juniori-u18-feminin/detalii-jucator/marko-dimitrijevic/552 |website=baschet.ro |accessdate=25 September 2020}}{{cite web |title=Antrenorul Mladen Jojici şi patru dintre jucători au fost daţi afară de la Gaz Metan Mediaş |url=https://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/baschet/antrenorul-mladen-jojici-si-patru-dintre-jucatori-au-fost-dati-afara-de-la-gaz-metan-medias-115779.html |website=gsp.ro |accessdate=25 September 2020}} Feni Industries (Macedonia), Tamiš, and Smederevo 1953. Dimitrijevic retired as a player with Smederevo in 2013.
Coaching career
After retirement in 2013, Dimitrijević became the head coach for Polet, a club based in Ratina near his hometown, of the First Regional League of Serbia. Afterward, Dimitrijević had coached Mladost SP before he signed with Novi Pazar on 27 June 2017.{{cite web |title=Marko Dimitrijević novi trener košarkaša Novog Pazara |url=https://sandzakhaber.net/marko-dimitrijevic-novi-trener-kosarkasa-novog-pazara/ |website=sandzakhaber.net |accessdate=25 September 2020}}{{cite web |title=LEPA SRPSKA KOŠARKAŠKA PRIČA Dimitrijević stvara veliki Novi Pazar |url=https://sport.blic.rs/kosarka/domaca-kosarka-i-aba/lepa-srpska-kosarkaska-prica-dimitrijevic-stvara-veliki-novi-pazar/ccxqjyk |website=sport.blic.rs |accessdate=25 September 2020}} In December 2017, he parted ways with Novi Pazar.{{cite web |title=Boško Đokić novi trener košarkaša Novog Pazara |url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.295.html:699529-Bosko-Djokic-novi-trener-kosarkasa-Novog-Pazara |website=novosti.rs |accessdate=25 September 2020}}
Dimitrijević was an assistant coach for the Serbian men's university basketball team at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei.{{cite web |title=Marko Dimitrijević, novi trener Zdravlja: Ne dolazim u Leskovac da se borimo za opstanak |url=http://dnevnikjuga.rs/marko-dimitrijevic-novi-trener-zdravlja-ne-dolazim-u-leskovac-da-se-borimo-za-opstanak/ |website=dnevnikjuga.rs |accessdate=25 September 2020}} The Serbia squad lost to Latvia in the bronze medal game.
In September 2018, Dimitrijević was hired as the new head coach for Zdravlje.{{cite web |title=Zdravlje dovelo 3 pojačanja, novi trener Marko Dimitrijević |url=https://www.juznevesti.com/Sport/Zdravlje-dovelo-3-pojacanja-novi-trener-Marko-Dimitrijevic.sr.html |website=juznevesti.com |accessdate=25 September 2020}}
In August 2020, Dimitrijević became the head coach for Kolubara LA 2003 of the Basketball League of Serbia.{{cite web |title=Prozivka tima KK Kolubara Lazarevac 2003 |url=https://kls.rs/vest.php?id=3734 |website=kls.rs |accessdate=25 September 2020}}{{cite web |title=Marko Dimitrijević novi trener košarkaša Kolubare |url=https://www.geminfo.rs/marko-dimitrijevic-novi-trener-kosarkasa-kolubare/?print=print |website=geminfo.rs |accessdate=25 September 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://basketball.asia-basket.com/coach/Marko_Dimitrijevic/Lebanon/Anibal-Zahle/54166 Coach Profile] at eurobasket.com
- [https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/22169/marko-dimitrijevic Player Profile] at proballers.com
- [https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Marko_Dimitrijevic/Serbia/KK-Smederevo-1953/21535 Player Profile] at eurobasket.com
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