Borislav Ćorković

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Borislav Ćorković
Personal information
Born(1933-01-09)9 January 1933
Dvor na Uni, Sava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died26 January 2006(2006-01-26) (aged 73) [1]
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
NationalitySerbian
Career information
Playing career1952–1958
Coaching career1958–1993
Career history
As player:
1952–1958 Dinamo Pančevo
As coach:
1958–1960 Železničar Belgrade
1960–1965 OKK Belgrade (youth)
1965–1970 Partizan Women
1970–1972 Kuwait (assistant)
1974–1976 Partizan
1976–1979 Yugoslavia Women
1977–1978 Dinamo Pančevo
1980–1982 Partizan
1984–1987 Kuwait
1989–1990 Partizan
Medals
Women's basketball
Head coach for Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
FIBA EuroBasket Women
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1978 Poland Team
Balkan Games Women
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1977 Turkey Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 Greece Team

Borislav "Reba" Ćorković (Serbian Cyrillic : Борислав Ћорковић; 9 January 1933 – 26 January 2006) was a Serbian basketball player and coach.

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Playing career

During the 1950s, Ćorković played basketball for Dinamo Pančevo of the Yugoslav League. [2]

Coaching career

In 1958, Ćorković began with coaching career with Železničar Belgrade. From 1960 to 1965, he coached young teams, mostly women, in OKK Belgrade. In 1965, he became a head coach for Partizan women's team, also coached the junior men's team also. In 1974, he joined Partizan men's team. He led Partizan as a head coach for five seasons (1974–75, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1989–90) in three stints. He won two national championships with them. In the late 1990s and during the 2000s, he worked as an advisor for Partizan's youth selections. [1]

As a head coach for the Yugoslavia women's national team, he won the gold medal at the 1977 Balkan Games in Ankara, Turkey, and the bronze medal at the 1978 Games in Thessaloniki. Also, he won the silver medal at the 1978 European Championship for Women in Poznań with 7–2 record. He loses to the Soviet Union and Poland). [1]

Career achievements

As head coach:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Preminuo Borislav Reba Ćorković". b92.net. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Istorijat KK Dinamo – Period I – 1945. – 1962". kktamis.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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