Branislav Ratkovica ( sr-cyr, Бранислав Ратковица; born 27 July 1985) is a Serbian professional

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coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Metalac of the

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Professional career

Ratkovica started playing basketball for KK Drvomarket. He made his professional debut for

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(then called Beopetrol) during the 2002–03 season. In the following season, Ratkovica made his debut in the

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. For the 2004–05 season he was loaned to Avala Ada. In the summer of 2007, Ratkovica signed a one-year contract with German team EWE Baskets Oldenburg. In the summer of 2008, Ratkovica moved to Walter Tigers Tübingen. After four years in Germany, Ratkovica signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Aliağa Petkim. Ratkovica started the 2012–13 season with Aliağa Petkim, but he left the club after some matches and signed a one-year contract with Olin Edirne Basket. In February 2013, he returned to Germany and signed with

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for the rest of the season. The 2013–14 season Ratkovica started in Politekhnika-Halychyna, but after two games he left the club and signed for the rest of the season with Walter Tigers Tübingen. He also played there the 2014–15 season, where he was the League's assists leader. During the 2014–15 season, Ratkovica averaged 9.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 7.2 assists. In July 2015, Ratkovica signed with

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. He played in the

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, where he averaged 7.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. He also won the Bulgarian League. In July 2016, he signed a one-year contract with Partizan. On November 30, 2017, he signed a contract with Cibona.

Coaching career

On 5 July 2019, Ratkovica was named an assistant coach for Mega Bemax of the

. On 5 June 2020, Ratkovica left Mega Bemax for OKK Beograd, which he took over as the head coach. He left Beograd in May 2021. On 7 June 2021, Metalac Valjevo named Ratkovica as their new head coach.

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at eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Ratkovica, Branislav 1985 births Living people ABA League players Aliağa Petkim basketball players Artland Dragons players Basketball League of Serbia players BC Politekhnika-Halychyna players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate basketball people in Serbia EWE Baskets Oldenburg players KK Avala Ada players KK Beopetrol/Atlas Beograd players KK Cibona players KK Mega Basket players KK Metalac coaches KK Partizan players OKK Beograd players PBC Academic players People from Gradačac Sportspeople from Tuzla Canton Point guards Serbian men's basketball coaches Serbian men's basketball players Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bulgaria Serbian expatriate basketball people in Croatia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey Serbian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Tigers Tübingen players