Ivica Mavrenski ( sr-cyr, Ивица Мавренски; 31 March 1966 – 2 August 2024) was a Serbian professional basketball coach and player.

Playing career

point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player ...

, Mavrenski played for

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

, Profikolor,

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

, FMP, Hemofarm,

MZT Skopje MZT Skopje Aerodrom () is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but due to small capacity, the matches in the ABA League an ...

, Gračanica, Gračanica, Ibon Nikšić, and

ZTE KK Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet Kosárlabda Klub now mostly known for sponsorship reasons as Zalakerámia ZTE is a professional basketball team from Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. ZTE currently plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A, the Hungarian top division. In ...

National team career

In July 1983, Mavrenski was a member of the Yugoslavia cadet national team that won a gold medal at the FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets in

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and

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. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 18.4 points per game leading a team as the top scorer. In August 1983, Mavrenski was a member of the Yugoslavia Juniors that finished 8th at the

FIBA Under-19 World Championship The FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA Under-19 World Championship) is the under-19 men's world basketball championship organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). From its inauguration in 1979, until 2007, it was ...

Palma de Mallorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is ...

, Spain. Over six tournament games, he averaged 2.7 points per game. In August 1984, Mavrenski was a member of the Yugoslavia junior national team that won a bronze medal at the European Championship for Junior Men in

Huskvarna Huskvarna (; formerly spelled ''Husqvarna'') constitutes the eastern part of Jönköping, a city in the Swedish province of Småland, and has a population of about 24,000. The distance to central Jönköping is about 5 km. The name Huskv ...

and

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, Sweden. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 7.1 points per game.

Coaching career

After retirement as a player, Mavrenski started coaching career. He coached

, Vizura, Železničar Inđija among others.

Death

Mavrenski died on 2 August 2024, at the age of 58.

Career achievements

* Yugoslav League champion: 1 (with

: 1993–94) * Yugoslav B League champion: 1 (with

: 1987–88) *

YUBA B League The YUBA B League was the second-tier level men's professional club basketball competition in FR Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro. Founded in 1992 and folded in 2006, it was run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro The B ...

champion: 1 (with Hemofarm: 1997–98) *

Yugoslav Super Cup The Yugoslav Super Cup was an annual football match played between the title holders of the Yugoslav First League and Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 ...

winner: 1 (with

: 1993)

References

External links

Coach Profile
at

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Player Profile
at fibaeurope.com
Player Profile
at

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