Ivica Radosavljević ( sr-Cyrl, Ивица Радосављевић; born December 13, 1983) is a

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retired professional

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player. Radosavljević spent most of his career in Switzerland. At , he played as a

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. Radosavljević grew up in Buljane

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in the

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Paraćin Paraćin ( sr-Cyrl, Параћин, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia. Located in the Velika Morava river valley, north of Kruševac and southeast of Kragujevac, the town had a population of 22,349 ...

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. He began playing basketball in his home town

, for the team KK Paraćin. At 16 he moved up to Switzerland and played for STB Bern-Giants, Union Neuchâtel, Boncourt, Etoile Sportive Vernier Basket, BC Chêne, Villars Basket and La Chaux de Fonds Basket. Since then, he has coached a team i
Val-de-Ruz Basket
where he won the Second league title in the season 2017/2018 and Swiss 1LN M title in the season 2018/2019. In 2020 he became assistant coach of

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of the

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(SBL). For three seasons as assistant, he helped the team to win three Swiss Championships, two SBL Cups, one League Cup and three Super Cups. However, in 2023 after departure of head coach Petar Aleksić he is no longer assistant coach, but he continues to work as a youth coach in Fribourg Olympic Academy. Since then, with the Academy he won the title with U18 team in the season 2023/2024, and with U20 team in the season 2024/2025.

References

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profile at

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Europe
Ivica Radosavljević
profile at EuroBasket 1983 births Living people Serbian men's basketball players Swiss men's basketball players Serbian expatriate basketball people in Switzerland Union Neuchâtel Basket players Power forwards Serbian basketball coaches People from Paraćin Sportspeople from Pomoravlje District 21st-century Swiss sportsmen 21st-century Serbian sportsmen {{Switzerland-basketball-bio-stub