Miodrag Vesković ( sr-cyr, Миодраг Весковић, born July 23, 1950) is a Serbian professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

coach.

Coaching career

Vesković coached the Željezničar Sarajevo and Elemes Šibenik in the Yugoslav Women's League. With Elemes Šibenik he won the National Championship in 1990–91 season. Later, he coached Hemofarm in the Basketball League of Serbia and Montenegro, Lavezzini Parma in the Italian Serie A1 and Spartak Noginsk in the

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

. Vesković coached men's teams such as Saint Petersburg Lions for the 2000–01 Euroleague season and Arkadia Traiskirchen in the

Austrian Bundesliga The Bundesliga ( , "Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Austria and the highest level of the Austrian football league system. The competition decides the A ...

National team

Vesković was appointed four times as the head coach for women's national team of

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

and

Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...

. He coached the national team under all four state names:

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

FR Yugoslavia The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

Serbia and Montenegro The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

and

Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...

. He coached SFR Yugoslavia national team at the 1991 European Women Basketball Championship where he won silver medal. Vesković coached FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro national teams at 1999 EuroBasket Women and 2003 EuroBasket Women.

Career achievements

* Yugoslav Women's League champion: 1 (with Elemes Šibenik: 1990–91) * FR Yugoslavia Women's Cup winner: 1 (with Hemofarm: 1998–99)

Personal life

Vesković married

Gordana Grubin Gordana Grubin (Serbian Cyrillic:Гордана Грубин, born August 20, 1972, in Zrenjanin, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian professional basketball player who played in Europe and the United States. WNBA career Grubin played six seasons ...

(born 1972), a Serbian retired basketball player.Životna pobeda Gordane Grubin
/ref>

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Veskovic, Miodrag 1950 births Living people Sportspeople from Sarajevo Yugoslav basketball coaches Serbian men's basketball coaches Serbian expatriate basketball people in Austria Serbian expatriate basketball people in Croatia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team coaches Serbia national basketball team coaches Bosnia and Herzegovina women's basketball coaches