Željko Obradović

Željko Obradović
	Obradović as head coach of Partizan in 2024
Partizan Mozzart Bet
Position	Head coach
League	ABA League; EuroLeague; KLS
Personal information
Born	9 March 1960; Čačak, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1982: undrafted
Playing career	1978–1991
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1991–present
Career history
As a player:
1978–1984	Borac Čačak
1984–1991	Partizan
As a coach:
1991–1993	Partizan
1992–1995	FR Yugoslavia (assistant)
1993–1994	Joventut Badalona
1994–1997	Real Madrid
1996–2000	FR Yugoslavia
1997–1999	Benetton Treviso
1999–2012	Panathinaikos
2004–2005	Serbia and Montenegro
2013–2020	Fenerbahçe
2021–present	Partizan
Career highlights
	As player: FIBA Korać Cup champion (1989); Yugoslav League champion (1987); Yugoslav Cup winner (1989); As head coach: 9× EuroLeague champion (1992, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017); 2× FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1997, 1999); 11× Greek League champion (2000, 2001, 2003–2011); 4× Turkish League champion (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018); Yugoslav League champion (1992); 2× ABA League champion (2023, 2025); 7× Greek Cup winner (2003, 2005–2009, 2012); 3× Turkish Cup winner (2016, 2019, 2020); Yugoslav Cup winner (1992); 3× Turkish Supercup winner (2013, 2016, 2017); Italian Supercup winner (1997); 3× European Triple Crown winner (1992, 2007, 2009); FIBA EuroStar (2007); Greek League Hall of Fame (2022); 2× FIBA European Coach of the Year (1994, 1995); 3× EuroLeague Coach of the Year (2007, 2011, 2017); 4× Greek League Coach of the Year (2000, 2005, 2009, 2011); 2× ABA League Coach of the Year (2022, 2023); 2x Manager of the Year in Turkey (2017, 2018); Best Sports Coach in Greece (2009); 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008); Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement (1999);
Men's basketball
Representing Yugoslavia
Summer Olympics
FIBA World Cup
Head coach for Yugoslavia
Summer Olympics
FIBA World Cup
EuroBasket
Assistant coach for Yugoslavia
EuroBasket

Željko Obradović (Serbian Cyrillic: Желимир "Жељко" Обрадовић, pronounced [ʒɛ̌limiːr ʒêːʎko obrǎːdoʋitɕ]; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former professional player who is the head coach for Partizan of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague.

Widely regarded as the greatest coach in European basketball history and outside the NBA, Obradović has won a total of 64 club titles and honours over the course of his 30-year-long coaching career, including a record nine EuroLeague titles with five different clubs, along with 18 EuroLeague Final Four appearances. In addition to his success at club level, he has also won major trophies as head coach of the Yugoslavia national team (present-day Serbia), most notably winning the gold medals at the 1997 EuroBasket and the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

Among his individual coaching awards, he has won two FIBA European Coach of the Year awards, three EuroLeague Coach of the Year awards, four Greek Basket League Best Coach awards, the ABA League Coach of the Season award, two Manager of the Year in Turkey awards, the Best Sports Coach in Greece award and the Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, making the list as one of the ten head coaches that were chosen.