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Jadranko "Jadran" Vujačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јадранко Вујачић; born 27 December 1959) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player.

Jadran Vujačić

Personal information
Born	(1959-12-27) 27 December 1959 (age 62) Titograd, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegrin
Listed height	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Career information
NBA draft	1981 / Undrafted
Playing career	1977–1998
Position	Center
Number	5, 8, 14
Coaching career	1998–present
Career history
As player:
1977–1980	Partizan
00	Budućnost
00	Olimpija
1988–1989	Partizan
1989–1991	Sloboda DITA
1991–1992	Borac Banja Luka
1992–1993	Borac Čačak
1994–1995	Budućnost
1997–1998	Makedonija 91
As coach:
1998–present	Joker Podgorica
Career highlights and awards
3× FIBA Korać Cup champion (1978, 1979, 1989) Yugoslav League champion (1979) 3× Yugoslav Cup winner (1978, 1979, 1989)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games 1983 Morocco Team

Playing career

A center, Vujačić played for Partizan, Budućnost, Olimpija, Sloboda DITA, Borac Banja Luka, Borac Čačak, and Makedonija 91. He won three FIBA Korać Cup tournaments with Partizan.[1] Vujačić retired as a player with Makedonija 91 in 1998.

National team career

Vujačić was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that won the gold medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games in Morocco.

Coaching career

After retirement in 1998, Vujačić founded the Joker Basketball Academy in his hometown Podgorica, Montenegro.[2] Professional basketball players such as Nikola Mirotić and Marko Todorović started to play basketball there.[3][4][5][6]

References

External links

• Coach Profile at treneri.me

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