sport.wikisort.org - AthleteJosip "Pino" Gjergja (also transliterated Đerđa, Djerdja or Giergia; born 24 November 1937), also credited as Giuseppe Giergia,[lower-alpha 1] is a retired Croatian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. He was nominated for the EuroLeague's 50 Greatest Contributors list in 2008. He was born in Zadar, to an Arbanasi family, hence the variously transcribed name. At a height of 1.76 m (5'9") tall, he played at the point guard position.
Croatian basketball player and coach
Josip Gjergja|
Born | (1937-11-24) November 24, 1937 (age 84) Zara, Kingdom of Italy |
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Nationality | Croatian |
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Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
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Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
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Playing career | 1958–1976 |
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Position | Point guard |
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Coaching career | 1983–1994, 2003 |
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1958–1976 | Zadar |
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1983 | Yugoslavia |
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1984–1985 | PAOK |
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1993–1994 | Zadar |
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1994 | Croatia |
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2003 | Prishtina |
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As a player:
- FIBA European Selection (1968)
- 5× Yugoslav League champion: (1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1975)
- Yugoslav Cup winner (1970)
- Croatian Lifetime Achievement Award in Sport (2014)
- Croatian Sportsman of the Year (1963)
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Men's basketball |
Representing Yugoslavia |
FIBA World Cup |
 | 1963 Brazil | |
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EuroBasket |
 | 1965 USSR | |
Head Coach for Croatia |
FIBA World Cup |
 | 1994 Canada | |
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Playing career
Gjergja wore KK Zadar's jersey for 18 consecutive seasons, thus becoming one of the club's legends, alongside Krešimir Ćosić. He was a three time Yugoslav Basketball League champion, from 1965 to 1968, and won another two Yugoslav championships, back-to back, in 1974 and 1975. He also won the Yugoslav Cup in 1970.
National team career
Gjergja was a member of the Yugoslav national team. With Yugoslavia, he won two FIBA World Cup silver medals, in 1963 and 1967, as well as a EuroBasket silver medal in 1965. He also participated in two Summer Olympic Games, in 1960 and 1964.
Coaching career
Gjergja began a coaching career after his retirement from playing. As a head coach, he led the senior Croatian national team to the FIBA World Cup bronze medal, at the 1994 FIBA World Championship. In 2003, he coached the club team,
Prishtina, in Kosovo.
See also
- Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League career stats leaders
Notes and references
- Notes
- Giuseppe Giergia was his birth name, changed by the Yugoslav regime. Recently he obtained legally to change his name back to the original version[1]
- References
External links
Yugoslavia squads |
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Yugoslavia squad – 1960 Summer Olympics – 6th place |
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Yugoslavia squad – 1963 FIBA World Championship – Silver medal |
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Yugoslavia squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – 7th place |
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Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1965 – Silver medal |
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Yugoslavia squad – 1967 FIBA World Championship – Silver medal |
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Croatia squad – 1994 FIBA World Championship – Bronze medal |
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Sportske novosti Croatian Sportsman of the Year |
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Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport – Life Achievement |
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1990s |
- Mirko Novosel (1991)
- Franjo Frntić (1992)
- Miljenko Finderle (1993)
- Herman Vukušić (1994)
- Rudolf Carek, Nikola Turk (1995)
- Milan Blašković, Marijan Malović (1996)
- Filip Ćurković, Zdravko Kovačević (1997)
- Josip Marić, Boris Volščanšek (1998)
- Vladimir Findak, Katica Ileš (1999)
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2000s |
- Miloš Marković, Matija Ljubek (2000)
- Zlatko Šimenc, Slavko Podgorelec (2001)
- Žarko Dolinar, Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Petrović (2002)
- Milan Antolković, Vicko Lučić (2003)
- Miro Mihovilović, Antun Vrdoljak (2004)
- Irislav Dolenec, Vicko Šoljan (2005)
- Nikola Jurković, Stjepan Korbar, Veljko Rogošić (2006)
- Miroslav Blažević, Ante Pavlović, Žarko Susić (2007)
- Ivo Cipci, Željko Mataja, Josip Modrić (2008)
- Zdravko Baršnik, Ivan Janjić, Renato Vučetić (2009)
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2010s |
- Josip Čorak, Darko Dujmović, Velimir Kljaić (2010)
- Ivan Fattorini, Dragan Milanović, Vinko Tomljanović (2011)
- Ivan Ivančić, Marinko Mikulandra, Ratko Rudić (2012)
- Jozo Alebić, Erna Hawelka Rađenović, Fredi Kramer (2013)
- Vinko Bajrović, Anto Ćavar, Giuseppe Giergia (2014)
- Gojko Arneri, Đurđica Bjedov, Janko Goleš (2015)
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