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Radovan "Bata" Radović (Serbian Cyrillic: Рaдовaн Рaдовић; 19 January 1936 – 25 August 2022)[1] was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Radovan Radović
Personal information
Born(1936-01-19)19 January 1936
Kučevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died25 August 2022(2022-08-25) (aged 86)
Belgrade, Serbia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight92 kg (203 lb)
Career information
Playing career1954–1968
PositionCenter
Number13
Coaching career1969–1981
Career history
As player:
1954–1957BSK
1957–1968Partizan
As coach:
1969–1971Partizan
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
EuroBasket
1961 Yugoslavia Team
Mediterranean Games
1959 LebanonTeam
1963 ItalyTeam

Playing career


Radović played for two Belgrade teams the BSK and the Partizan in Yugoslav First League.

He started his basketball career playing with the youth teams of the BSK. In 1954, he was promoted to first team. Few years later he moved to Partizan where he has played for Partizan from 1957 to 1968, missed only 1964 season due to the compulsory military service.[2] In 1963, he recorded a career-high 48 points in a game.[3]


National team career


As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Radović participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics[4] in Rome and at the EuroBasket 1961[5] in Belgrade where he won a silver medal. He participated at the EuroBasket 1959 in Turkey. Also, he won a gold medal at the 1959 Mediterranean Games in Lebanon and bronze medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games in Italy.

Radović was a flag bearer for Yugoslavia at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.[2]


Coaching career


Radović coached the Partizan Belgrade of the Yugoslav First League in 1969–70 and 1970–71 season.[6] During his military service in Kraljevo in 1964, he briefly trained a future star Ljubodrag Simonović.[2]


Personal life


Radović has a son, Ivan (born 1988). Ivan was arrested in 2016 on suspicion of smuggling cocaine from Serbia to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[7]


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Radovan Radović, en Serbio: Рaдовaн Рaдовић, (19 de enero de 1936, en Kučevo, RFS Yugoslavia) fue un jugador de baloncesto serbio. Consiguió 1 medalla de plata en el Eurobasket de Yugoslavia del año 1961 con la Selección de Yugoslavia.



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