Dražen Anzulović
BC Samara
PositionHead coach
LeagueVTB United League
Personal information
Born (1967-05-07) 7 May 1967
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Coaching career2001–present
Career history
As player:
1986–1990Cibona
1990–1996Zagreb
1996–1997Vrijednosnice Osijek
As coach:
2001–2003Zagreb
2003–2007Cibona
2007–2008Ural Great
2008–2009Spirou Charleroi
2009–2010BC Donetsk
2010Lietuvos rytas
2010–2011Cibona
2011–2012Cedevita
2015–2017MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza
2016–2017Croatia (assistant)
2017–2018Nanjing Monkey King
2018–2019Croatia
2019–2023BC Enisey
2023–presentBC Samara
Career highlights and awards
As player

As head coach

Dražen Anzulović (born 7 May 1967) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for BC Samara of the VTB United League.

Playing career

Anzulović spent most of his playing career in Cibona. He won the EuroLeague title as a player of Cibona in 1986 with Dražen Petrović on the team.[1]

Coaching career

Anzulović started his head coaching career after he got injured. As a head coach he has made great successes with Cibona, Cedevita, Spirou Charleroi and MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza.

On 28 November 2017, he was appointed head coach for Nanjing Monkey King. In April 2018, he left the Chinese club.

On 19 June 2019, he was named head coach for the VTB United League club BC Enisey.[2]

National team coaching career

Anzulović had served as an assistant coach for the Croatia national team twice, for the first time in period between 2006 and 2009, when Croatia managed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for the first time after 1992, and then for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where the national team won the fifth place.

On 24 April 2018, he was appointed the new head coach for the senior Croatia national team, after Ivica Skelin parted ways with the Croatian Basketball Federation (HKS). On 2 May 2019, Anzulović was sacked and replaced by Veljko Mršić.[3][4]

Career achievements and awards

As a player:

As a coach:

References

  1. ↑ "Cibona je oba svoja naslova prvaka Europe osvojila na današnji dan, a danas je klub na aparatima". basketball.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Dražen Anzulović ima novi klub". www.germanijak.hr (in Croatian). 19 June 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Hrvatska i službeno dobila novog izbornika! Anzulović poručio: Krasi nas strašna želja..." www.tportal.hr (in Croatian). 24 April 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Veljko Mršić novi izbornik hrvatske košarkaške reprezentacije". sport.hrt.hr (in Croatian). 2 May 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2020.


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