Želimir Obradović (Serbian Cyrillic: Желимир Обрадовић, pronounced ; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former professional player who the head coach for Partizan of the Basketball League of Serbia (KLS), the ABA League and the EuroLeague.
Obradović has won 63 club titles and honours in his entire coaching career, including nine EuroLeague titles with five different clubs, and has also made 18 EuroLeague Final Four appearances, during his coaching career. In addition to his success at the club level, he has also won major trophies as head coach of the senior FR Yugoslavian national team, 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. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest head coaches in history.
1978-1984 |
1984-1991 |
1991-1993 Manager |
1993-1994 Manager |
1994-1997 Manager |
1997-1999 Manager |
1999-2012 Manager |
2013-2020 Manager |