1. Jurij "Jure" Zdovc was born on 13 December 1966 and is a Slovenian former professional basketball player and coach.
17 Facts About Jure Zdovc
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Jure Zdovc was most recently the head coach of Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketbol Super Ligi.
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Jure Zdovc represented both the senior Yugoslav national team, and the senior Slovenian national team.
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Jure Zdovc was inducted into the Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Jure Zdovc was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2020.
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Jure Zdovc played with the junior teams of Smelt Olimpija.
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Jure Zdovc was a member of the senior Yugoslavia National Squad.
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Jure Zdovc stayed the head coach of Split Croatia until 2004, and led the team to a first-place finish in the Croatian Cup.
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Jure Zdovc won the Bosnia and Herzegovina League championship with Bosna in 2008.
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Jure Zdovc won the Slovenian Cup title three times in a row with Union Olimpija, in the years 2009,2010, and 2011.
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Jure Zdovc was named the EuroCup Coach of the Year in 2012.
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On 14 June 2017, Jure Zdovc was named as the head coach of the Croatian club Cedevita Zagreb, as he replaced Veljko Mrsic in that role.
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Jure Zdovc was later sacked by the club on 6 June 2018.
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In 2009, Jure Zdovc was named the head coach of the senior men's Slovenian national team.
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Jure Zdovc guided Slovenia to a fourth-place finish at the 2009 EuroBasket.
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In 2014, Jure Zdovc returned to coach Slovenia, after signing a three-year contract to coach the team.
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Jure Zdovc coached Slovenia at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and the 2015 EuroBasket.