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'''Jure Zdovc''' or Jurij Zdovc, (born [[13 December]] [[1966]] in [[Slovenia]]) known as is a retired [[Slovenia|Slovenian]] [[basketball]] player.
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Jure Zdovc
| image = Jure Zdovc (2015).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Zdovc with [[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenia]] in 2015
| position = [[Coach (basketball)|Head coach]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lb = 195
| league =
| team =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|12|13}}
| birth_place = [[Slovenske Konjice]], [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia|SR Slovenia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
| nationality = Slovenian
| draft_year = 1988
| career_number =
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| career_start = 1984
| career_end = 2003
| coach_start = 1997
| coach_end =
| years1 = 1984–1991
| team1 = [[KK Olimpija|Smelt Olimpija]]
| years2 = 1991–1992
| team2 = [[Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna|Knorr Bologna]]
| years3 = 1992–1993
| team3 = [[Limoges CSP|Limoges]]
| years4 = 1993–1996
| team4 = [[Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C.|Iraklis Thessaloniki]]
| years5 = 1997
| team5 = [[Paris Basket Racing|PSG Racing]]
| years6 = 1997
| team6 = [[Tofaş S.K.|Tofaş]]
| years7 = 1998–2000
| team7 = [[KK Olimpija|Union Olimpija]]
| years8 = 2000–2001
| team8 = [[Panionios B.C.|Panionios]]
| years9 = 2001–2002
| team9 = Union Olimpija
| years10 = 2002–2003
| team10 = [[KD Slovan|Slovan]]
| years11 = 2003
| team11 = [[KK Split|Split CO]]
| cyears1 = 1997–1998
| cteam1 = Comet Slovenske Konjice (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2003
| cteam2 = [[KK Krka|Krka]] (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2003–2004
| cteam3 = Split
| cyears4 = 2004
| cteam4 = [[KD Slovan|Geoplin Slovan]]
| cyears5 = 2005–2006
| cteam5 = Iraklis Thessaloniki
| cyears6 = 2007–2008
| cteam6 = [[KK Bosna Royal|Bosna]]
| cyears7 = 2008–2011
| cteam7 = Union Olimpija
| cyears8 = 2008–2009
| cteam8 = [[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenia]]
| cyears9 = 2011–2013
| cteam9 = [[BC Spartak Saint Petersburg|Spartak Saint Petersburg]]
| cyears10 = 2014–2015
| cteam10 = [[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenia]]
| cyears11 = 2013–2015
| cteam11 = [[Royal Halı Gaziantep]]
| cyears12 = 2014–2016
| cteam12 = Slovenia
| cyears13 = 2015–2017
| cteam13 = [[AEK B.C.|AEK]]
| cyears14 = 2017–2018
| cteam14 = [[KK Cedevita Junior|Cedevita]]
| cyears15 = 2019–2020
| cteam15 = [[KK Olimpija|Petrol Olimpija]]
| cyears16 = 2020–2021
| cteam16 = [[Metropolitans 92]]
| cyears17 = 2021–2022
| cteam17 = [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]]
| cyears18 = 2023–2024
| cteam18 = [[Bursaspor Basketbol|Bursaspor]]
| highlights =
'''As a player:'''
* [[EuroLeague]] champion ([[1993 EuroLeague Final Four|1993]])
* 3× [[FIBA European Selection]] (1990, 1991 2×)
* [[FIBA EuroStar]] (1996)
* 2× [[HEBA Greek All-Star Game|Greek League All-Star]] (1994 II, 1996 II)
* 2× [[LNB Pro A|French League]] champion (1993, 1997)
* [[ABA League|Adriatic League]] champion ([[2001–02 ABA Goodyear League|2002]])
* [[Adriatic League Final Four MVP]] (2002)
* [[HT Premijer liga|Croatian League]] champion (2003)
* 2× [[Premier A Slovenian Basketball League|Slovenian League]] champion ([[1998–99 Slovenian Basketball League|1999]], 2002)
* 3× [[Slovenian Basketball Cup|Slovenian Cup]] winner (1999, 2000, 2002)
* 2× [[Premier A Slovenian Basketball League|Slovenian League]] All-Star (1999, 2000)
* [[Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame]] (2015)
* [[FIBA Hall of Fame]] (2020)
'''As a head coach:'''
* [[EuroCup Basketball Coach of the Year|EuroCup Coach of the Year]] ([[2011–12 Eurocup Basketball|2012]])
* [[Adriatic League Super Cup]] winner ([[2017 ABA League Supercup|2017]])
* [[Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė|Lithuanian King Mindaugas Cup]] winner (2022)
* [[HT Premijer liga|Croatian League]] champion ([[2017–18 A-1 League|2018]])
* 2× [[Krešimir Ćosić Cup|Croatian Cup]] winner (2004, 2018)
* [[Premier A Slovenian Basketball League|Slovenian League]] champion ([[2008–09 Slovenian Basketball League|2009]])
* 3× [[Slovenian Basketball Cup|Slovenian Cup]] winner (2009–2011)
* [[Slovenian Basketball Supercup|Slovenian Supercup]] winner (2010)
* [[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian League]] champion (2008)
| FIBA_HOF_player = Jure-Zdovc
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|YUG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1988 Seoul]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Basketball World Cup|FIBA World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1990 FIBA World Championship|1990 Argentina]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[EuroBasket]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[EuroBasket 1989|1989 Yugoslavia]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[EuroBasket 1991|1991 Italy]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|European Championship for Juniors]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1984 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship|1984 Sweden]]|[[Yugoslavia men's national under-18 basketball team|Under-18]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship|European Championship for Cadets]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1983 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship|1983 West Germany]]|[[Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team|Under-16]]}}
}}


'''Jurij''' "'''Jure'''" '''Zdovc''' (born 13 December 1966) is a Slovenian former professional [[basketball]] player and [[basketball coach|coach]]. He was most recently the head coach of [[Bursaspor Basketbol|Bursaspor]] of the Turkish [[Basketbol Süper Ligi]] (BSL).<ref>[https://sloveniatimes.com/basketball-zdovc-returning-to-helm-of-national-team/ Zdovc Returning to Helm of National Team.]</ref> As a player, he was a 1.98 m (6'6") tall [[point guard]], who began his professional playing career with the [[Yugoslav First B Federal Basketball League|Yugoslav Second Division]] club [[KK Olimpija|Smelt Olimpija]].
He played for [[KK Union Olimpija|Olimpija Ljubljana]], [[Virtus Bologna]], [[CSP Limoges]], [[Iraklis BC]], Helios Domzale, [[Paris Basket Racing|Paris]], [[Panionios BC]], [[KK Split|Split]], Geoplin Slovan.


During his playing career, he was a three-time member of the [[FIBA European Selection]], in the years 1990 and 1991 (twice), and a [[FIBA EuroStar]] selection, in 1996. He also represented both the senior [[Yugoslav national basketball team|Yugoslav national team]], and the senior [[Slovenian national basketball team|Slovenian national team]]. He was inducted into the [[Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame]] in 2015. He was inducted into the [[FIBA Hall of Famer|FIBA Hall of Fame]] in 2020.
Playing for [[KK Union Olimpija|Olimpija Ljubljana]], Jure Zdovc won 2 Slovenian league titles, 3 Slovenian Cups and the 2002 Adriatic League.


As a basketball coach, Zdovc received the [[EuroCup Basketball Coach of the Year|EuroCup Coach of the Year]] award in 2012, while he was the head coach of the Russian club [[BC Spartak Saint Petersburg|Spartak Saint Petersburg]].
In 1993 he won the Euroleague and the french championship playing for Limoges. In 1997 as a[[Paris Basket Racing|Paris Racing]] player won the french championship.


==Playing career==
He was a member of the [[Yugoslavia national basketball team|Yugoslavia National Squad]] that won the gold medal at [[Eurobasket 1989]] [[Eurobasket 1991]]. He also won the gold medal in the [[1990 FIBA World Championship]].
===Club career===
As a junior level player, Zdovc began his playing career with Comet [[Slovenske Konjice]]. He also played with the junior teams of Smelt Olimpija. During his senior men's pro [[sports club|club]] career, he played with the following teams: the senior men's team of [[KK Olimpija|Smelt Olimpija]], [[Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna|Knorr Bologna]], [[Limoges CSP]], [[Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C.|Iraklis Thessaloniki]], [[Helios Suns]], [[Paris Basket Racing|PSG Racing]], [[Tofaş S.K.|Tofaş]], [[Panionios B.C.|Panionios Athens]], [[KD Slovan|Geoplin Slovan]], and [[KK Split|Split CO]].


With the French club [[Limoges CSP]], Zdovc won the [[EuroLeague]]'s [[1993 EuroLeague Final Four|1992–93 season championship]], and he was voted to the [[EuroLeague All-Final Four Team]]. He also won the [[LNB Pro A|French League]]'s 1992–93 season championship, while playing with Limoges. In 1997, as a [[Paris Basket Racing|Paris Racing]] player, he also won the French League championship.
== External links ==

*[http://www.euroleague.net/history/50-years/player-nominees#Jure euroleague.net]
While playing with Union Olimpija, Zdovc won two [[Slovenian Basketball League|Slovenian Premier League]] championships, and three [[Slovenian Basketball Cup|Slovenian Cups]]. With the same club, he also won the [[2001–02 ABA Goodyear League|2001–02 season]]'s championship of the [[ABA League|Adriatic League]], and he was voted the 2002 [[Adriatic League Final Four MVP]]. With [[KK Split Croatia|Split Croatia]], he won the 2003 [[HT Premijer liga|Croatian Premier League]] championship.
*[http://www.fibaeurope.com/default.asp?cid=%7B0FE489ED-253F-4450-A35E-989CAA4AEA4C%7D&inplayer=on&inteam=on&intext=on&infoto=on&search=jurij+zdovc fibaeurope.com]

*[http://ulebcup.com/ulebcup/home/on-court/players/showplayer?gamecode=56&pcode=APU&seasoncode=e2001 ulebcup.com]
===Yugoslav national team===
Zdovc was a member of the senior [[Yugoslavia national basketball team|Yugoslavia National Squad]].<ref>[http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_3-I9xIK,H52ZNfYSgahgJ0.inplayer_on.inteam_on.intext_on.infoto_on.search_jurij%20Zdovc.articlesPage_1.coid_ieu0skf5GLYte4dBxUFTs1.html DIVAC, ZDOVC RECALL A GREAT BUT TRAGIC ERA.]</ref> With Yugoslavia, he won the silver medal at the [[Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1988 Seoul Summer Olympics]].<ref>[https://www.euroleague.net/news/voices/2011-2012/vladimir-stankovic/i/96252/jure-zdovc-the-golden-slovenian Jure Zdovc - The Golden Slovenian>.]</ref><ref>[https://www.euroleague.net/news/voices/2011-2012/vladimir-stankovic/i/96252/jure-zdovc-the-golden-slovenian 101 Greats: Jure Zdovc.]</ref> As a member of Yugoslavia's national selection, he also won gold medals at the [[1989 EuroBasket]], the [[1990 FIBA World Championship]], and the [[1991 EuroBasket]].

===Slovenian national team===
As a member of the senior [[Slovenian national basketball team|Slovenian national team]], Zdovc played at the following major [[FIBA]] international tournaments: the [[1992 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament|1992 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament]],<ref>[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Jure%20Zdovc/pid//_//players.html Jure ZDOVC.]</ref> the [[1993 EuroBasket]], the [[1995 EuroBasket]], the [[1997 EuroBasket]], and the [[1999 EuroBasket]].<ref>[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Jurij%20Zdovc/pid//_//players.html Jurij ZDOVC (SLO).]</ref>

==Coaching career==
===Clubs===
Zdovc first worked as a basketball coach in the 1997–98 season, with Comet Slovenske Konjice, where he worked as an assistant. That was still during his active playing career, but during a time in which he was not playing, due to a long-term injury that he suffered while he was playing with the [[Turkish Basketball Super League|Turkish Super League]] club [[Tofaş S.K.|Tofaş]]. After he retired from playing professional club basketball in 2003, Zdovc started his full-time [[basketball coach]]ing career as the [[head coach]] of the [[Croatian Basketball League|Croatian Premier League]] club [[KK Split Croatia|Split Croatia]]. He stayed the head coach of Split Croatia until 2004, and led the team to a first-place finish in the [[Krešimir Ćosić Cup|Croatian Cup]]. In the 2006–07 season, he was the sports director of [[KK Olimpija|Union Olimpija]].

Zdovc also won the [[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina League]] championship with [[KK Bosna Royal|Bosna]] in 2008. In 2009, he won the [[Premier A Slovenian Basketball League|Slovenian Premier League]] championship with Union Olimpija. Zdovc also won the [[Slovenian Basketball Cup|Slovenian Cup]] title three times in a row with Union Olimpija, in the years 2009, 2010, and 2011. He also led Union Olimpija to the top Top-16 stage of the [[EuroLeague]]'s [[2010–11 Euroleague|2010–11 season]].

Zdovc was named the [[EuroCup Basketball Coach of the Year|EuroCup Coach of the Year]] in 2012.<ref>[https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/eurocup/?smid=3742 Eurocupbasketball.com 2011-12 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Jure Zdovc, Spartak St. Petersburg.]</ref> On 20 December 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the [[Greek Basket League]] club [[AEK B.C.|AEK Athens]].<ref>[http://www.aekbc.gr/el/articles-612/zntobt-ew-to-2018.htm Zdovc moves to AEK until 2018.]</ref> He was dismissed in the role by AEK Athens, in March 2017, after his team lost a [[2016–17 FIBA Champions League]] game against the [[LNB Pro A|French Pro A League]] club [[AS Monaco Basket|AS Monaco]].<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/228554/aek-athens-jure-zdovc-part-ways.html AEK Athens, Jure Zdovc part ways.]</ref>

On 14 June 2017, Zdovc was named as the head coach of the Croatian club [[KK Cedevita|Cedevita Zagreb]], as he replaced [[Veljko Mršić]] in that role.<ref>[http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/croatia/236985/kk-cedevita-name-jure-zdovc-head-coach.html KK Cedevita name Jure Zdovc head coach.]</ref> He was later sacked by the club on 6 June 2018.<ref>[https://gol.dnevnik.hr/clanak/rubrika/kosarka/razisli-se-cedevita-i-trener-jure-zdovc---519814.html Razišli se Cedevita i Jure Zdovc.]</ref>

On 7 May 2020, Zdovc signed on to be the head coach of the [[Metropolitans 92]] of the French [[LNB Pro A]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/jure-zdovc-is-officially-the-new-head-coach-of-metropolitans-92/|title=Jure Zdovc is officially the new head coach of Metropolitans 92|date=7 May 2020|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref> Zdovc worked with [[BC Žalgiris|Žalgiris Kaunas]] in the 2021–2022 season, though had a very tumultuous season, resigning in April. With Žalgiris, Zdovc won the 2022 [[King Mindaugas Cup]].

On 7 July 2023 he signed with [[Bursaspor Basketbol|Bursaspor]] of the Turkish [[Basketbol Süper Ligi]] (BSL).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://basketfaul.com/haber?haber=109057|title=Bursaspor'a tanıdık koç|date=July 7, 2023|publisher=basketfaul|language=tr|access-date=July 7, 2023}}</ref> On 16 January 2024 Zdovc and [[Bursaspor Basketbol|Bursaspor]] parted ways.{{clarify|date=May 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-16 |title=Zdovc and Bursaspor separated the ways. |url=https://www.ntvspor.net/basketbol/bursaspor-info-yatirim-jure-zdovc-ile-yollarini-ayirdi-65a6c5c463b1ce005a0331f9 |website=ntvspor.net}}</ref>

===National teams===
In 2009, Zdovc was named the head coach of the senior men's [[Slovenia national basketball team|Slovenian national team]]. He guided Slovenia to a fourth-place finish at the [[2009 EuroBasket]]. In 2014, Zdovc returned to coach Slovenia, after signing a three-year contract to coach the team.<ref>[http://www.fibaeurope.com/coid_eRBkZg5II7-K2ASDgK40W3.articleMode_on.html Zdovc moves to Slovenian national basketball team.]</ref> He coached Slovenia at the [[2014 FIBA World Cup]], and the [[2015 EuroBasket]].

==Head coaching record==
{{Euroleague coach statistics legend}}

===EuroLeague===
<ref>[https://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=APU ZDOVC, JURE Career Record EuroLeague.]</ref>
{{Euroleague coach statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" rowspan=3|[[KK Olimpija|Union Olimpija]]
| align="left"|[[2008–09 Euroleague|2008–09]]
| 2 || 0 || 2 || {{Winning percentage|0|2}} || align="center"|Eliminated in regular season
|-
| align="left"|[[2009–10 Euroleague|2009–10]]
| 10 || 1 || 9 || {{Winning percentage|1|9}} || align="center"|Eliminated in regular season
|-
| align="left"|[[2010–11 Euroleague|2010–11]]
| 16 || 7 || 9 || {{Winning percentage|7|9}} || align="center"|Eliminated in Top 16 stage
|-
| align="left"|[[BC Žalgiris Kaunas|Žalgiris Kaunas]]
| align="left"|[[2021–22 EuroLeague|2021–22]]
| 28 || 8 || 20 || {{Winning percentage|8|20}}|| align="center"|Eliminated in regular season
|-
|-class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan=2|'''Career'''||56||16||40||{{Winning percentage|16|40}}||
{{s-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Jurij%20Zdovc/pid//_//players.html Jurij Zdovc] at fiba archive 1<small>(as a player)</small>
*[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/Jure%20Zdovc/pid//_//players.html Jure Zdovc] at fiba archive 2 <small>(as a player)</small>
*[http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_3PFNKyhLHWIYKHG2fZORy3.season_2003.roundID_3553.playerID_2652.teamID_2221.html Jurij Zdovc] at fibaeurope.com <small>(as a player)</small>
*[https://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=APU#!careerstats Jure Zdovc] at euroleague.net <small>(as a player)</small>
*[https://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=APU Jure Zdovc] at euroleague.net <small>(as a coach)</small>
*[https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/1637/jurij-zdovc Jure Zdovc] at proballers.com <small>(as a player)</small>
*[https://basketball.eurobasket.com/coach/Jure-Zdovc/Boulogne-Levallois-Metropolitans/8643 Jure Zdovc] at eurobasket.com

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Latest revision as of 17:19, 21 November 2024

Jure Zdovc
Zdovc with Slovenia in 2015
Personal information
Born (1966-12-13) 13 December 1966 (age 58)
Slovenske Konjice, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySlovenian
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
NBA draft1988: undrafted
Playing career1984–2003
PositionPoint guard
Coaching career1997–present
Career history
As player:
1984–1991Smelt Olimpija
1991–1992Knorr Bologna
1992–1993Limoges
1993–1996Iraklis Thessaloniki
1997PSG Racing
1997Tofaş
1998–2000Union Olimpija
2000–2001Panionios
2001–2002Union Olimpija
2002–2003Slovan
2003Split CO
As coach:
1997–1998Comet Slovenske Konjice (assistant)
2003Krka (assistant)
2003–2004Split
2004Geoplin Slovan
2005–2006Iraklis Thessaloniki
2007–2008Bosna
2008–2011Union Olimpija
2008–2009Slovenia
2011–2013Spartak Saint Petersburg
2014–2015Slovenia
2013–2015Royal Halı Gaziantep
2014–2016Slovenia
2015–2017AEK
2017–2018Cedevita
2019–2020Petrol Olimpija
2020–2021Metropolitans 92
2021–2022Žalgiris Kaunas
2023–2024Bursaspor
Career highlights and awards
As a player:

As a head coach:

FIBA Hall of Fame
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
Summer Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1990 Argentina
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1989 Yugoslavia
Gold medal – first place 1991 Italy
European Championship for Juniors
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Sweden Under-18
European Championship for Cadets
Gold medal – first place 1983 West Germany Under-16

Jurij "Jure" Zdovc (born 13 December 1966) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player and coach. He was most recently the head coach of Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[1] As a player, he was a 1.98 m (6'6") tall point guard, who began his professional playing career with the Yugoslav Second Division club Smelt Olimpija.

During his playing career, he was a three-time member of the FIBA European Selection, in the years 1990 and 1991 (twice), and a FIBA EuroStar selection, in 1996. He also represented both the senior Yugoslav national team, and the senior Slovenian national team. He was inducted into the Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame in 2015. He was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2020.

As a basketball coach, Zdovc received the EuroCup Coach of the Year award in 2012, while he was the head coach of the Russian club Spartak Saint Petersburg.

Playing career

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Club career

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As a junior level player, Zdovc began his playing career with Comet Slovenske Konjice. He also played with the junior teams of Smelt Olimpija. During his senior men's pro club career, he played with the following teams: the senior men's team of Smelt Olimpija, Knorr Bologna, Limoges CSP, Iraklis Thessaloniki, Helios Suns, PSG Racing, Tofaş, Panionios Athens, Geoplin Slovan, and Split CO.

With the French club Limoges CSP, Zdovc won the EuroLeague's 1992–93 season championship, and he was voted to the EuroLeague All-Final Four Team. He also won the French League's 1992–93 season championship, while playing with Limoges. In 1997, as a Paris Racing player, he also won the French League championship.

While playing with Union Olimpija, Zdovc won two Slovenian Premier League championships, and three Slovenian Cups. With the same club, he also won the 2001–02 season's championship of the Adriatic League, and he was voted the 2002 Adriatic League Final Four MVP. With Split Croatia, he won the 2003 Croatian Premier League championship.

Yugoslav national team

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Zdovc was a member of the senior Yugoslavia National Squad.[2] With Yugoslavia, he won the silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.[3][4] As a member of Yugoslavia's national selection, he also won gold medals at the 1989 EuroBasket, the 1990 FIBA World Championship, and the 1991 EuroBasket.

Slovenian national team

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As a member of the senior Slovenian national team, Zdovc played at the following major FIBA international tournaments: the 1992 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament,[5] the 1993 EuroBasket, the 1995 EuroBasket, the 1997 EuroBasket, and the 1999 EuroBasket.[6]

Coaching career

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Clubs

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Zdovc first worked as a basketball coach in the 1997–98 season, with Comet Slovenske Konjice, where he worked as an assistant. That was still during his active playing career, but during a time in which he was not playing, due to a long-term injury that he suffered while he was playing with the Turkish Super League club Tofaş. After he retired from playing professional club basketball in 2003, Zdovc started his full-time basketball coaching career as the head coach of the Croatian Premier League club Split Croatia. He stayed the head coach of Split Croatia until 2004, and led the team to a first-place finish in the Croatian Cup. In the 2006–07 season, he was the sports director of Union Olimpija.

Zdovc also won the Bosnia and Herzegovina League championship with Bosna in 2008. In 2009, he won the Slovenian Premier League championship with Union Olimpija. Zdovc also won the Slovenian Cup title three times in a row with Union Olimpija, in the years 2009, 2010, and 2011. He also led Union Olimpija to the top Top-16 stage of the EuroLeague's 2010–11 season.

Zdovc was named the EuroCup Coach of the Year in 2012.[7] On 20 December 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the Greek Basket League club AEK Athens.[8] He was dismissed in the role by AEK Athens, in March 2017, after his team lost a 2016–17 FIBA Champions League game against the French Pro A League club AS Monaco.[9]

On 14 June 2017, Zdovc was named as the head coach of the Croatian club Cedevita Zagreb, as he replaced Veljko Mršić in that role.[10] He was later sacked by the club on 6 June 2018.[11]

On 7 May 2020, Zdovc signed on to be the head coach of the Metropolitans 92 of the French LNB Pro A.[12] Zdovc worked with Žalgiris Kaunas in the 2021–2022 season, though had a very tumultuous season, resigning in April. With Žalgiris, Zdovc won the 2022 King Mindaugas Cup.

On 7 July 2023 he signed with Bursaspor of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[13] On 16 January 2024 Zdovc and Bursaspor parted ways.[clarification needed][14]

National teams

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In 2009, Zdovc was named the head coach of the senior men's Slovenian national team. He guided Slovenia to a fourth-place finish at the 2009 EuroBasket. In 2014, Zdovc returned to coach Slovenia, after signing a three-year contract to coach the team.[15] He coached Slovenia at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and the 2015 EuroBasket.

Head coaching record

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Legend
G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win-loss %

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

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Team Year G W L W–L% Result
Union Olimpija 2008–09 2 0 2 .000 Eliminated in regular season
2009–10 10 1 9 .100 Eliminated in regular season
2010–11 16 7 9 .438 Eliminated in Top 16 stage
Žalgiris Kaunas 2021–22 28 8 20 .286 Eliminated in regular season
Career 56 16 40 .286

References

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  1. ^ Zdovc Returning to Helm of National Team.
  2. ^ DIVAC, ZDOVC RECALL A GREAT BUT TRAGIC ERA.
  3. ^ Jure Zdovc - The Golden Slovenian>.
  4. ^ 101 Greats: Jure Zdovc.
  5. ^ Jure ZDOVC.
  6. ^ Jurij ZDOVC (SLO).
  7. ^ Eurocupbasketball.com 2011-12 Eurocup Coach of the Year: Jure Zdovc, Spartak St. Petersburg.
  8. ^ Zdovc moves to AEK until 2018.
  9. ^ AEK Athens, Jure Zdovc part ways.
  10. ^ KK Cedevita name Jure Zdovc head coach.
  11. ^ Razišli se Cedevita i Jure Zdovc.
  12. ^ "Jure Zdovc is officially the new head coach of Metropolitans 92". Sportando. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Bursaspor'a tanıdık koç" (in Turkish). basketfaul. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Zdovc and Bursaspor separated the ways". ntvspor.net. 16 January 2024.
  15. ^ Zdovc moves to Slovenian national basketball team.
  16. ^ ZDOVC, JURE Career Record EuroLeague.
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