Bogdan Tanjević
Basketball player · 79 years old
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| Age | 79 years old |
|---|---|
| Birth date | February 13, 1947 |
| Birthplace | Taşlıca |
| Profession | Basketball player, Basketball coach |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Bogdan Tanjević — Biography
Bogdan Tanjević was born on 13 February 1947 in Pljevlja (known in Turkish as Taşlıca), then part of Yugoslavia, and is a Montenegrin basketball player turned coach. Alongside Montenegrin citizenship, he also holds Italian, Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Turkish citizenship, and is affectionately known to Turkish basketball fans as "Kurt Hoca" ("the veteran coach").
After his playing career, Tanjević moved into coaching and led KK Bosna to the 1978-79 FIBA European Champions Cup title, Europe's top club trophy at the time. He went on to coach the Yugoslavia and Italy national teams as well as clubs including Juve Caserta, Pallacanestro Trieste, Olimpia Milano, CSP Limoges, KK Budućnost, ASVEL Villeurbanne, Virtus Bologna and Stefanel Milano, losing the 1996 Korać Cup final to Efes Pilsen while in charge of the latter. He guided Italy to the EuroBasket title in 1999, also had a spell in charge of the Turkish national team, and was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2019.
In 2026 Tanjević remained a prominent voice in basketball circles, weighing in as the Turkish national team's former coach with public criticism directed at an Italian club.
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