Croatian professional basketball coach (born 1962)
Neven Spahija
Spahija while coaching Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2018
Reyer Venezia
Position
Head coach
League
LBA EuroCup
Personal information
Born
(1962-11-06) 6 November 1962 (age 61) Šibenik, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Nationality
Croatian
Coaching career
1986–present
Career history
As coach:
1986–1987
Elemes Šibenik (assistant)
1994–1996
Zrinjevac (assistant)
1996–1997
Gradine Pula
1999–2000
Union Olimpija (assistant)
2000–2001
Cibona
2001–2003
Krka
2003
Avtodor Saratov
2004–2005
Roseto Sharks
2005–2006
Lietuvos rytas
2006–2007
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2007–2008
Tau Cerámica
2008–2010
Valencia
2010–2012
Fenerbahçe Ülker
2013
Cibona
2014–2017
Atlanta Hawks (assistant)
2017–2018
Maccabi Tel Aviv
2019–2020
Memphis Grizzlies (assistant)
2020–2021
Shanghai Sharks
2021–2022
Bitci Baskonia
2023–present
Reyer Venezia
Career highlights and awards
As head coach
EuroCup champion (2010)
2× Croatian League champion (2000, 2001)
2× Croatian Cup winner (2000, 2001)
ULEB Cup finalist (2003)
Slovenian League champion (2003)
Lithuanian League champion (2006)
Baltic League champion (2006)
2× Israeli League champion (2007, 2018)
Spanish League champion (2008)
Spanish Supercup winner (2007)
Turkish League champion (2011)
Turkish Cup winner (2011)
Neven Spahija (born 6 November 1962) is a Croatian professional basketball coach, who is currently the head coach for Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroCup. He spent four years in the NBA as an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks and Memphis Grizzlies.
NevenSpahija (born 6 November 1962) is a Croatian professional basketball coach, who is currently the head coach for Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega...
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and BBL finals, losing to Žalgiris Kaunas. Before the 2005–06 season, NevenSpahija became the head coach of the team. After losing their first two matches...
and Mladen Miholić, the club overcame its problems. Croatian coach NevenSpahija recognised club's potential and became vice president in 2011. The club...
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and 1997 EuroBasket. On 14 November 2013, following the departure of NevenSpahija, Rimac was appointed the head coach of Cibona. He led the club to win...
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