Dragan Rata ( Serb. Dragan Rata ; born March 3, 1961 , Bosansko-Grahovo , Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian basketball player and head coach of the national basketball team of Macedonia.
| Dragan Rat | |
|---|---|
| Dragan raca | |
| completed his career | |
| Position | Trainer |
| Growth | |
| Citizenship |  Serbia |
| Date of Birth | March 3, 1961 (58 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Bosansko-Grahovo , Yugoslavia |
He spent his professional career in Cyprus, Lebanon and in China. Coached the Lebanese national team at the 2007 World Cup.
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Education
Honorary Doctorate University of Alpha-BK
Basketball University of Belgrade
University of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Belgrade.
Languages: English, Russian, Greek, languages of the former Yugoslav Republic
Game career
Dragan Cancer spent his career in the following basketball clubs:
Cyprus Aris, AEK, Keravnos, AEL
National Team of Cyprus (after naturalization) 1994-1999
Progress:
Three times the top scorer of the former Yugoslavia A1
Four times Cyprus top scorer A1 and Cyprus top scorer in basketball history
Training career
Cyprus
- AEL (A1) 2002-2005
Lebanon
- Hekmeh BC (A1) 2005
Greece
- Iraklis (A1) 2005-2006
Cyprus
- Apoel (A1) 2007
Greece
- Olympia Patra (A1) 2008
Cyprus
- AEL (A1) 2009
China
- Guangzhou FREE MAN NBL, (2010—2013)
- Chongqing FLY DRAGONS CBA, (2013—2015)
- Beijing, FLY DRAGONS CBA, (2015—2018)
National team
- National Coach of Cyprus 2004-2005
- National trainer of Lebanon 2007, 2009
- National coach of Macedonia 2016—2017
He won a gold medal at the European Olympiad B in Andorra (June 2005, without a lost game)
2007: Silver medalist at the 16th Asian Asian Championships in Japan.
Silver medalist at the Williams Jones International Cup Tournament (China, 2007)
Rewards
Best newcomer to Fiba Coach Europe - nominated by FIBA in 2003.
Best European FIBA COACH - officially appointed by FIBA in Munich (June 2004)
Best coach of the year Eurobasket All League (2004)
Coach of the European Team (All Star Game) Europe vs. the rest of the world - Kiev 2004
Coach of the European Team (All Star Games) Europe vs. the Rest of the World - Nicosia 2005
FIBA Super League Winner Asian 2005/2006.
The best coach of the FIBA Super League Asian 2005/2006
His physical fitness method is officially approved by Indiana University in the USA.
Books
Dragan Raca has written several books about basketball.
- The first Basketball (1998) was translated into eight languages and sold 68,000 copies. All proceeds from the book Dragan Rat are donated by charity, the international organization “SOS Villages”, children without parents.
- Scouting (1999)
- Physical training of professional teams (2000)
- Basketball (2001)
- Technical Analysis of Offenses (2008)
- Defense Technical Analysis (2008)
- Scout Analysis (2008)
- Basketball Analysis (2013)
- Basketball Camp (2013)
- MTM Basketball Defense (2014)
- Basketball Team Development (2016)
- Basketball Player Development (2017)
The books of Dragan Raci are now used in school textbooks at sports universities.