Cedevita Zagreb lands Repesa on bench 26 june 2013
Eurocupbasketball.com
Cedevita Zagreb put a veteran head coach in charge of the team, raising expectations ahead of its 2013-14 Eurocup campaign. The Croatian side has handed rains to Jasmin Repesa, signing a four-year deal, team announced Wednesday. Repesa, 52, arrives after a one-year stint with Unicaja Malaga of Spain, where he led the club to a 8-8 record in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16, but finished ninth in the Spanish League and missed the playoffs.
Repesa's career is highlighted by reaching the 2004 Euroleague title game with Fortitudo Bologna of Italy. In 2010-11, he also took Benetton Treviso of Italy to the Eurocup Final Four. In three different stints with Cibona, he led the club to four Croatian titles, in 1996, 1997, 2002 and 2012. In between those, he coached Tofas Bursa to a pair of Turkish League crowns and Fortitudo Bologna to the 2005 Italian League title. He also coached Split of Croatia, Slask Wroclaw of Poland, Lottomatica Roma and Benetton in Italy. Repesa is currently the head coach of the Croatian national team, a post he held also from 2005 to 2009, highlighted by a sixth-place finish in the 2008 Olympics in China.
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