Aleksandar Bućan

Aleksandar Bućan (Serbian: Александар Бућан; born July 14, 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball coach^[1] who is a youth system coordinator of the Basketball Federation of Serbia Kids:Gala Bućan

Aleksandar Bućan

Personal information
Born	(1973-07-14) July 14, 1973 (age 51) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Position	Head coach
Coaching career	1993–present
Career history
As coach:
1993–2002	Partizan (youth)
2002–2004	Lavovi 063 (youth, assistant)
2004–2005	Napredak Kruševac
2005	Swisslion Vršac
2005–2006	Radnički Zastava
2006	Tamiš
2006–2007	Napredak Kruševac
2007–2010	India
2010–2011	Železničar Inđija
2011–2019	Partizan (youth)
2019–2021	Vizura
Medals Men's Basketball Head Coach for  Serbia U18 European Championship 2018 Latvia U18 Team 2014 Turkey U18 Team Head Coach for  Serbia and Montenegro U16 European Championship 2006 Spain U16 Team

Wife:/

Coaching career

Bućan had multiple stints with Partizan NIS youth selections. He also coached senior teams of Napredak Kruševac, Swisslion Vršac, Radnički Zastava, Tamiš and Železničar.^[2]

National teams

Youth

Bućan coached the under-16 men's selection of the Serbia and Montenegro national team. At 2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, his team won the bronze medal.^[3]

Bućan coached youth men's selections of the Serbia national team (under-18,^[4][5] under-19, under-20^[6]). At the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, Serbia finished 6th among 16 teams.^[7] At the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Serbia won silver medal.^[8] At the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, Serbia finished 9th among 16 teams.^[9] At the 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Serbia finished 11th among 16 teams.^[10]

In November 2022, the Basketball Federation of Serbia hired Bućan as their new youth system coordinator.^[11]

Senior

On May 21, 2007, Bućan has been appointed head coach of the India national basketball team.^[12] At the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship, India finished 15th among 16 teams. At the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship, India finished 13th among 16 teams.

References

1. "Aleksandar Bućan Profile". ukts.rs. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
2. "Aleksandar Bućan na klupi "Želje"". indjija.net. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
3. "2006 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
4. "Biografije trenera mlađih selkcija: Bućan kao Vujošević". novosti.rs. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
5. "Jovanović, Mijatović, Popović, Bućan i Guša selektori košarkaških selekcija". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
6. "KSS IZABRAO SELEKTORE Gurović će voditi juniore". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
7. "2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
8. "2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
9. "2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
10. "2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
11. "Srbija ima novog koordinatora mlađih kategorija". b92.net. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
12. "TRENER ALEKSANDAR BUĆAN U INDIJI". beobasket.net. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

External links

• Aleksandar Bucan at fibaeurope.com
• Coach Profile at eurobasket.com
• Aleksandar Bućan on LinkedIn