Branislav Ratkovica

Branislav Ratkovica (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав Ратковица; born 27 July 1985) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Metalac of the Basketball League of Serbia.

Branislav Ratkovica

Metalac Valjevo
Position	Head coach
League	Basketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born	(1985-07-27) 27 July 1985 (age 39) Gradačac, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2007: undrafted
Playing career	2002–2019
Position	Point guard
Number	6, 23, 33
Coaching career	2019–present
Career history
As player:
2002–2006	Beopetrol / Atlas
2004–2005	→Avala Ada
2006–2007	Mega Vizura
2007–2008	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2008–2011	Walter Tigers Tübingen
2011–2012	Aliağa Petkim
2012–2013	Olin Edirne
2013	Artland Dragons
2013	Politekhnika-Halychyna
2013–2015	Walter Tigers Tübingen
2015–2016	Lukoil Academic
2016–2017	Partizan
2017–2018	Cibona
2018–2019	Mega Bemax
2019	OKK Beograd
As coach:
2019–2020	Mega Bemax (assistant)
2020–2021	OKK Beograd
2021–present	Metalac
Career highlights and awards
As player Bulgarian League champion (2016) Serbian League assists leader (2017) German League assists leader (2015)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Serbia and Montenegro U20 European Championship 2005 Russia National Team

Professional career

Ratkovica started playing basketball for KK Drvomarket.^[1]

He made his professional debut for KK Atlas (then called Beopetrol) during the 2002–03 season. In the following season, Ratkovica made his debut in the ULEB Cup.^[2] For the 2004–05 season he was loaned to Avala Ada.^[3]

In the summer of 2007, Ratkovica signed a one-year contract with German team EWE Baskets Oldenburg.^[4] In the summer of 2008, Ratkovica moved to Walter Tigers Tübingen.

After four years in Germany, Ratkovica signed a two-year contract with the Turkish club Aliağa Petkim. Ratkovica started the 2012–13 season with Aliağa Petkim, but he left the club after some matches and signed a one-year contract with Olin Edirne Basket.

In February 2013, he returned to Germany and signed with Artland Dragons for the rest of the season. The 2013–14 season Ratkovica started in Politekhnika-Halychyna, but after two games he left the club^[5] and signed for the rest of the season with Walter Tigers Tübingen.^[6] He also played there the 2014–15 season, where he was the League's assists leader.^[7] During the 2014–15 season, Ratkovica averaged 9.6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 7.2 assists.

In July 2015, Ratkovica signed with PBC Lukoil Academic.^[8] He played in the FIBA Europe Cup, where he averaged 7.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game.^[9] He also won the Bulgarian League.

In July 2016, he signed a one-year contract with Partizan.^[10] On November 30, 2017, he signed a contract with Cibona.^[11][12]

Coaching career

On 5 July 2019, Ratkovica was named an assistant coach for Mega Bemax of the Basketball League of Serbia.^[13]

On 5 June 2020, Ratkovica left Mega Bemax for OKK Beograd, which he took over as the head coach.^[14] He left Beograd in May 2021.^[15]

On 7 June 2021, Metalac Valjevo named Ratkovica as their new head coach.^[16]

References

1. "Intervju: Branislav Ratkovica". kosarka.rs. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
2. "Branislav Ratkovica". kosarka.rs. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
3. "BRANISLAV RATKOVICA IN AVALA ADA". beobasket.net. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
4. "Peković i Ratkovica u Oldenburgu". b92.net. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
5. "Ratkovica napustio Politehniku". kurir.rs. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
6. "Ratkovica se vratio u Tibingen". b92.net. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
7. "Srbin najbolji asistent u Bundesligi". sportske.net. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
8. "Ratkovica se preselio u Bugarsku". mvp.rs. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
9. "BRANISLAV RATKOVICA". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
10. "Branislav Ratkovica je novi plejmejker Partizana" (in Serbian). kkpartizan.rs. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
11. "Branislav Ratkovica novi playmaker Cibone". cibona.com. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
12. "SRBIN NOVI PLEJ CIBONE Najbolji asistent naše Superlige prešao u slavni hrvatski tim". blic.rs. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
13. "RATKOVICA U ODELU Dejan Milojević dobio DVA pomoćna trenera". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
14. "Ratkovica is a new coach of OKK Beograd". www.bcmegabasket.net. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
15. "Predstavljen novi stručni štab seniorskog tima OKK Beograda". okkbeograd.org.rs. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
16. "Trenerska rokada u Metalcu: Đokić otišao, Ratkovica došao". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

External links

• Profile at aba-liga.com
• Profile at basketball-bundesliga
• Profile at eurobasket.com