Nenad Čanak (basketball)

Nenad Čanak (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Чанак; born April 24, 1976) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Currently, he is the head coach for Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian League and the Basketball Champions League.

This article is about the sportsperson. For the politician, see Nenad Čanak.
Nenad Čanak
Lietkabelis Panevėžys
PositionHead coach
LeagueLithuanian League
Basketball Champions League
Personal information
Born (1976-04-24) April 24, 1976
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
NBA draft1998 / Undrafted
Playing career1993–2012
PositionForward
Number13, 15
Coaching career2012–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1994Partizan
1994–1995Kikinda
1995–1999Spartak Subotica
1999–2003Partizan
2003–2004NIS Vojvodina
2004–2005Makedonikos
2005–2007Alba Berlin
2007–2008Lukoil Academic
2009Khimik
2009Gryfony Symferopil
2009Tamiš
2010PVSK Panthers
2010–2011AEK Larnaca
2011–2012Železničar Inđija
As coach:
2012–2016Mega Basket (assistant)
2015–2017Serbia U20 (assistant)
2016–2017Partizan (assistant)
2017Spartak Subotica
2017–2018Partizan
2018–presentLietkabelis Panevėžys
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:

As player:

Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  FR Yugoslavia
'22 & under' World Championship
1997 AustraliaTeam

Professional career

Čanak started his career in Partizan making his debut in the 1993–94 season. After that in the period between 1995–1999 Čanak was in the lines of the Serbian club Spartak Subotica. Then he came back again to wear the jersey of Partizan until 2003, demonstrating very good skills and participating in three tournaments – the YUBA League, the Adriatic League and the Euroleague. In 2002 he made a double-double, winning both the national championship and the Cup of FR Yugoslavia.

The career of the forward continued in NIS Vojvodina (2003–2004) and in the Greek Makedonikos (2004–2005). He has registered participation in all club tournaments in Europe – FIBA Europe League with Vojvodina, and ULEB Cup with Makedonikos and Alba Berlin.

In the summer of 2005, Čanak signed a contract with ALBA Berlin. During his first season in Germany he scored an average of 9,3 points, 3,2 rebounds and 1,3 assists in 43 games of the Bundesliga and an average of 8,3 points, 4,1 rebounds in 10 games in the ULEB Cup competition. In April 2007, Čanak suffered an injury and had been recovering in the next two months. In the 2006–07 season he took part in 11 games of ULEB and made an average of 5,6 points and 2,0 rebounds per game, while in the Bundesliga he had 33 games with 4,8 points per game. While wearing the jersey of Alba Berlin, he won the German Cup in 2006.

In the 2007–08 season he played with Bulgarian club Lukoil Academic. Čanak helped Lukoil to reach the ULEB Cup Last 16 and record an unprecedented undefeated domestic season, sweeping through the Bulgarian Cup, regular season and playoffs for a 44-0 record. Čanak averaged 8.1 points and 3.8 rebounds off the bench in 10 ULEB Cup appearances and 12.4 points and 4 rebounds per game in the Bulgarian League.

In 2009, he played in Ukraine with Khimik and Gryfony Symferopil. In the 2009–10 season he had a short stint with Tamiš before he moved to the Hungarian team PVSK Panthers. In the 2010–11 season he played in Cyprus with AEK Larnaca and his last team was Železničar Inđija in 2011–12.[1]

Coaching career

From 2012 to 2016, Čanak worked as an assistant coach of Dejan Milojević in Mega Basket. In the 2016–17 season he served as an assistant coach of Aleksandar Džikić in Partizan, and actually made his debut as a head coach in Džikic's absence, including leading the team to the 2017 Serbian Cup final.

His first job as a head coach was in Spartak Subotica in the 2017–18 season. On December 14, 2017, Čanak was named as the head coach of Partizan.[2] He resigned as the head coach of Partizan in October 2018.

On November 1, 2018, Čanak became the head coach for Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian League.[3]

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References
  1. "Čanak se vratio u srpsku košarku" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "Nenad Čanak is the new head coach of Partizan NIS". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. "G.Kadžiulį prie komandos vairo keičia N.Čanakas". kklietkabelis.lt. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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