Dusko Ivanovic picks a former EuroBasket finalist as his assistant coach / News - Basketnews.com

Carles Marco, born in Badalona and having won the silver medal at the 2003 EuroBasket with Spain, is joining Dusko Ivanovic at Crvena Zvezda.

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Dusko Ivanovic has kicked off his tenure at KK Crvena Zvezda Belgrade triumphantly. First, he guided the Serbian side past LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne on his debut, and then he led the Serbian squad to the most convincing triumph of the season against Cibona, in his first match in the ABA League (92-53).

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A little more than 16 hours after Zvezda thanked the three members of the coaching staff (Marko Simonovic, Miodrag Dinic and Branko Jorovic) for their cooperation, it was officially confirmed that coach Dusko Ivanovic has a new assistant.

Spaniard Carles Marco, a former player, who wonthe silver medal at the 2003 EuroBasket next to Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro and Jorge Garbajosa, has taken over the position. In his club career, he played for Juventut Badalona, Manresa, Zaragoza, and Burgos.

As a basketball player, he played in the guard-forward positions, and made 34 appearances for the national team.

Marco, 48, started coaching in 2011 and for the first four seasons, he worked as an assistant in Manresa. Then he managed Oviedo and Palencia for three years each.

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