Dragoljub Pljakić

Dragoljub Pljakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгољуб Пљакић; August 28 1937 – June 28 2011), nicknamed "Pljaka", was a Serbian basketball player and coach.

Dragoljub Pljakić

Personal information
Born	(1937-08-28)28 August 1937 Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	28 June 2011(2011-06-28) (aged 73) Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Serbian
Career information
Playing career	1955–1964
Coaching career	1965–1993
Career history
Playing
1955–1958	Radnički Belgrade
1959	OKK Beograd
1960–1964	Radnički Belgrade
Coaching
1965–1967	Radnički Belgrade
1970–1971	Borac Čačak
1971–1974	Crvena zvezda Women
1976–1977	Metalac
1979–1981	Dinamo Pančevo
1982–1984	Partizan Women
1984–1985	OKK Beograd
1985–1991	Partizan Women
1992–1993	Radnički Belgrade

Playing career

Pljakić spent the major part of his playing career with Radnički from Belgrade,^[1] which played in the Yugoslav First Basketball League. During the 1959 season, he played for OKK Beograd.^[2]

Coaching career

Men's Basketball

Pljakić coached Radnički Belgrade, Borac Čačak, Dinamo Pančevo,^[3] Metalac, OKK Beograd.^[4]

Women's Basketball

Pljakić coached Crvena zvezda and Partizan.^[4]

Pljakić was a head coach of the Yugoslavia women's national team that placed 6th at the 1964 FIBA World Championship for Women.^[5]

Career achievements

Women's Basketball

• Yugoslav League champion: 3 (with Crvena zvezda: 1972–73 and with Partizan: 1983–84, 1985–86)
• Yugoslav Cup winner: 2 (with Crvena zvezda: 1972–73, 1973–74)

Personal life

Pljakić was married to Vukica Mitić, a basketball player.^[2] She played for ŽKK Crvena zvezda and represented the Yugoslavia national team internationally.