Dejan Milojević left us too soon on January 17, 2024, many still feel the pain of losing, first of all, a great man with a huge heart, and then an expert who for most was a project for a future coach. On Christmas, a photo surfaced that was taken on January 7 just three years ago.

Boston CelticsNikola Jokić will play a match against the famous Boston the day after Christmas, and three years ago on January 7 he was in special company. His Dejan Milojević.

Although many have not gotten over the death of a great coach and great man, the photo of Dejan Milojević, Nikola Jokić, Vlatko Čančar and Nemanja Bjelica certainly breaks hearts.

Smiling, hugging and full of love, they celebrated Christmas together three years ago, and this is the first January 7 that we have seen without Milojević.

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Who was Dejan Milojević?

Dejan Milojević was a member of the youth national team under 22 with which he won the gold medal at the European Championship in Trapani, Italy, in 1998. With the senior national team of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, he won the gold medal at the 2001 European Championship in Turkey. He also played at the 2005 European Championship in Serbia and Montenegro.

As a coach, he was a member of the coaching staff of the Serbian national team under coach Igor Kokoškov, and in the absence of the coach, he independently led our national team’s match against Georgia as part of the qualifications for the 2022 European Championship and, with a convincing 92:66 victory, brought Serbia a place in the Eurobasket.

Dejan Milojević began his basketball career at KK Beovuk from Belgrade under coach Miša Lakić. He joined FMP Železnik in 1998, and after two seasons at FMP, he moved to Buducnost, where he won the double crown in four years and reached the TOP 16 of the Euroleague in the 2000-2001 season.