Dario Gjergja

Dario Gjergja
Gjergja with Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2025
Bosna
PositionHead coach
LeagueBosnian League
ABA League
Personal information
Born (1975-08-21) 21 August 1975[1]
Zadar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Coaching career2001–present
Career history
Coaching
2001–2003Zagreb (assistant)
2003–2007Cibona VIP (assistant)
2007–2008Ural Great Perm (assistant)
2008–2009Spirou Charleroi (assistant)
2009–2011Liège
2011–2025Oostende
2015Croatia (assistant)
2018–2025Belgium
2025–2026Limoges CSP
2025–Bosnia and Herzegovina
2026–Bosna
Career highlights
As head coach

As assistant coach

Dario Gjergja (also transliterated Đerđa; born 21 August 1975) is a Croatian professional basketball coach who currently serves as the head coach for Bosna of the Bosnian League and the ABA League. He is also the head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club coaching

After working as an assistant at Zagreb, Cibona VIP, Ural Great Perm and Spirou Charleroi, Gjergja was appointed head coach of Liège in 2009, working at the club until 2011.

Gjergja signed with Oostende in December 2011. He was named the Coach of the Year in Belgium for the 2012–13 season.[2] In May 2014, he extended his contract for three more years.[3][4] In February 2017, Gjergja extended his contract with Oostende for another four years. He decided to step away from Oostende on 7 June 2025, after winning his 14th Belgian Championship in fourteen years of coaching the club.

On 11 June 2025, Gjergja signed with Limoges CSP of the French LNB Élite.[5] In July 2026, he joined Bosnian side KK Bosna of the ABA League on a three-year deal.[6]

National team coaching career

Gjergja served as an assistant coach of the Croatia national team during EuroBasket 2015, under head coach Velimir Perasović. In September 2018, Gjergja was named the head coach of the Belgium national team. He managed to qualify Belgium to two consecutive EuroBaskets in 2022 and 2025.[5]

In November 2025, Gjergja was appointed head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team, replacing Adis Bećiragić.[7]

Personal life

Gjergja gained Belgian citizenship in 2018 during his time coaching in Belgium.[8] His father, Josip, was a professional basketball player and coach as well, leading Croatia to a third place finish at the 1994 FIBA World Championship.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA certified coaches Profile". Fiba.Com. 15 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. ↑ vrijdag 17 mei 2013 Om 11u57 Door cpm Bron: Belga. "Dario Gjergja (Oostende) basketcoach van het jaar - Sportwereld". Nieuwsblad.be. Retrieved 25 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Dario Gjergja blijft coach bij Oostende". Sporza.be. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Telenet Oostende extends Dario Gjergja for three more years". Sportando.com. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Dario Gjergja & Ivan Perinčić à la tête du Limoges CSP". limogescsp.com (in French). 11 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Esmer Oštraković (8 July 2026). "Dario Gjergja novi trener KK Bosna!". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  7. ↑ A.L. (10 November 2025). "Košarkaška reprezentacija BiH dobila selektora: Dario Gjergja naslijedio Adisa Bećiragića" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "Onze coach, Dario Gjergja, is officieel Belg!..." 25 September 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Ko je Dario Gjergja, hrvatski stručnjak izabran za novog selektora košarkaške reprezentacije Bosne i Hercegovine". bosna.hr (in Bosnian). 10 November 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
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