Jurica Žuža
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 Žuža with Lietkabelis in 2015 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 4 April 1978 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2000: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1996–2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
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Playing | |||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Zadar | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Svjetlost Brod | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Zadar | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Šanac Karlovac | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Iraklio | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Panathinaikos | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Ionikos | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Crabs Rimini | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Cibona | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Rethymno | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Cedevita | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Poltava | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Kryvbasbasket | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Zadar | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Tofaş | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Trabzonspor | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Al Rayan | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys | ||||||||||||||
Coaching | |||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Lietkabelis Panevėžys (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Neptūnas Klaipėda (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Neptūnas Klaipėda | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Nymburk (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2025 | Lokomotiv Kuban (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | Zenit Saint Petersburg (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
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Jurica Žuža (born April 4, 1978) is a Croatian basketball coach and former basketball player serving as assistant coach.
Žuža started his professional career at Zadar under coach Danijel Jusup. After two years spent in the club and winning the 1998 Croatian Cup (first trophy for Zadar in independent Croatia), he played in Svjetlost Brod and then again in Zadar winning another Cup in 2000. After spending a season in Šanac Karlovac Žuža moved abroad to the Greek Iraklio. After that he spent a season in Panathinaikos coached by Željko Obradović during which he won the Greek League and Cup. He later spent a season in the Greek Ionikos and Italian Crabs Rimini before playing two and a half seasons for Cibona during which he became the Croatian League champion twice. After playing for the Greek Rethymno, Croatian Cedevita,[1] Polish Poltava and Ukrainian Kryvbasbasket, during the 2010–11 season Žuža shortly again played for Zadar. Then he went to the Turkish Tofaş from Bursa and then to Trabzonspor, with whom he won the Turkish Second League. From there Žuža went to the Qatari Al Rayan, and in 2014 he made his final transfer to Lietkabelis where he played the last two seasons of his professional career. In the last season of his 20-year professional playing career Žuža helped his club win third place in the 2015–16 Baltic League.[2]