Nikola Stamenić
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|---|---|
| Nickname | The General |
| Born | April 17, 1949 (age 76) Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia |
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Nikola Stamenić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Стаменић; born 17 April 1949), also known as "the General", is a Serbian water polo coach widely considered one of the greatest coaches in water polo history. Under his guidance, Yugoslavia men's national water polo team won the gold medal in both the 1991 World Championship in Perth and the 1991 European Championship in Athens, becoming World and European Champions in the same year. At club level he successfully coached (most notably) Olympiacos, Crvena Zvezda, Partizan, Bečej and Marseille.