{{short description|Montenegrin basketball coach}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Miodrag Kadija | image = Miodrag Kadija.jpg | caption = | league = [[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Championship]]<br>[[ABA League Second Division]] | team = Spars Ilidža | position = [[Coach (basketball)|Head coach]] | height_m = | weight_kg = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|9|27}} | birth_place = [[Cetinje]], [[People's Republic of Montenegro|PR Montenegro]], [[Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia|FPR Yugoslavia]] | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Montenegrin | coach_start = 1991 | coach_end = | cyears1 = 1992–2001 | cteam1 = [[KK Lovćen|Lovćen]] | cyears2 = 2001–2002 | cteam2 = [[KK Budućnost|Budućnost]] | cyears4 = 2003–2004 | cteam4 = [[KK Atlas|Atlas]] | cyears5 = 2004–2005 | cteam5 = [[KK Lovćen|Lovćen Cetinje]] | cyears6 = 2005 | cteam6 = [[KK Mega Basket|Avala Ada]] | cyears9 = 2005–2006 | cteam9 = [[KK Sloga|Sloga]] | cyears10 = 2007 | cteam10 = [[KK Igokea|Igokea]] | cyears11 = 2007 | cteam11 = [[KK Strumica|Strumica]] | cyears14 = 2013 | cteam14 = [[KK Feni Industries|Feni Industries]] | cyears15 = 2013–2017 | cteam15 = [[KK Teodo Tivat|Teodo Tivat]] | cyears16 = 2018–2019 | cteam16 = [[KK Lovćen|Lovćen 1947]] | cyears17 = 2021,<br>2022–present | cteam17 = [[OKK Spars Sarajevo|Spars]] | highlights = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}} {{MedalSport|Head coach for {{bk|SCG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship|Under-16 European Championship]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship|2003 Spain]]|[[Serbia men's national under-16 basketball team|Team]]}} }}

'''Miodrag "Mijo" Kadija''' (born 27 September 1962) is a Montenegrin [[basketball]] [[Coach (basketball)|coach]] of [[OKK Spars|Spars Ilidža]] of the [[Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] and the [[ABA League Second Division]].

== Coaching career == Kadija coached [[KK Lovćen|Lovćen Cetinje]], [[KK Budućnost|Budućnost]],<ref>{{cite web|title=KADIJA, MIODRAG|url=http://www.euroleague.net/competition/coaches/showcoach?pcode=WCF&seasoncode=E2001#!career|website=euroleague.net|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref> [[KK Atlas|Atlas]], [[KK Mega Basket|Avala Ada]],<ref name="mondors1">{{cite web |title=Djurović trener Mega Ishrane umesto Popovića |url=https://mondo.rs/Sport/Kosarka/a9073/Djurovic-trener-Mega-Ishrane-umesto-Popovica.html |website=mondo.rs |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> [[KK Sloga|Sloga]],<ref>{{cite web |title=SCG - Nasa Liga ends with cheers and tears |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/SCG-Nasa-Liga-ends-with-cheers-and-tears |website=fiba.basketball |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref> [[KK Igokea|Igokea]],<ref>{{cite web|title=MIODRAG KADIJA NOVI TRENER IGOKEE|url=http://www.beoexcell.net/page/news/sr.html?view=story&id=11320&sectionId=1|website=beoexcell.net|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref> [[KK Strumica|Strumica]], [[KK Feni Industries|Feni Industries]],<ref name="vijesti2018">{{cite web|title=Kadija novi trener Feni Industrije|url=http://www.vijesti.me/sport/kadija-novi-trener-feni-industrije-108849|website=vijesti.me|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref> [[KK Teodo Tivat|Teodo Tivat]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Intervju: Miodrag Kadija, košarkaski trener|url=http://muslimanicg.info/intervju/intervju-miodrag-kadija-kosarkaski-trener/|website=muslimanicg.info|accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref>

On 23 August 2018, Kadija became a head coach for the Montenegrin team Lovćen 1947 for the third time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Miodrag Kadija returns to Lovćen |url=https://druga.aba-liga.com/news.php?id=40482 |website=druga.aba-liga.com |accessdate=23 August 2018}}</ref> He left after the 2018–19 season ended.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zoran Kašćelan novi trener košarkaša Lovćena? |url=https://cgsport.me/2019/05/25/zoran-kascelan-novi-trener-kosarkasa-lovcena/ |website=cgsport.me |accessdate=28 May 2020}}</ref>

On 2 January 2021, Bosnian team [[OKK Spars|Spars]] hired Kadija as their new head coach.<ref>{{cite web |title=OKK Spars ima novog trenera |url=https://sport1.oslobodjenje.ba/s1/kosarka/okk-spars-ima-novog-trenera-617587 |website=oslobodjenje.ba |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Miodrag Kadija novi trener Sparsa iz Sarajeva |url=https://sportklub.rs/kosarka/bih-kosarka/miodrag-kadija-novi-trener-sparsa-iz-sarajeva/ |website=sportklub.rs |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kadija replaces Džemić on Spars bench |url=https://druga.aba-liga.com/news/44379/kadija-replaces-dzemic-on-spars-bench/ |website=druga.aba-liga.com |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sparsi dobili novog trenera |url=https://sportsport.ba/kosarka/miodrag-kadija-novi-trener-okk-spars/386704 |website=sportsport.ba |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref> He left Spars after the 2020–21 season ended.<ref>{{cite web |title=OKK Spars dobio novog trenera |url=https://sportsport.ba/kosarka/zoran-kascelan-spars-trener/406583 |website=sportsport.ba |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref> On 31 December 2021, he re-signed with Spars.<ref>{{cite web |title=Miodrag Kadija novi trener Sparsa iz Sarajeva |url=https://sportklub.rs/kosarka/bih-kosarka/miodrag-kadija-novi-trener-sparsa-iz-sarajeva/ |website=sportklub.rs |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Teodosića vodio do evropskog zlata, sada preuzeo klupu Sparsa |url=https://mondo.ba/Sport/Kosarka/a1013563/Miodrag-Kadija-novi-trener-KK-Spars.html |website=mondo.ba |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>

== National teams coaching career== Kadija was the head coach of the [[Serbia men's national under-16 basketball team|Serbia & Montenegro U16 national team]] that won the gold medal at the [[2003 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship|2003 European Championship for Cadets]] in [[Madrid]], Spain. He also coached [[Serbia men's national under-18 basketball team|National under-18 team]] at the [[2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship]] in Spain.<ref name="vijesti2018"/>

Kadija was the head coach of the Montenegro U18 national team.

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/coach/Miodrag-Kadija/KK-Teodo-Tivat/495 Coach Profile] at eurobasket.com

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