{"id":510078,"date":"2026-08-14T21:43:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=510078"},"modified":"2026-08-14T21:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:17:18","slug":"dubai-xavi-pascuals-staff-for-the-2026-27-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/dubai-xavi-pascuals-staff-for-the-2026-27-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai, Xavi Pascual\u2019s Staff for the 2026\/27 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Dubai Basketball has confirmed the coaching staff and team structure for the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Head Coach\u00a0<strong>Xavi Pascual<\/strong>\u00a0will be accompanied by\u00a0<strong>\u00cd\u00f1igo Zorzano, Adam Panagiotopoulos, \u00d2scar Orellana,Velibor Njegovanovic and Jan Sentjurc<\/strong>\u00a0as assistant coaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cesc Senpau<\/strong>\u00a0joins the coaching staff as Player Development Coach, while\u00a0<strong>Luka Vulikic<\/strong>\u00a0joins the analytics department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Nenad Banjanin<\/strong>, Team Manager and VP of Operations, and\u00a0<strong>Marko Lepovic<\/strong>, VP of Logistics, will continue in their key roles with the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The performance team will be led by\u00a0<strong>Julio Calleja, Alejandro Garcia and Ogulcan Aydogan<\/strong>, while\u00a0<strong>Rahul Prakash<\/strong>\u00a0remains as Team Physician.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Zlatan Hadzismajlovic<\/strong>\u00a0continues as Head Physiotherapist, alongside\u00a0<strong>Anja Borsheim.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Peter Sempels and Theo Lierneux<\/strong>\u00a0join Dubai Basketball to complete the physiotherapy team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the equipment department,\u00a0<strong>Danilo Vesovic<\/strong>\u00a0has been named Head Equipment Manager and will work alongside Equipment Operations Coordinator\u00a0<strong>Rodolfo Tanchico\u00a0<\/strong>and Assistant Equipment Managers<strong>\u00a0Jhon Embile\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0Ramil Diaz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Stella Miric<\/strong>\u00a0continues as Performance Nutrition Director,\u00a0<strong>Nathalie Jbeily<\/strong>\u00a0joins as Team Psychologist, and\u00a0<strong>Ibrahim Kabakibi<\/strong>\u00a0remains Team Photographer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Regarding the front office,\u00a0<strong>Bojan Bajec<\/strong>\u00a0takes on the role of Chief Operations Officer, while\u00a0<strong>Aleksandar Todorovic<\/strong>\u00a0continues as SVP of Operations.\u00a0<strong>Salvatore Civale<\/strong>\u00a0remains as the Club\u2019s General Counsel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>David Jover<\/strong>, VP of Communications, also becomes Assistant General Manager, working alongside\u00a0<strong>Dejan Kamenjasevic<\/strong>, President and General Manager of Dubai Basketball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Basketball has confirmed the coaching staff and team structure for the 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