Todorovic wants to leave her mark

Serbian-Australian basketball coach Jelena Todorovic wants to be more than just the first woman coaching a male team in Brazil, as she works on reversing the fortunes of players who finished bottom of the table last season.

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The 32-year-old, newly in charge of the Basquete Cearense squad in Fortaleza in northeastern Brazil, is preparing hard for the country’s elite men’s basketball championship, which starts on Oct 18.

“I don’t want to be just the first woman. I want to be someone who left a mark,” Todorovic told AFP.

“I want to be someone who made this team better, who made my players better, and I want my results to speak for themselves.”

Todorovic — who arrived in Brazil in August - played for Red Star Belgrade, a leading club back home, before becoming a coach at age 20.