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Our team

At Advance Fitness Centar in New Belgrade, sports diagnostics and one-to-one training are run by a team of graduates in sport and physical education. The team is led by Goran Basarić, a coach from professional football.

The Advance Fitness Centar team, five graduates in sport and physical education, at the centre in New Belgrade.

Goran Basarić

Goran Basarić is a coach with more than fifteen years in professional football. He is part of Marko Nikolić’s coaching staff and has been Head of Performance at AEK Athens since 2025.

He founded his sports diagnostics and training centre in 2003, and it has carried the name Advance Fitness since 2015. He brings his experience of preparing professional teams to one-to-one training, with the same method of measuring and planning.

He graduated in sport and physical education, and at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Belgrade he was a teaching associate on the course Biomechanics of Locomotor Movement.

Goran Basarić, coach and founder of Advance Fitness Centar, at the centre.

Education

Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of BelgradeDegree in sport and physical educationTeaching associate on the course Biomechanics of Locomotor Movement

Licences

  • National licence for strength and conditioning coaches in football
  • UEFA A Fitness Physical, in progress

Languages

Serbian, English and Russian

Born

1977 in Čačak

Career

Team results
Head of Performance2023–
  1. 2025–
    AEK AthensCurrentHead of Performance
  2. 2024–2025
    CSKA MoscowHead of Performance
    • Russian Cup, 2024/25
  3. 2023–2024
    Shabab Al Ahli, DubaiHead of Performance
    • Super Cup and Qatar Cup, 2023/24
Strength and conditioning coach2011–2021
  1. 2020–2021
    Lokomotiv MoscowStrength and conditioning coach
  2. 2017–2019
    VideotonStrength and conditioning coach
  3. 2016–2017
    Serbia U21Strength and conditioning coach
  4. 2016–2017
    PartizanStrength and conditioning coach
    • Serbian league title and cup, 2016/17
  5. 2014–2015
    PartizanStrength and conditioning coach
  6. 2013–2014
    VojvodinaStrength and conditioning coach
  7. 2011–2013
    RadStrength and conditioning coach
His own centre and first club1999–
  1. 2003–
    Advance FitnessFounder and owner of the centre, under this name since 2015
  2. 1999–2001
    ČukaričkiYouth coach

Our coaches

Training and measurements at the centre are led by graduates in sport and physical education. Every client works one-to-one with their own coach.

Marko Ćirković, physical education graduate, Advance Fitness Centar

Marko Ćirković

Physical education graduateat the centre since 2015

Marko Ćirković graduated in physical education from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Belgrade and has been a coach at Advance Fitness Centar since 2015.

He was in charge of the physical conditioning of tennis player Ivana Jorović, a former junior world number one. Before that, at the same faculty, he worked alongside the professors of biomechanics and football.

Education

Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of BelgradeDegree in physical education

Languages

Serbian and English

Born

1979 in Čačak

Career

Team results
  1. 2015–
    Advance FitnessCoach
  2. 2015–2016
    Ivana JorovićPhysical conditioning
    • Junior world number one in tennis
  3. 2008–2015
    Fitness club in BelgradeCoach
  4. 2008–2009
    Football school of the Faculty of Sport and Physical EducationWorked with Dr Aleksandar Janković, professor of football
  5. 2002–2004
    Faculty of Sport and Physical EducationWorked with Dr Duško Ilić, professor of biomechanics and motor control
Pavle Puzović, strength and conditioning coach, Advance Fitness Centar

Pavle Puzović

Strength and conditioning coachat the centre since 2022

Pavle Puzović graduated in sport and physical education, specialising in strength and conditioning, from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Belgrade. Before joining the centre in 2022, he led strength and conditioning at the Maltese football club Swieqi.

He holds the ASCA Level 1 certificate and a Barça Innovation Hub diploma in workload management.

Education

Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of BelgradeDegree in sport and physical education, specialising in strength and conditioning, 2019

Certificates

  • ASCA Level 1, 2022
  • Barça Innovation Hub, Professional Diploma in Workload Management, 2024

Languages

Serbian and English

Born

1993 in Belgrade

Career

  1. 2022–
    Advance FitnessCoach
  2. 2020–2022
    Swieqi F.C., MaltaStrength and conditioning coordinator
  3. 2019–2020
    Platinum Health and Fitness Club, MaltaPersonal trainer
  4. 2016–2019
    KK DynamicStrength and conditioning coach for the cadet and junior teams, assistant strength and conditioning coach for the senior team
Miloslav Fabok, strength and conditioning coach, Advance Fitness Centar

Miloslav Fabok

Strength and conditioning coachat the centre since 2017

Miloslav Fabok is a strength and conditioning coach with a master’s degree from the strength and conditioning programme at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Belgrade. He has worked at the centre since 2017 and has also led strength and conditioning in football, from the Red Star Belgrade youth academy to the Serbia under-18 national team.

Tensiomyography (TMG), one of the five measurements at the centre, is also the subject of his published research on the thigh muscles of elite footballers.

Education

Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of BelgradeMaster’s studies, strength and conditioning programme, 2016–2018Undergraduate studies, same programme, 2012–2016

Further training

  • UEFA A Fitness Physical, in progress

Languages

Serbian, Slovak and English

Born

1993 in Stara Pazova

Career

  1. 2025–2026
    Serbia national U18 football teamStrength and conditioning coach
  2. 2019–
    RFK GrafičarStrength and conditioning coach, senior team
  3. 2019
    Red Star Belgrade, youth academyStrength and conditioning coach, U16 team
  4. 2017–
    Advance FitnessStrength and conditioning coach
  5. 2016–2017
    ŽFK RadStrength and conditioning coach, women’s senior team

Research papers

  1. 2019
    Neuromuscular characteristic of biceps femoris muscle in the top Serbian soccer players measured by tensiomyography method: quantitative modelFabok, M., Leontijević, B., Tomić, L., Dopsaj, M.Facta Universitatis, Series: Physical Education and Sport, 17(2), 167–179DOI
  2. 2018
    Functional-mechanical characteristics of rectus and biceps femoris in the top football players measured by tensiomyography method (TMG)Fabok, M., Dopsaj, M., Leontijević, B., Tomić, L.Proceedings of an international scientific conference, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Belgrade, 314–327
Đorđe Mirošničenko, strength and conditioning coach and personal trainer, Advance Fitness Centar

Đorđe Mirošničenko

Strength and conditioning coach and personal trainerat the centre since 2025

From 2017 to 2024, Đorđe Mirošničenko was strength and conditioning coach of the ŽKK Kraljevo senior team, which won both the Serbian league and the Serbian Cup in 2019/20.

He has worked at Advance Fitness Centar as a personal trainer since 2025.

Education

Faculty of Sport and Physical Education

Languages

Serbian and English

Born

1994 in Kraljevo

Career

Team results
  1. 2025–
    Advance FitnessPersonal trainer
  2. 2022–2025
    Fitness and training centresPersonal trainer
  3. 2017–2024
    ŽKK KraljevoStrength and conditioning coach, senior team
    • Serbian champions and Serbian Cup winners, 2019/20
    • 4th place in the WABA League, 2019/20
    • 2nd place in the First Women’s Basketball League of Serbia, 2021/22
    • Finals of the First Women’s Basketball League of Serbia in 2017/18, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24
Nikola Stanković, master’s graduate in sport and physical education, Advance Fitness Centar

Nikola Stanković

Master’s graduate in sport and physical educationat the centre since 2025

Nikola Stanković holds a master’s degree in sport and physical education, specialising in corrective exercise, and completed his undergraduate studies in strength and conditioning, both at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in Belgrade.

He is a former Serbia rugby international and completed an Erasmus+ work placement at the handball club Pick Szeged. He has worked at the centre since 2025.

Education

Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of BelgradeMaster’s degree in sport and physical education, specialising in corrective exercise, 2023–2025Degree in sport and physical education, specialising in strength and conditioning, 2019–2023

Further training

  • World Rugby courses in coaching, player safety, training principles and player development
  • Massage course, Božidarac, 2024

Languages

Serbian, English and Spanish

Born

2000 in Belgrade

Career

Team results
  1. 2025–
    Advance FitnessCoach
  2. 2024
    SC Pick Szeged, SzegedErasmus+ work placement
  3. 2023–2025
    Fitness and physiotherapy centres in BelgradeCoach
  4. 2018–2023
    Rugby Club Rad, BelgradePlayer and youth coach

The centre in
New Belgrade

Advance Fitness Centar is in New Belgrade, at Omladinskih brigada 65b. Testing and one-to-one training take place in the same space, and during your session it is always just you and your coach.

The main training room at Advance Fitness Centar in New Belgrade, with weight racks, floor space for exercise and the centre’s sign on the wall.
Part of the training room with a squat rack and free weights, with a one-to-one session in the background.
The smaller room under the sloping roof, with wall bars and resistance bands, an exercise ball, a foam roller and a mat.
The part of the room by the windows, with an artificial turf track and push sleds, a dumbbell rack and kettlebells.
The large room under the Advance Fitness Centar sign, with a cable machine and wall bars, and a coach stretching a client on a mat.
The cardio area of the centre, with treadmills and an elliptical trainer by the windows, and athletes working on mats in the right-hand part of the room.
A coach kneels beside a client lying on a mat and guides a hamstring stretch, in the part of the room with the weight rack and wall bars.
The whole space of the centre, with a coach working with a female athlete on the artificial turf track on the left, and mat work under the centre’s sign on the right.
How to find us

What clients say about the team

4.9
26 ratings on GoogleAll reviews on Google

Very professional and dedicated staff!

Marija BasaraGoogle review

Book
a test

Your first visit to the centre is always a diagnostic test. It takes 60 minutes, is run by a coach and can be booked by message or phone.