| Position | Point guard |
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| Height | 1.88 metres (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) |
| Born | August 26, 1967 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Pro career | 1984–2005 |
| Career history | Partizan (1984–1992) Olimpia Milano (1992–1994) Fortitudo Bologna (1994–1996) Portland Trail Blazers (1996) Barcelona (1997–1999) Real Madrid (1999–2002) Scavolini Pesaro (2003–2005) Olimpia Milano (2005) |
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| Competitor for Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia |
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| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | National team |
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| Gold | 1998 Greece | FR Yugoslavia |
| European Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1987 Greece | SFR Yugoslavia |
| Gold | 1991 Italy | SFR Yugoslavia |
| Gold | 1995 Greece | FR Yugoslavia |
| Gold | 1997 Spain | FR Yugoslavia |
Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević (Anglicized: Sasha Djordjevic, Serbian Cyrillic: Александар "Саша" Ђорђевић, pronounced [alě̞ksaːndar sâʃa d͡ʑɔ̝̌ːrd͡ʑe̞vit͡ɕ]) (born August 26, 1967 in Belgrade) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and a present basketball coach. He was a 1.88 m (6'2") point guard and played 108 games for the national basketball team of Yugoslavia. Đorđević started his basketball career while attending secondary school in Belgrade, where he was a part of the school basketball team that won the city basketball tournament in 1986. His father Bratislav Đorđević was the coach of Belgrade team KK Crvena zvezda.[1]
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Professionally, Đorđević played for KK Partizan (1984–1992), Philips Milano a.k.a. Recoaro Milano (1992–1994), Filodoro Bologna a.k.a. Teamsystem Bologna (1994–1996), Portland Trail Blazers (Sep-Dec 1996, 8 games, 25 points scored), Barcelona (Jan 1997–1999), Real Madrid (1999–2002), Scavolini Pesaro (2003–2005) and Armani Jeans Milano (Feb-Jun 2005).
Some of the honors Đorđević has won as a senior player are:
He is remembered for his buzzer-beater three-pointer in the 1992 Euroleague final with Partizan, and in the national team match against Croatia in the 1997 Eurobasket. In the Eurobasket 1995 he put one of the best individual performances ever in a EuroBasket final game scoring 41 points and shooting 9 of 12 three pointers.
In 1995 Đorđević received a golden badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslav Olympic Committee declared him the best sportsman.[2]
He is one of the ambassadors of good will in Serbia, along with Emir Kusturica, Ana Ivanović, and Jelena Janković, one of the founders of the humanitarian organization Group Seven, as well as the president of the Belgrade Marathon.
Đorđević retired from professional basketball on July 3, 2005 after an exhibition game in front of the home crowd in Belgrade, in which many of his former teammates and fierce opponents took part. On January 25, 2006, he was named head coach of one of his former teams, Armani Jeans Milano,[3] a position he left at the end of the 2006–07 season.
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| Preceded by Dražen Petrović |
Mr. Europa 1994, 1995 |
Succeeded by Toni Kukoč |
| Preceded by Jasna Šekarić |
The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1995 |
Succeeded by Aleksandra Ivošev |
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