Bojan Popović
| Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
February 13, 1983 Belgrade, Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pro playing career | 2001–present | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | FMP Železnik | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Unicaja Malaga | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | San Sebastian Bruesa | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Lietuvos Rytas | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Efes Pilsen | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Cajasol Sevilla | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Meridiano Alicante | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Lukoil Academic | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bojan Popović (Serbian: Бојан Поповић; born February 13, 1983) is a Serbian professional basketball player. He is a 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall point guard. He last played for PBC Lukoil Academic in Bulgaria.
Professional career
Popović is a product of FMP's youth system. After spending four years as a professional at the club from Belgrade's suburb of Železnik, winning one Serbian Cup and Adriatic League trophy, he signed a contract with Russian PBL team Dynamo Moscow. His good performances led the team to the Euroleague quarterfinals, where they lost to Panathinaikos, which eventually won the cup.
Next season Bojan signed with ACB and Euroleague team Unicaja Malaga and a season later he stayed in Spain, playing for San Sebastian Bruesa.
In summer 2009, Popović signed with Lithuanian Lietuvos Rytas. On November 2, 2009, Popovic won the Euroleague MVP of the Month award for the month of October.[1] Despite his good performances, rytas failed to qualify to the Top 16 and was eliminated from the euroleague for that season. Nonetheless his abilities earned him a contract with Regular Season Group B rivals Efes Pilsen,[2] but he failed to accomplish his early year performance at the Top 16.
On 25 August 2010, Popovic signed a one-year contract with KK Partizan.[3] However, Partizan broke the contract only 20 days after signing it, because "he did not fit in the concept of playing". On November 22, 2010 he signed a three-month contract with Cajasol Sevilla in Spain.[4] In March 2011 he signed with Meridiano Alicante until the end of the season.[5]
On October 12, 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Red Star Belgrade.[6] He finished the year with averages of 7 points and 3.5 assists in the Adriatic league.
In January 2013 he signed with Bulgarian team PBC Lukoil Academic until the end of season.[7]
Serbian national team
Popović has also been a member of the senior men's Serbian national team. He played at the EuroBasket 2009, where he won the silver medal.
Euroleague career statistics
| Legend | |||||||
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | ||
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage | ||
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | ||
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating | ||
| Bold | Career high | ||||||
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | Dynamo Moscow | 22 | 22 | 25.5 | .444 | .271 | .839 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | .0 | 10.7 | 12.8 |
| 2007–08 | Unicaja Málaga | 20 | 5 | 15.4 | .275 | .303 | .863 | 1.7 | 1.5 | .5 | .0 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 2009–10 | Lietuvos rytas | 10 | 9 | 32.0 | .353 | .265 | .833 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 2.4 | .2 | 11.2 | 13.6 |
| 2009–10 | Efes Pilsen | 6 | 0 | 13.1 | .500 | .000 | .889 | 2 | 1.3 | .6 | .0 | 3.3 | 4.8 |
References
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Goran Jeretin |
Most Valuable Player of Kup Radivoja Koraća 2005 |
Succeeded by Goran Jeretin |