Aleksandar Đorđević
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Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 26 August 1967||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 1989 / Undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pro career | 1984–2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4, 6, 10, 19, 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1984–1992 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | Olimpia Milano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1996 | Fortitudo Bologna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | FC Barcelona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2002 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Scavolini Pesaro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Olimpia Milano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2006–2007 | Olimpia Milano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Benetton Treviso | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–present | Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević (Anglicized: Sasha Djordjevic, Serbian Cyrillic: Александар "Саша" Ђорђевић, pronounced [alě̞ksaːndar sâʃa d͡ʑɔ̝̌ːrd͡ʑe̞vit͡ɕ]; born 26 August 1967) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and a current basketball coach. He currently serves as a head coach of the Serbian national basketball team. He was a 1.88 m (6'2") point guard, and played 108 games for the Yugoslavian national basketball team. 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 the Belgrade team Crvena zvezda.[1]
In 1995, Đorđević received a Golden Badge award for Best Athlete of Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslav Olympic Committee declared him the Sportsman of the Year.[2]
Club career
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), the Portland Trail Blazers (September–December 1996, 8 games, 25 points scored), FC Barcelona (January 1997 – 1999), Real Madrid (1999–2002), Scavolini Pesaro (2003–2005), and Armani Jeans Milano (February–June 2005).
He is remembered for his buzzer-beating three-pointer in the 1992 Euroleague final, while he was with Partizan.
Đorđević retired from playing professional basketball on 3 July 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.
National team
Đorđević is remembered for his performance against Croatia in the 1997 EuroBasket. In the EuroBasket 1995, he put on one of the best individual performances ever in a EuroBasket final game, scoring 41 points, and shooting 9 of 12 on three pointers.
Coaching career
On 25 January 2006 Đorđević was named the head coach of one of his former teams, Armani Jeans Milano,[3] a position he left at the end of the 2006–07 season.
In 2013, Djordjevic was named the coach of the Serbia national basketball team.[4] He took the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.
Personal
Đorđević is one of the Goodwill Ambassadors in Serbia, along with Emir Kusturica, Ana Ivanovic, and Jelena Janković, one of the founders of the humanitarian organization Group Seven, as well as the president of the Belgrade Marathon.
Awards and accomplishments
Some of the honors Đorđević won as a senior player are:
- Euroleague: 1
- 1992
- Korać Cup: 3
- 1989, 1993, 1999
- National Championship of Yugoslavia: 2
- 1987, 1992
- National Cup of Yugoslavia: 2
- 1989, 1992
- Spanish League: 3
- 1997, 1999, 2000
- Summer Olympic Games:
- FIBA World Cup:
- FIBA EuroBasket:
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aleksandar Đorđević. |
- Fibaeurope.net profile
- Euroleague.net profile
- Career NBA stats
- ACB.com profile
- legabasket.it Profile
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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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