Aleksandar Đorđević

For the former footballer and current coach, see Aleksandar Đorđević (footballer).
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Aleksandar Đorđević
Personal information
Born 26 August 1967
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 176 lb (80 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1989 / Undrafted
Pro career 1984–2005
Position Point guard
Number 4, 6, 10, 19, 20
Coaching career 2006–present
Career history
As player:
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
As coach:
2006–2007 Olimpia Milano
2011–2012 Benetton Treviso
2013–present Serbia
Career highlights and awards

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:

References

  1. ↑ Euroleague – Vladimir Stanković: The excitement starts here
  2. ↑ http://www.oks.org.rs/?page_id=462&lang=sr-latn
  3. ↑ Aleksandar Djordjevic named coach of Milano
  4. ↑ http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/14/wcm/news/p/nid/70951/article.html

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Awards
Preceded by
Croatia Dražen Petrović		 Mr. Europa
1994, 1995 		Succeeded by
Croatia Toni Kukoč
Preceded by
Jasna Šekarić		 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia
1995 		Succeeded by
Aleksandra Ivošev