Duško Savanović
Savanović with Anadolu Efes in February 2012. | |
No. 20 – FC Bayern Munich | |
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Position | Power forward |
League |
Basketball Bundesliga Euroleague |
Personal information | |
Born |
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | September 5, 1983
Nationality | Serbian |
Listed height | 6 ft 8.25 in (2.04 m) |
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2003–present |
Career history | |
2003–2004 | Železnik Workers |
2004–2005 | Borac Čačak |
2005–2006 | FMP |
2006–2008 | UNICS Kazan |
2008–2010 | Cajasol Sevilla |
2010–2011 | Valencia |
2011–2014 | Anadolu Efes |
2014–present | Bayern Munich |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Duško Savanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Душко Савановић, born September 5, 1983) is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 2.04 m (6 ft 8 1⁄2 in), he plays at the power forward position.
Professional career
Early years
In his first three years of the professional career, Savanović played for domestic clubs, two seasons with the FMP and one season with the Borac Čačak, both participants of the YUBA League. He helped FMP to win the Adriatic League title in 2006, second in club's history.[1]
UNICS Kazan
In October 2006, after almost ten years of playing with the FMP (including youth career), he signed two-year contract with the Russian basketball team UNICS Kazan.[2] UNICS also participated in the ULEB Cup. In his second season in the club, he played 15 games in ULEB Cup and averaged 11.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game helping his team to reach the Final Eight, while in the Russian League he averaged 11 points and 4.7 rebounds over 22 games.[3]
Cajasol
On 27 June 2008, Savanović signed with the Spanish basketball team Cajasol.[4] In 2008-09 season, he averaged 14.7 points on 41% three-point shooting and 4.8 rebounds in 36 games in the ACB League. He led Cajasol to its best season in decade, reaching the Spanish King's Cup final eight and the ACB League playoffs for the first time since 2000.
Valencia BC
After two seasons of playing for Cajasol, on 14 June 2010, Savanović signed with another Spanish team Valencia Power Electronics.[5] Power Electronics was Savanović's first Euroleague club. In his first season in the Euroleague he averaged 11.9 points and 4.6 rebounds in 21 games at the European elite competition.[6] He was named All-Euroleague Second Team at the end of the season.[7]
Anadolu Efes
On 20 June 2011, after one season with the Valencia, Savanović signed three-year contract with Turkish team Anadolu Efes.[8] In 16 games (8 as starter) in the Euroleague, he averaged 10 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, while in the regular season of the Turkish Basketball League he averaged 12.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.[9]
Bayern Munich
On July 18, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with the German team Bayern Munich.[10]
Serbian national team
Savanović has been a member of the Serbian national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship where Serbia was defeated 99-88 by Lithuania in the game for the bronze medal. He was capped for the national team of Serbia at the EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania where Serbia finished 8th. He averaged 13.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.[11]
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 |
Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.
Euroleague
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2010–11 | Valencia | 21 | 13 | 25.4 | .450 | .365 | .851 | 4.6 | 1.0 | .8 | .4 | 11.9 | 12.0 |
2011–12 | Anadolu Efes | 16 | 8 | 27.1 | .371 | .345 | .824 | 5.6 | 1.1 | .8 | .4 | 10.0 | 11.8 |
2012–13 | Anadolu Efes | 29 | 25 | 22.7 | .416 | .320 | .814 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | .1 | 9.4 | 9.8 |
2013–14 | Anadolu Efes | 23 | 19 | 26.1 | .411 | .344 | .694 | 3.7 | 2.2 | .7 | .3 | 10.5 | 10.2 |
2014–15 | Bayern | 10 | 6 | 25.2 | .451 | .462 | .750 | 4.4 | 1.2 | .7 | .2 | 13.1 | 13.2 |
Career | 99 | 71 | 25.0 | .420 | .358 | .787 | 4.3 | 1.3 | .8 | .3 | 10.3 | 11.0 |
References
- ↑ "Belgrade basketball team FMP wins Adriatic League". Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Savanović potpisao za Uniks". mondo.rs (in Serbian). October 23, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ↑ "Dusko Savanovic Basketball Player Profile". eurobasket.com. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Cajasol lands Dusko Savanovic". Euroleague Basketball. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Valencia lands Dusko Savanovic". sportando.net. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ↑ "SAVANOVIC, DUSKO". Euroleague. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ↑ "MVP Diamantidis heads 2010-11 All-Euroleague First Team". Euroleague.net. May 7, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ↑ "EFES PILSEN adds All-Euroleague Savanovic". Euroleague. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Dusko Savanovic". tblstat.net. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Bayern brings Savanovic on board". Euroleague.net. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ↑ "Dusko Savanovic". FIBA Europe. Retrieved May 17, 2012.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Duško Savanović. |
- Duško Savanović at abaliga.com
- Duško Savanović at acb.com
- Duško Savanović at beko-bbl.de
- Duško Savanović at draftexpress.com
- Duško Savanović at eurobasket.com
- Duško Savanović at euroleague.net
- Duško Savanović at tblstat.net
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