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Aleksandar Đorđević
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Yugoslav and Serbian basketball player
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Aleksandar Đorđević is a male basketball player and coach born in Belgrade in 1967. He holds citizenship in Serbia, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Serbia and Montenegro. A point guard, he played for the Portland Trail Blazers, Fortitudo Basketball Bologna, Victoria Libertas Pesaro, and FC Barcelona Bàsquet. His career spanned from 1983 to 2005, competing in the EuroLeague, Basketball Super League, and National Basketball Association.
He represented Yugoslavia and Serbia in international competitions, including the 1996 Summer Olympics and EuroBasket tournaments in 1987, 1991, and 1995. As a coach, he led Panathinaikos B.C., Olimpia Milano, Pallacanestro Treviso, and the Serbia men's national basketball team. Đorđević serves as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and resides in Belgrade, where he speaks Serbian. His name in his native language is Александар Ђорђевић.
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It sits within the topics 1967 births, 1998 FIBA World Championship players and Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Ginger: More Than a Game — Narrator (voice)2011
via TMDB
Key facts
- 1996
- Portland Trail Blazers
- 2005
- Olimpia Milano
- Born
- ( 1967-08-26 ) 26 August 1967 (age 58) , Belgrade , SR Serbia , Yugoslavia
- Nationality
- Serbian
- Listed height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Listed weight
- 90 kg (198 lb)
- Nba draft
- 1989 : undrafted
- Playing career
- 1983–2005
- Position
- Point guard
- Number
- 4, 6, 10, 19, 20
- Coaching career
- 2006–present
- 1983 1992
- Partizan
- 1992 1994
- Olimpia Milano
- 1994 1996
- Fortitudo Bologna
- 1996 1999
- FC Barcelona
- 1999 2002
- Real Madrid
- 2003 2004
- Scavolini Pesaro
- 2006 2007
- Olimpia Milano
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- Serbia
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Belgrade
- Occupation
- basketball coach
- Position held
- UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Participant in
- EuroBasket 1991
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Olimpia Milano
- Position played
- point guard
- Country for sport
- Yugoslavia
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- 2021-10-12 ALBA Berlin gegen Fenerbahçe SK (EuroLeague 2021-22) by Sandro Halank–200.jpg
- Height
- 188
- Residence
- Belgrade
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- date of birth
- 1967-08-26
- Commons category
- Aleksandar Đorđević
- name in native language
- Александар Ђорђевић
- described at URL
- web.archive.org/web/20020211054213/http://www.usatoday.com:80/sports/scores97/97289/97289312.htm
- end of work period
- 2005-00-00
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- coach of sports team
- Fenerbahçe Men's Basketball
- social media followers
- 20754
- P10632
- Aleksandar Đorđević
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Encyclopedic overview
Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар "Саша" Ђорђевић, pronounced [aleksǎːndar sâʃa dʑǒːrdʑeʋitɕ]; born 26 August 1967) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as a head coach for the senior men’s team of China. During his playing career, he was listed as a 1.88 m (6'2") 90 kg (198 lb.) point guard.
During his pro club playing career, Đorđević, along with his teammate Predrag Danilović, helped to lead Partizan to its first EuroLeague title in 1992, while he earned an All-Final Four Team selection in the process. He was twice named the Mister Europa Player of the Year, in both 1994 and 1995. He also played in a total of 108 games, while representing the senior national teams of SFR Yugoslavia, and later FR Yugoslavia.
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