- Svetislav Pešić
Svetislav Pešić (Светислав Пешић) (born
August 28 ,1949 inNovi Sad ,Serbia ,SFR Yugoslavia ) is formerSerbia n professionalbasketball player and a present day Serbian basketball coach. As of August 2008, he is a head coach of Red Star.As a player of
KK Bosna , Pešić won the European Champions Cup in season 1978/79.Coaching career
Pešić is also one of the most successful European basketball coaches.
He led a Yugoslavia junior team that featured future international stars
Vlade Divac , Saša Đorđević,Toni Kukoč , andDino Rađa to victory in the1987 FIBA World Junior Championship (later split into separate under-19 and under-21 events), defeating the USA twice during the tournament. [cite book |title=Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure |last=Woolf |first=Alexander |chapter=Sarajevo Airport: Prisoners of War |pages=pp. 90-107 |year=2002 |publisher=Warner Books |location=New York |isbn=0-446-52601-0 ] With the Yugoslavia senior side, Pešić won the2002 FIBA World Championship held in Indianapolis andEurobasket 2001 (organized byTurkey ), and he also wonEurobasket 1993 (organized byGermany ) as head coach of Germany.At the club level, Pešić won the triple crown in 2003 with FC Barcelona.
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1982 -1987 : Bosna Sarajevo
*1987 -1993 : Germany national team
*1993 -2000 :ALBA Berlin
*2000 -2002 : FR Yugoslavia
*2001 -2002 :RheinEnergie Köln
*2002 -2004 : FC Barcelona
*2004 -2006 : Lottomatica Roma
*2006 -2007 : Akasvayu Girona
*2007 -2008 : Dinamo Moscow
*2008 -present: Red StarHonors
Player:
*1977/78 Yugoslav league
*1978/79 European Champions CupCoach:
Domestic and continental clubs:
*1983 Yugoslav league
*1984 Yugoslav cup
*1995 Korać Cup
*1997 -2000 German league
*1997 and1999 German national cups
*2003 Euroleague , ACB and Copa del Rey
*2004 ACB winner
*2007 EuroCup International:
*1987 FIBA Junior World Championship
*1993Eurobasket
*2001 Eurobasket
*2002FIBA World Championship Personal Information
Along with Serbian, Pešić also possesses German
citizenship .His son, Marko, is a professional basketball player and an occasional member of German national team.Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.acb.com/entrenador.php?id=AES Profile] @ACB.com
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