Josip Sesar

Infobox NBA Player


caption =
position = Shooting Guard
nickname = Joka
height_ft = 6
height_in = 6
weight_lb = 202
team = KK Zagreb
nationality = flagicon|Croatia Croatian
birth_date = Birth date and age|1978|1|17
birth_place = Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
draft = 47th overall
draft_year = 2000
draft_team = Boston Celtics
career_start = 1990
former_teams = KK Zagreb (1993–1999)
Cibona Zagreb (1999–2002)
KK Split (2002–2003)
Cibona Zagreb (2003–2005)
KK Široki Hercegtisak (2005–2005)
KK Zadar (2005–2006)

Josip Sesar (born January 17 1978 in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian professional basketball player. Currently he is a member of KK Zagreb.

Basketball career

He started to practice basketball when he was ten. He was 182 cm tall at the time. In the 1992 he left Mostar to go to Split (KK Split). Since the youth coach didn't consider him a prospect, his father took him to KK Zagreb. In 1993 he started his professional career there. After six successful seasons, in KK Zagreb, in 1999 he signed his second professional contract, namely with Cibona Zagreb. In 2000, he was initially selected by the NBA team Boston Celtics in the second round (47th overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft. He has not played a single game for Boston Celtics.

External links

* [http://josipsesar6.from.hr/ official webpage]