- Aleksandar Đorđević
Infobox Euroleague Player
name = Aleksandar Đorđević
nickname = Saša (Sasha)
caption =Aleksandar Đorđević holds the1998 FIBA World Championship trophy aloft
position =Point guard
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lbs = 200
birth_date = birth date and age|1967|8|26
birth_place =Belgrade , SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
nationality =Serbia n
career_start = 1986
career_end = 2005
former_teams = Partizan Belgrade (1986–1992)Olimpia Milano (1992–1994)Fortitudo Bologna (1994–1996)Portland Trail Blazers (1996–1997)
FC Barcelona (1997–1999)
Real Madrid (1999–2002)
Scavolini Pesaro (2003–2005)
Armani Jeans Milano (2005)
awards =EuroBasket 1997 MVPAleksandar "Saša" Đorđević (Sasha Djordjevic) ( _sr. Александар Ђорђевић - Саша) (born
August 26 1967 , inBelgrade ) is a retiredSerbia n professionalbasketball player.He was a 1.88 m (6'2")
point guard and played 108 games for the national basketball team of Yugoslavia. Djordjevic 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.Professionally, Đorđević played for
KK Partizan , Philips Milano a.k.a. Recoaro Milano (1992-1994), Filodoro Bologna a.k.a. Teamsystem Bologna (1994-1996),Portland Trail Blazers (Sep-Dec 1996, 8 games, 25 points scored), Barcelona, Real Madrid, Scavolini Pesaro (2003-2005) and Armani Jeans Milano (Feb-Jun 2005).Some of the honors Đorđević has won as a senior player are:
*Yugoslavia League — 1987, 1992
*Yugoslavia Cup — 1989, 1992
*European Cup — 1992
*Spanish League — 1997, 2000
*Radivoj Korać Cup — 1989, 1993, 1999
*Olympic Games silver medal — 1996
*World Championships gold medal — 1998,
*Eurobasket :
**Gold medal — 1991, 1995, 1997
**Bronze medal — 1987His last-second three-point shots in the European Cup final (for Partizan), and on the match against Croatia (for national team), decided the winner, for which Đorđević is remembered.
He is one of the ambassadors of good will in Serbia, along with
Emir Kusturica ,Ana Ivanović , andJelena Janković , and also one of the founders of humanitarian organization Group Seven, and the president of theBelgrade Marathon .He retired from professional basketball on July 3, 2005 after an exhibition game in front of the home crowd in
Belgrade , in which many of his co-players and once-fierce opponents took part.On January 25, 2006, Đorđević was named head coach of one of his former teams, Armani Jeans Milano, a position he left at the end of the 2006-07 season. He has dual citizenship;
Serbia n and Spanish.External links
* [http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=DJORDAL01 Career NBA stats]
* [http://www.acb.com/jugador.php?id=AZW ACB.com profile]
* [http://195.56.77.208/player/?id=DJO-ALE legabasket.it Profile]
* [http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=387&idioma=3 Career basketpedya.com]
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