Aleksandar Zečević (basketball, born 1975)

Aleksandar Zečević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Зечевић; born June 29, 1975) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player.

Aleksandar Zečević
Personal information
Born (1975-06-29) June 29, 1975
Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Bosnia and Herzegovina)
NationalitySerbian
Listed height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Career information
NBA draft1997: undrafted
Playing career1993–2012
PositionSmall forward
Number11, 16, 31
Coaching career2013–present
Career history
As player:
1993–1994Crvena zvezda
1997–2001Hemofarm
2001–2002Bonn
2002–2003UD Oliveirense
2003–2009Verviers-Pepinster
2009Olympique Antibes
2010Leuven Bears
2012Dinamo Tbilisi
As coach:
2013–2016Bilzen
2016–2017Pepinster
Career highlights and awards

Playing career

Zečević played for the Crvena zvezda and Hemofarm of the Yugoslav League. In the 1993–94 season, he won the Yugoslav League with Zvezda and played together with Dragoljub Vidačić, Ivica Mavrenski, Saša Obradović, Mileta Lisica, Aleksandar Trifunović, and Dejan Tomašević.[1] In the 2000–01 Hemofarm season, he played Korać Cup Finals where he lost from Spanish team Unicaja. Over sixteen games in that Korać Cup season, he averaged 16.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.[2]

In 2001, he went abroad. During next ten years he played in Germany (Telekom Baskets Bonn), Portugal (U.D. Oliveirense), Belgium (RBC Verviers-Pepinster and Leuven Bears), France (Olympique Antibes[3]), and Georgia (Dinamo Tbilisi).

Prior to 2003–04 season, Zečević signed for the RBC Verviers-Pepinster of the Belgium Division I. In 2003–04 ULEB Cup season he averaged 11.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game over ten games.[4][5] In 2004–05 FIBA Europe League season he averaged 20.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game over thirteen games.[6]

Coaching career

In November 2016, Zečević became a head coach for the RBC Pepinster.[7][8] He left Pepinster after the end of the 2016–17 season.[9]

Career achievements

References
  1. "Ono što se mora znati o KK Crvena zvezda". mojacrvenazvezda.net. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  2. "Aleksandar Zecevic KK HEMOFARM VRSAC". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. "Aleksandar Zecevic, Antibes". lnb.fr. Archived from the original on 2016-01-17. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. "ZECEVIC, ALEKSANDAR - euroleague.net". euroleague.net. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. "Aleksandar Zecevic Europe Stats". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. "Aleksandar Zecevic RBC VERVIERS-PEPINSTER". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  7. "Aleksandar Zecevic returns to RBC Pepinster". thisisbasketball.tv. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  8. "Aleksandar Zecevic est le nouveau coach du RBC Pepinster". televesdre.eu. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  9. "Pascal Mossay remplacera Aleksandar Zecevic à Pepinster". lameuse.be. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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