Robert Šarović

Robert Šarović
Player information
birthday	June 12, 1978
place of birth	Iserlohn, Germany
size	205 cm
position	Power forward
Club information
society	CSU Sibiu
league	Divizia A
Clubs as active
1995–1996 Proleter Naftagas 1996–2000 KK Obanka Belgrad 2000–2001 SG Sechtem 2001–2002 Eintracht Frankfurt 2002–2003 ART Düsseldorf Magics 2003–2004 Eisbären Bremerhaven 2004–2005 Lausanne Morges Basket 2005–2007 Egaleo AO 2007 Paris Basket Racing 2007–2011 BK Nový Jičín 2011–2013 BCM Timișoara 2013 Proleter Naftagas Since 2014 CSU Sibiu 00000 00000 0

Robert Šarović (born June 12, 1978 in Iserlohn ) is a German - Serbian basketball player . Sarović started his career in the senior sector in his family's home country in what was then the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . Between 2000 and 2004 he played for various clubs in his native Germany in the 2nd basketball league . After stints in Switzerland , Greece and France , he played in the Czech Republic for four years for the former champions from Nový Jičín , before continuing his career with a short break in the Romanian Divizia A in since the beginning of 2014, where he has been under contract with CSU Sibiu since the beginning of 2014 stands.

Career

Born in Germany, Šarović started his career in his family's home country in Yugoslavia . In the 1995/96 season he was allowed to complete his first senior games for the Yugoslav second division club Proleter Naftagas from Zrenjanin . With the junior selection of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Šarović won a bronze medal at the U18 European Championship in 1996. However, this was then his only final appearance for a Yugoslav-Serbian team. He then played four seasons for KK Beobanka from the capital Belgrade in the top division called YUBA at the time . In 1998 it was enough to reach the finals in the national cup competition, which was lost to KK Budućnost Podgorica . In 2000, the club's license was sold to investors who let the team continue playing as KK Vojvodina in Novi Sad .

Šarović returned to his native country in 2000 and joined the Rhineland second division team SG Sechtem in the North Group of the 2nd Bundesliga . In the 2000/01 season , the cooperation partner of the neighboring first division club Telekom Baskets Bonn achieved seventh place with an almost balanced season. A similar result reached Šarović in the following season 2001/02 with the basketball team of Eintracht Frankfurt in the group south. For the 2002/03 season he returned to the group north, where he was active for the second division returnee ART Düsseldorf. The newcomer achieved a good fifth place. Subsequently, Šarović switched to the ambitious Eisbären from Bremerhaven , who in the 2003/04 season on the second place in the group north behind the Schwelmer Baskets just missed the rise again. This promotion should succeed the team a year later, but Šarović played in the 2004/05 season for Lausanne Morges Basket in the canton of Vaud in the Swiss national basketball league , which reached a midfield placement there.

For the 2005/06 season, Šarović moved to the second Greek league A2 Ethniki to Athlitikos Omilos from Egaleo in the greater Athens area . With this club he made it to the top division in 2006 and was considered by commentators and observers as the best player in the second division on his playing position in the power forward . In the top division A1 Ethniki , Šarović was unable to assert himself as desired and the relegation-threatened climber released his contract during the season. In February 2007, Šarović moved to the French ex-champion Basket Racing Club from Paris . However, the team again missed the play-offs for the championship before they merged with Levallois Basket to Paris-Levallois Basket after the end of the season . Šarović played in the 2007/08 season, however, for the Czech ex-master Geofin from Nový Jičín . He remained loyal to this club for a total of four seasons and initially reached two runners-up championships behind serial champion ČEZ Nymburk . In the 2009/10 season they lost the play-off semi-final series against BK Prostějov ; in the 2010/11 season they were no longer one of the leading teams in the league and were eliminated in the first play-off round.

For the 2011/12 season, the now 33-year-old Šarović moved on to Romania to the club from Timișoara . After he had already been active in international club competitions in 1997 in the Korać Cup with Obanka , he took part in official international competitions with this team again. In the Balkan International Basketball League 2011/12, however, they only achieved five wins in ten group games and thus narrowly failed to make it into the play-offs. As the Romanian runner-up in 2012 behind CSU Asesoft Ploieşti , who were clearly inferior in the final series, they dared to return to the continental European stage in the EuroChallenge 2012/13 . In contrast to the winless champion Ploieşti succeeded in the preliminary round at least one home win against the Hungarian representative from Körmend in six group games, in which they also lost twice to the later third in the EWE Baskets Oldenburg competition . But even in the national championship, the team was not as successful as a year before. As the main round sixth you lost the first play-off round series against defending champion Ploieşti. Subsequently, Šarović was active across the border in Zrenjanin for his former club Proleter Naftagas in the Serbian second division at the beginning of the 2013/14 season. At the turn of the year he moved from the Banat to the Transylvanian Sibiu to the “Clubul Sportiv Universitatea” ( German  university sports club ). In a team with his Serbian compatriot Miloš Bojović and the US-American Brandon Johnson, former second division player for BG Karlsruhe , the club is at the top of the table after the first round of the main round.

Web links

• Robert Sarovic - Paris - Joueurs - Pro A: Saison 2006/2007 - player profile on the websites of the French LNB ( French ; status: 2007)
• Robert Sarovic | EuroChallenge 2013 - player profile on the website of FIBA Europa ( English )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Yugoslavia / European Championship for Junior Men 1996. FIBA Europe , accessed on January 19, 2014 (English, overview). 
2. ↑ archive.fiba.com: Players - Robert SAROVIC (SRB). FIBA , accessed on January 19, 2014 (English, overview of participation in international FIBA ​​tournaments). 
3. ↑ Greek Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - A2: Season 2005-2006 - Eurobasket.com All-Greek A2 2005-06 Season Awards. Eurobasket.com, accessed January 19, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Basketbalový klub Nový Jičín: Informace o hráči (2010-2011) - # 13 Robert Šarovič. BK Nový Jičín , accessed on January 19, 2014 (Czech, seasonal statistics on old websites in the archive). 
5. ↑ Robert Sarovic / Euro Challenge 2013 - Player history. FIBA Europe , accessed on January 19, 2014 (English, career stations in FIBA ​​Europe competitions).