Sani Bečirovič

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Sani Bečirovič
Player information
birthday	May 19, 1981 (39 years and 101 days)
place of birth	Maribor , Yugoslavia
size	196 cm
position	Shooting Guard
NBA draft	46, Denver Nuggets , 2003
Club information
society	Dinamo Sassari
league	Series A
Clubs as active
Until 01996 KK Bistrica 1996–1997 Maribor Ovni 1997–1999 KK Pivovarna Laško 1999–2001 KK Olimpija Ljubljana 2001–2003 Virtus Bologna 2003–2004 KK Krka Novo mesto 2004–2005 Pallacanestro Varese 2005–2006 Fortitudo Bologna 2006–2008 Panathinaikos Athens 2008–2008 2009 Lottomatica Roma 2009–2010 KK Olimpija Ljubljana 2010 Armani Jeans Milano 2010–2011 Türk Telekomspor 2011 CSKA Moscow 2011–2012 Benetton Treviso 2012–2013 Petrochimi Bandar Imam 2013 Dinamo Sassari 2013 Foolad Mahan Isfahan 2013–2014 KK Krka Novo mesto 2014–2015 Fulgor Libertas Forlì 2015 Pallacanestro Piacentina 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000
National team
1999–?	Slovenia

Sani Bečirovič (born May 19, 1981 in Maribor , Yugoslavia ) is a Slovenian basketball player who is 1.96 m tall and plays the position of shooting guard .

Career

Sani Bečirovič began his professional career at KK Bistrica, a Slovenian club where he had already played in the youth departments. In 1996 he moved to Maribor Ovni, where he was under contract for one year. In 1997, Bečirovič moved to KK Pivovarna Laško , where he stayed for the next two seasons. In 1999, the player signed a contract with the Ljubljana- based Slovenian top club Olimpija Ljubljana . With Union Olimpija Bečirovič was once Slovenian champion and won the national cup competition twice. In the summer of 2001 Bečirović finally moved abroad after a brief interlude at KK Krka Novo mesto (2003/2004). His first stop was Italy , where he played with Virtus Bologna , Varese and Fortitudo Bologna . In 2002 Bečirovič was able to win his first title outside of Slovenia with the Italian Cup . The 2002/2003 season was a low point, when he was out for a long time after a serious injury and lost his place in the club and the national team. At the end of that season he was nevertheless selected in the NBA Drafts in 46th place by the Denver Nuggets . Between 2006 and 2008 the Slovenian played for the Greek top club Panathinaikos Athens , where he succeeded his compatriot Jaka Lakovič and won the triple in his first season .

Sani Bečirovič is an integral part of the Slovenian national team and also played a leading role in all of Slovenia’s youth teams . For the first time he was able to draw attention to himself in 1998 at the U18 European Championship, when he was voted MVP of the tournament with 28.1 points and 3.8 assists per game . In 2005 he finished sixth with his team at the European Championships in Serbia .

successes

• Slovenian champion: 2001
• Greek champion : 2007, 2008
• Slovenian Cup Winner: 2000, 2001
• Greek Cup Winner : 2007, 2008
• Italian cup winner : 2002
• ULEB Euroleague : 2007
• U20 European Champion: 2000

Awards

• MVP of the U18 European Championship: 1998
• Participation in the Slovenian All Star Game: 1999, 2000 2001
• Participation in the Greek All Star Game: 2007
• Winner of the Greek three-point shootout competition: 2007
• Participation in the U16 European Championships: 1997
• Participation in the U18 European Championships: 1998
• Participation in the U20 European Championships: 2000
• Participation in European championships : 1999, 2001, 2005
• Participation in world championships : 2006

Trivia

• Bečirovič's father, Memi Bečirović , last coached the Slovenian first division club Union Olimpija . There was a father-son duel in the 2006/2007 season when Sani and Panathinaikos faced the club coached by his father as part of the preliminary round of the ULEB Euroleague . Both games could be won by Sani's team.