Zoran Savić (basketball player)

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Zoran Savić (born November 18, 1966 in Zenica ) is a former Serbian basketball player .

career

The 2.03 meter indoor player was in the service of Borak Caplijna, then Cenik Celika, before joining KK Split . The team, then called Jugosplastika Split, gathered some of the best Yugoslav players of the time, Savić joined in 1989. Under coach Božidar Maljković he won the 1990 European Cup victory with Split at the side of Toni Kukoč , Velimir Perasović , Dino Rađa and Duško Ivanović , which the team had won the previous year (at that time without Savić). Also in 1989/90 he won the Yugoslav championship and the cup competition with Split.

In 1991 this triple triumph was repeated under coach Zeljko Pavlicević , Savić was the best scorer in the final of the European Cup against FC Barcelona (with Split's former coach Maljković) with 27 points. Savić joined the following season in 1991/92 that FC Barcelona and stayed in Catalonia for two years . In both seasons he averaged around 13.5 points per game in the ACB league . However, he did not win a title with Barcelona.

From 1993 to 1995 he was under contract with PAOK Thessaloniki in Greece . In 1994 he won the European club competition Korać-Cup with PAOK . He went back to Spain and joined Real Madrid in 1995/96 . Compared to his time in Barcelona, ​​Savić was able to increase his point yield in the Spanish league and averaged 16.5 points for Real in 40 appearances.

The next stop in his club career was Italy. From 1996 to 1998 he was under contract with Kinder Bologna . There he played for coach Ettore Messina . With Bologna he celebrated victory in the Italian Cup in 1997, followed in 1998 by winning the Italian championship title, the cup and the European Cup. In the semifinals of the European club competition he was the best scorer with 23 points against KK Partizan Belgrade , in the final against AEK Athens he scored seven points, Savić, the high-profile Bologna players such as the French Antoine Rigaudeau , the Slovenian Radoslav Nesterović and his Serbian compatriot Predrag Danilović was one of his teammates, was named the best player in the final tournament in Barcelona .

In 1998/99 he played for Efes Pilsen Istanbul , but was thwarted in parts of the season due to injury. In 1999/2000 he had to sit out completely due to an injury and then went back to FC Barcelona, ​​with whom he was Spanish champions and cup winners in the 2000/01 season, but was only on the field in ten league games. At the end of his professional career, Savić was again under contract in 2001/02 in Bologna, but similar to Barcelona no longer played such a big role as during his first stop at the club.

National team

With Yugoslavia's national team, Savić was world champion in 1990, in the final against the Soviet Union he  scored eleven points. He was the fourth best Yugoslav scorer at the World Cup behind Dražen Petrović , Toni Kukoč and Žarko Paspalj (8.6 points / game). In 1991 and 1995 he won the European Championship with the team. At the 1996 Summer Olympics , he was on his way to the silver medal with 11.6 points per encounter, the second best scorer in his team, but he missed the final against the United States because he injured his foot in the semifinals. In 1997 he became European champion for the third time and, with 5.7 points per match, he reached his highest score in his three European Championship participations.

After the playing career

Savić worked from 2002 to 2005 as the manager of Fortitudo Bologna, during which time he won the Italian championship title in 2005. He moved to FC Barcelona and held the post of sports director there until 2008. He founded a company with which he offers coaches and players advisory services. In November 2010 he was approved as a players agent by the world association FIBA .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Zoran Savic: TRAYECTORIA Y LOGROS. In: ACB. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Champions Cup 1989-90. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Champions Cup 1988-89. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Champions Cup 1990-91. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c d Zoran Savic: TEMPORADA A TEMPORADA. In: ACB. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  6. ^ Korac Cup 1993-94. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Savic Zoran - Statistiche INDIVIDUALI. In: LEGABASKET SERIE A. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b c d Vladimir Stankovic: Zoran Savic, the title collector. In: KOS magazine. June 22, 2016, accessed July 12, 2020 .
  9. ↑ http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/clubes/c1/C1_98fs.htm
  10. ↑ Euroleague 1997-98. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  11. ^ Savic, Zoran - Turkish Basketball Super League Player. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  12. ↑ archive.fiba.com: 1990 World Championship for Men. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Yugoslavia accumulated statistics | 1990 World Championship for Men | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  14. ↑ European Championship 1991. Accessed July 12, 2020 .
  15. ↑ European Championship 1995. Accessed July 12, 2020 .
  16. ↑ https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2944/tid/390/accumulated-statistics.html
  17. ↑ archive.fiba.com: 1996 Olympic Games: Tournament for Men. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  18. ^ Zoran Savic profile, European Championship for Men 1997. Accessed July 12, 2020 .
  19. ↑ LUIS MENDIOLA / BARCELONA: Zoran Savic: "Dusko, no puedo ficharte a otro pívot mejor que Marc". February 13, 2015, accessed July 12, 2020 (Spanish).
  20. ↑ http://www.invictusgsc.com/about-us/
personal data
SURNAME Savic, Zoran
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Serbian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Zenica