Aleksandar Đorđević

Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević or Sale Đorđević (Anglicized: Sasha Djordjevic; Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Саша Ђорђевић, pronounced [aleksǎːndar sâʃa dʑǒːrdʑeʋitɕ]; born 26 August 1967) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for the senior China. During his playing career, he was listed as a 1.88 m (6'2") 90 kg (198 lb.) point guard.

Aleksandar Đorđević
Đorđević with Fenerbahçe in 2021
China national basketball team
PositionHead coach
Personal information
Born (1967-08-26) 26 August 1967
Belgrade, SR Serbia,
Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
NBA draft1989: undrafted
Playing career1983–2005
PositionPoint guard
Number4, 6, 10, 19, 20
Coaching career2006–present
Career history
As player:
1983–1992Partizan
1992–1994Olimpia Milano
1994–1996Fortitudo Bologna
1996Portland Trail Blazers
1996–1999FC Barcelona
1999–2002Real Madrid
2003–2004Scavolini Pesaro
2005Olimpia Milano
As coach:
2006–2007Olimpia Milano
2011–2012Benetton Treviso
2013–2019Serbia
2015–2016Panathinaikos
2016–2018Bayern Munich
2019–2021Virtus Bologna
2021–2022Fenerbahçe Beko
2022–China
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As head coach:

Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia /  Yugoslavia
Summer Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
FIBA World Cup
1998 Greece
EuroBasket
1991 Italy
1995 Greece
1997 Spain
1987 Greece
FIBA U-19 World Cup
1987 ItalyUnder-19
FIBA U-18 European Championship
1986 AustriaUnder-18
Head Coach for  Serbia
Summer Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
FIBA World Cup
2014 Spain
EuroBasket
2017 TurkeyTeam
Head Coach for  China
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou

During his pro club playing career, Đorđević, along with his teammate Sasha Danilović, helped to lead Partizan Belgrade to its first EuroLeague title in 1992, while he earned an All-Final Four Team selection in the process. He was twice named the Mister Europa Player of the Year, in both 1994 and 1995. He also played in a total of 108 games, while representing the senior national teams of SFR Yugoslavia, and later FR Yugoslavia.

As a player, he won gold medals at the 1991 EuroBasket, the 1995 EuroBasket, the 1997 EuroBasket, where he was named the Most Valuable Player, and the 1998 FIBA World Championship. In 1995, Đorđević received the Golden Badge award for the Best Athlete of FR Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslav Olympic Committee declared him the Sportsman of the Year. In 2008, Đorđević was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors.

Đorđević is most well-known for two famous game-winning shots that he hit during his playing career. He hit the game-winning shot of the 1992 EuroLeague Final, and the game-winning shot of the 1997 EuroBasket game between FR Yugoslavia and Croatia. He is the only person that has won medals at the Summer Olympic Games, the FIBA World Cup, and the FIBA EuroBasket, as both a player and as a head coach.

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