Aleksandar Zarić

Not to be confused with Aleksa Zarić or Aleksandar Zorić.
Aleksandar Zarić
Aleksandar Jovančević & Saša Kosović KK Crvena zvezda 20171219.jpg
Zarić with Crvena zvezda in 2017.
FMP
PositionSporting director
LeagueABA League
Basketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born (1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 35)
Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian / Croatian
Listed height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2011: undrafted
Playing career2007–2016
PositionShooting guard
Number4, 14
Coaching career2016–present
Career history
As player:
2009–2013Radnički FMP
2013–2015OKK Beograd
2015–2016Beovuk 72
As coach:
2016–2017FMP (assistant)
2017–2018Crvena zvezda (assistant)
2018–2021FMP (assistant)

Aleksandar Zarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Зарић; born 20 March 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the sporting director for FMP of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League.

Playing career

Zarić played for the FMP Železnik U18 team that lost from the Žalgiris U18 in the 2007 Junior Euroleague Final.[1]

Zarić played for Radnički FMP, OKK Beograd, Beovuk 72[2] of the Basketball League of Serbia. During his sting with OKK Beograd, he played 42 games over two seasons averaging 2.4 points per game.[3]

Coaching career

Zarić started his coaching career with FMP as a staff member of head coach Dušan Alimpijević.[4] In July 2017, Alimpijević was named as the head coach of Crvena zvezda, and Zarić moved to Crvena zvezda to be an assistant coach.[5][6] In 2018, he joined back to the FMP staff. In 2021, FMP promoted him as their new sporting director.[7]

Career achievements

As assistant coach

References

  1. ^ "ZARIC, ALEKSANDAR IJT FMP". euroleague.net. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Zaric - Player Profile". proballers.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Svi igrači OKK Beograda". okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ^ "FMP ima novog trenera!". espreso.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Alimpijević: Ovo je novi ciklus". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Crveno-beli odradili prvi trening". kkcrvenazvezda.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Meridian postao naslovni sponzor KK FMP". meridianbetsport.ba. Retrieved 28 November 2021.