Zoran Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Савић; born November 18, 1966 in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. The 208 cm (6'10") forward played in various European counties.
[edit] Career
He made first steps in mid-1980s for Basketball Team Čelik Zenica in the First League of Yugoslavia. In 1990 and 1991 he played with Jugoplastika in Split, winning both the Yugoslav league title and the FIBA European Champions Cup (now known as the Euroleague) in each of the two years. In 1991, he signed with FC Barcelona and spent a couple of seasons in Spain.
Savić then became a member of PAOK Thessaloniki in Greece, where he won the Greek Cup title in 1995 and the Korać Cup in 1994.
He then spent a year with Real Madrid before settling in Kinder Bologna in 1997, and won the Italian championship as well as the Euroleague. He was awarded with the 1998 Euroleague Final Four MVP. In 1998 he moved to Efes Pilsen of Istanbul, and won the Supercup of Turkey.
Savić then returned to FC Barcelona in 2000, and then moved to Fortitudo Bologna in 2001. In 2002 he ended his professional career.
[edit] National team
Internationally, Zoran Savić won gold medals with Yugoslavia at the 1990 Basketball World Championship and during the 1991, 1995, and 1997 European Championships. He was part of Yugoslavia's silver medal team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
[edit] After retirement
Savić is also of the founding members of the Group Seven Children's Foundation.
Since 2005 he has been the general manager of FC Barcelona Bàsquet.
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Savic, Zoran |
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Basketball player |
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November 18, 1966 |
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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
