Josip Sesar
| Gorica | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | ABA League Croatian League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1978 Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2000: 2nd round, 47th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1993–2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As player: | |||||||||||||||
| 1993–1999 | Zagreb | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2002 | Cibona | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Split CO | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Cibona | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Široki Hercegtisak | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Zadar | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Zagreb | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Zrinjski Mostar | ||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Zrinjevac | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Cibona (youth) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Gorica | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Gorica | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Croatia (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Josip Sesar (born 17 January 1978) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for Gorica of the ABA League and the Croatian League.
Playing career
Sesar started training basketball when he was ten. He was 182 cm tall at the time. In 1992 he left Zrinjski Mostar for Split. Since the youth coach did not consider him a prospect, his father took him to Zagreb. In 1993, he started his professional career there. After six successful seasons with Zagreb, in 1999, Sesar signed his second professional contract, namely with Cibona. At the 2000 NBA Draft he was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics and then traded to the Boston Celtics. However, he never played a game for the Celtics or any other NBA team.
National team career
Sesar was the MVP of the 1996 European Championship for junior men, held in France.[1] He also participated in the 1995 World Championship for junior men, and the 1997, 1999 and 2001 European Championships.[2]
Coaching career
In July 2011, Sesar became a coach for the youth selections of KK Cibona.[3]
References
- ^ "Josip Sesar profile, European Championship for Junior Men 1996". www.fiba.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Josip Sesar profile, World Championship for Junior Men 1995 | FIBA.COM". www.fiba.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Index.hr- "Bili i ostali najveći klub" - Josip Sesar i Damjan Rudež u Ciboni! Author: D.R., July 6, 2011.