Dejan Bodiroga

Dejan Bodiroga

Bodiroga playing with Lottomatica Roma in 2006.
Personal information
Born	(1973-03-02) 2 March 1973 (age 44) Klek, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight	110 kg (243 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 51st overall
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career	1989–2007
Position	Small forward
Number	4, 10, 15
Career history
1989–1990	Proleter Zrenjanin
1990–1992	Zadar
1992–1994	Stefanel Trieste
1994–1996	Stefanel Milano
1996–1998	Real Madrid
1998–2002	Panathinaikos
2002–2005	FC Barcelona
2005–2007	Lottomatica Roma
Career highlights and awards
3× EuroLeague champion (2000, 2002, 2003) FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (1997) 2× EuroLeague Final Four MVP (2002, 2003) Greek League MVP (1999) 2× Greek League Finals MVP (1999, 2000) Greek All Star Game MVP (2000) Spanish League MVP (1998) EuroLeague Top 16 MVP (2002) Spanish League Finals MVP (2004) 3× All-EuroLeague First Team (2002, 2003, 2004) 2× FIBA EuroStar selection (1998, 1999) Spanish Cup MVP (2003) Spanish Supercup MVP (2004) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team (2010) 2× Best Athlete of Yugoslavia (1998, 2002) 2× Best Sportsman by Yugoslav Olympic Committee (1998, 2002) All-Europe Player of the Year (2002) FIBA World Cup MVP (1998)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Yugoslavia Summer Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta National Team FIBA World Cup 1998 Greece National Team 2002 USA National Team EuroBasket 1995 Greece National Team 1997 Spain National Team 1999 France National Team 2001 Turkey National Team

Dejan Bodiroga (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Бодирога; born 2 March 1973) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Listed at 2.05 m (6 ft. 8¾ in.) and 110 kg (243 lbs.), he mainly played the small forward position. He had the ability to assume a point forward role as well as both guard positions.

A EuroLeague icon of the early part of the 2000s, Bodiroga proved himself to be a symbol of excellence by lifting consecutive EuroLeague trophies with Panathinaikos and FC Barcelona, and earned the EuroLeague Final Four MVP award both times. Among many other honors, Bodiroga was named to the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors and the EuroLeague 2001–10 All-Decade Team.

Bodiroga led Yugoslavia to two FIBA World Cup titles in 1998 and 2002, earning MVP honors in the former. In addition, he won three EuroBasket gold medals (1995, 1997, 2001) and a bronze (1999), as well as an Olympic silver medal in 1996.