Becirovic with Panathinaikos.
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Personal information | ||||||||||
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Born |
Maribor, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia |
19 May 1981 |||||||||
Nationality | Slovenian / Italian | |||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | |||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||
NBA draft | 2003 / Round: 2 / Pick: 46th overall | |||||||||
Selected by the Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||
Playing career | 1995–2015 | |||||||||
Position | Point guard / Shooting guard | |||||||||
Number | 7,10 | |||||||||
Coaching career | 2015–present | |||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||
As player: | ||||||||||
1995–1996 | Bistrica | |||||||||
1996–1997 | Maribor Ovni | |||||||||
1997–1999 | Pivovarna Laško | |||||||||
1999–2001 | Union Olimpija | |||||||||
2001–2002 | Virtus Bologna | |||||||||
2003–2004 | Krka Novo Mesto | |||||||||
2004–2005 | Casti Group Varese | |||||||||
2005–2006 | Climamio Bologna | |||||||||
2006–2008 | Panathinaikos | |||||||||
2008–2009 | Lottomatica Roma | |||||||||
2009 | Union Olimpija | |||||||||
2010 | Armani Jeans Milano | |||||||||
2010–2011 | Türk Telekom | |||||||||
2011 | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||
2011–2012 | Benetton Treviso | |||||||||
2012–2013 | Petrochimi Bandar Imam | |||||||||
2013 | Dinamo Sassari | |||||||||
2013 | Foolad Mahan Isfahan | |||||||||
2013–2014 | Krka Novo Mesto | |||||||||
2014–2015 | Fulgor Libertas Forlì | |||||||||
2015 | Pallacanestro Piacentina | |||||||||
As coach: | ||||||||||
2015–present | Panathinaikos (assistant) | |||||||||
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Sani Bečirovič (Serbo-Croatian: Bećirović, born 19 May 1981) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player and current basketball coach. His father is Memi Bečirović, the former head coach coach of the senior men's Slovenian national team. He was selected in the second round (46th overall) of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.
Bečirović played for the Slovenian youth squad teams of KK Bistrica, and he made his debut with their senior team during the 1995–96 season. He then moved to the Slovenian club Maribor Ovni for the 1996–97 season. He then moved to the Slovenian Premiere A League team Pivovarna Laško, where he played from 1997–99, and next to the Slovenian team Olimpija Ljubljana, where he played from 1999–01. With Olimpija Ljubljana, he won the 2001 Slovenian League Championship, and the 2000 and 2001 Slovenian Cups. He also played in Slovenia with Krka Novo Mesto, in the 2003–04 season.
He played in the Italian LBA league with Virtus Bologna, during the 2001–02 season, where he won the 2002 Italian Cup. He also played with the Italian clubs Casti Group Varese, in the 2004–05 season, and Climamio Bologna, in the 2005–06 season, where he won the 2005 Italian Super Cup.