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Svetislav Pešić

Svetislav Pešić
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Pešić with Bayern Munich
Personal information
Born (1949-08-28) August 28, 1949 (age 67)
Novi Sad, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian / German
Listed height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 1971 / Undrafted
Playing career 1967–1979
Position Head coach
Coaching career 1982–present
Career history
As player:
1967–1971 Partizan
1971–1979 Bosna
As coach:
1982–1987 Bosna
1987–1993 Germany
1993–2000 Alba Berlin
2000–2002 FR Yugoslavia
2001–2002 RheinEnergie Köln
2002–2004 FC Barcelona
2004–2006 Lottomatica Roma
2006–2007 Akasvayu Girona
2007–2008 Dynamo Moscow
2008–2009 Crvena zvezda
2010–2011 Power Electronics Valencia
2012 Germany
2011–2012 Crvena zvezda
2012–2016 Bayern Munich

Svetislav Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав Пешић, born August 28, 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player.

As a player of Bosna, Pešić won the European Champions Cup (Euroleague) in 1979. He played for Partizan (1967–1971), and Bosna (1971–1979).

Pešić is also one of the most successful European basketball coaches.

He led a Yugoslavia junior team, that featured future international stars Vlade Divac, Saša Đorđević, Toni Kukoč, and Dino Rađa to victory in the 1987 FIBA World Junior Championship (later split into separate under-19 and under-21 events), defeating the USA twice during the tournament. With the Yugoslavia senior side, Pešić won the 2002 FIBA World Championship, held in Indianapolis, and EuroBasket 2001 (organized by Turkey), and he also won EuroBasket 1993 (organized by Germany), as head coach of Germany.


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