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Velimir Perasović

Velimir Perasović
Velimir Perasović 2010.jpg
Anadolu Efes
Position Head coach
League Turkish Super League
EuroLeague
Personal information
Born (1965-02-09) February 9, 1965 (age 52)
Stobreč, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Listed height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Listed weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 1987 / Undrafted
Playing career 1985–2003
Position Shooting guard
Coaching career 2003–present
Career history
As player:
1985–1992 Split
1992–1993 Breogán
1993–1997 Baskonia
1997–2002 Fuenlabrada
2002–2003 Alicante
As coach:
2003–2004 Split
2004–2005 Sevilla
2005–2007 Baskonia
2007–2008 Estudiantes
2008–2010 Cibona
2010–2011 Efes Pilsen
2012–2015 Valencia
2015 Croatia
2015–2016 Baskonia
2016–present Anadolu Efes
Career highlights and awards

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Velimir Perasović (born February 9, 1965) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is currently coaching Anadolu Efes.

Perasović was born in Stobreč, in the former Yugoslavia. He started playing basketball at the age of 14, and was soon recruited by KK Split, then named Jugoplastika, in 1981.

Perasović was member of the Yugoslav junior national basketball team which won the silver medal at the 1982 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Bulgaria, and the bronze medal at the 1984 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in Sweden.

Perasović's club, KK Split, went on to win three EuroLeague championships, in 1989 and 1990, as "Jugoplastika" and in 1991, as "Pop 84". In 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991 they also won the Yugoslav Basketball League championship. In 1990 and 1991, they also won the Yugoslav Basketball Cup, and in 1992, they won the Croatian Basketball Cup (that time under the name of Slobodna Dalmacija).

In 1992, Perasović moved to the Spanish club Breogán, and he spent one season there, before moving to the Spanish club Taugrés, in 1993. He won the 1995 Spanish King's Cup and in 1996, he won the Saporta Cup against PAOK.


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