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Svetislav Pešić

Pešić with FC Barcelona in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1949-08-28) 28 August 1949 (age 75) 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	1964–1979
Position	Shooting guard
Number	15
Coaching career	1982–present
Career history
As player:
1964–1967	Pirot
1967–1971	Partizan
1971–1979	Bosna
As coach:
1982–1987	Bosna
1987–1993	Germany
1993–2000	Alba Berlin
2001–2002	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
2011–2012	Crvena zvezda
2012	Germany
2012–2016	Bayern Munich
2018–2020	FC Barcelona
2021–	Serbia
Career highlights and awards
As player: EuroLeague champion (1979) Yugoslav League champion (1978) Yugoslav Cup winner (1978) As a head coach: FIBA World Cup champion (2002) 2× FIBA EuroBasket champion (1993, 2001) EuroLeague champion (2003) FIBA Korać Cup champion (1995) FIBA EuroCup champion (2007) Yugoslav League champion (1983) 5× Bundesliga champion (1997–2000, 2014) 2× Liga ACB champion (2003, 2004) Catalan League champion (2019) Yugoslav Cup winner (1984) 2× German Cup winner (1997, 1999) 3× Spanish Cup winner (2003, 2018, 2019) FIBA Hall of Fame (2020) European Coach of the Year (2003) FIBA EuroStar (1998) 3× Bundesliga Coach of the Year (1996, 1998, 1999) Spanish AEEB Coach of the Year (2019) Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement (2001)
FIBA Hall of Fame
Medals Men's basketball Head Coach for  Serbia Summer Olympic Games 2024 Paris FIBA World Cup 2002 United States 2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia FIBA EuroBasket 2001 Turkey Head Coach for  Germany FIBA EuroBasket 1993 Germany Head Coach for  Yugoslavia Under-19 World Cup 1987 Italy Under-19 European Championship for Juniors 1986 Austria Under-18 European Championship for Cadets 1985 Bulgaria Under-16

Svetislav "Kari" Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born 28 August 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Serbia men's national team.

Playing career

During his club playing career, Pešić played with Pirot (1964–1967), Partizan (1967–1971), and Bosna (1971–1979). As a member of Bosna, he won a Yugoslav Cup and a Yugoslav League championship, in 1978. Also, he won the FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) championship in 1979 with Bosna.

Coaching career

Club coaching career

On the club level, Pešić won the triple crown in 2003, while he was the head coach of FC Barcelona. On 16 November 2010, he was named the head coach of Power Electronics Valencia, for the rest of the 2010–11 season. In November 2012, Pešić was named the head coach of the German team Bayern Munich. On 28 February 2015, he extended his contract with the club until 2017. On 24 July 2016, he left Bayern at his own request, for health reasons.

On 9 February 2018, he returned to FC Barcelona as the team's head coach, until the end of the season.

National team coaching career

Pešić led the Yugoslavian junior national team, that featured future international stars Vlade Divac, Saša Đorđević, Toni Kukoč, and Dino Rađa, to a gold medal at the 1987 FIBA World Junior Championship (which was later split into separate under-19 and under-21 events), by defeating the Team USA twice during the tournament.

As the head coach of the senior German national basketball team, he won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1993 (organized by Germany).

With the FR Yugoslavian senior side, Pešić won gold medals at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, which was held in Indianapolis, and the EuroBasket 2001 (organized by Turkey). He stepped down from the position on 1 December 2002.

On 28 September 2021, the Basketball Federation of Serbia hired him as the new head coach for the Serbia men's national team. Pešić led Serbia to silver medal at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Coaching record

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

Personal life

Along with Serbian, Pešić also holds German citizenship. His son, Marko (born 1976), is a former professional basketball player, who represented the Germany national team in four major tournaments. Former German basketball player Jan Jagla, is his son-in-law, due to his marriage with Pešić's daughter, Ivana.

See also

• List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches
• List of FIBA EuroBasket winning head coaches
• FIBA Basketball World Cup winning head coaches

References

1. "Svetislav Pešić u Kući slavnih". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
2. Power Electronics makes Pesic new boss!
3. "Svetislav Pesic tabbed as new coach for Bayern Munich". court-side.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
4. "Pešić vodi Bajern do 2017". b92.net (in Serbian). 28 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
5. "Svetislav Pesic leaves Bayern Munich". sportando.com. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
6. "Svetislav Pesic will coach Barça Lassa until the end of the season | FC Barcelona". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
7. Woolf, Alexander (2002). "Sarajevo Airport: Prisoners of War". Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure. New York: Warner Books. pp. 90–107. ISBN 0-446-52601-0.
8. "Svetislav Pešić napustio kormilo reprezentacije" (in Serbian). Vlada Republike Srbije. 1 December 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
9. "ZVANIČNO: Svetislav Pešić posle 20 godina na klupi reprezentacije". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
10. "Србија освојила бронзану медаљу на Олимпијским играма!". kss.rs (in Serbian). 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.

External links

• Svetislav Pešić at euroleague.net
• Svetislav Pešić at acb.com (in Spanish)
• Svetislav Pešić at beko-bbl.de (in German)

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Capital: Pirot
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Notable people	Svetislav Pešić Dobrosav Živković Vladan Vasić

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