Saša Zagorac

Saša Zagorac
	Zagorac in 2016
Personal information
Born	1 January 1984 (age 40); Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Slovenian
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	243 lb (110 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	2006: undrafted
Playing career	2002–2020
Position	Forward
Number	17
Career history
2002–2004	Union Olimpija
2002–2003	→ Birokrat SQL
2004–2005	Superfund Kapfenberg
2005	KK Rogla Atras
2006	Postojnska Jama Postojna
2006–2008	Caja Rural Melilla
2008–2009	Gandía
2009–2010	Alaior Menorcarentals.com Coinga
2011	Shiraz
2011	Banca Tercas Teramo
2011–2012	Knet & Éniac
2012	Aget Service Imola
2013–2014	Grosuplje
2014–2015	Zlatorog Laško
2015–2016	Union Olimpija
2016	Lukoil Academic
2017	Parma Basket
2017–2018	Soproni KC
2018	Krka
2018	Al-Riffa
2018-2019	Trefl Sopot
2019–2020	Cedevita Olimpija
Career highlights and awards
	Slovenian League champion (2004);
Men's basketball
Representing Slovenia
EuroBasket
Europe U20 Championship
Europe U18 Championship

Saša Zagorac (born 1 January 1984) is a Slovenian retired professional basketball player. He plays as forward and is the younger brother of Željko Zagorac.^[1] He announced his retirement on 18 July 2020.^[2]

National team career

Zagorac was a member of Slovenia U18, U19, U20, and U21 national team. He played at 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship.^[3] He represented Slovenia at the 2015 EuroBasket where they were eliminated by Latvia in eighth-finals.^[4]^[5] In 2017 he became a champion in European Basketball Championship; with his experiences he played an important role in Slovenian team's mental preparation and scored some crucial points in semi-final's win over Spain.

References

^ "Željko in Saša Zagorac: Od pokvarjenega avta do lepila za protezo". Ekipa24 (in Slovenian). Retrieved 21 May 2015.
^ "Saša Zagorac retired from basketball". Sportando. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^ "Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ "Slovenia make last cut before Zagrep trip". 3 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Strelnieks steers Latvia into last eight". eurobasket2015.org. 12 September 2015. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

"Career stats". Euroleague Basketball. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
Lucas, por Chema De (21 November 2011). "Sasa Zagorac vuelve a España con Knet & Eniac". Solobasket (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2024.
"FIBA EuroBasket 2017". FIBA.basketball. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[1] "Željko in Saša Zagorac: Od pokvarjenega avta do lepila za protezo". Ekipa24 (in Slovenian). Retrieved 21 May 2015.

[2] "Saša Zagorac retired from basketball". Sportando. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

[3] "Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[4] "Slovenia make last cut before Zagrep trip". 3 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[5] "Strelnieks steers Latvia into last eight". eurobasket2015.org. 12 September 2015. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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