Petar Aleksić
Bosnian-Swiss basketball coach and player
| Fribourg Olympic | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| League | Swiss Basketball League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1968-11-02) 2 November 1968 (age 55) Trebinje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Bosnian / Swiss |
| Listed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1996–2004 |
| Position | Forward |
| Coaching career | 2004–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1996–1998 | FMP Železnik |
| 1998 | ZTE |
| 1999–2001 | Union Neuchâtel |
| 2001–2002 | BBC Nyon |
| 2003–2004 | Leotar Trebinje |
| As coach: | |
| 2004–2006 | BBC Feldkirch Baskets (assistant) |
| 2006–2007 | Union Neuchâtel |
| 2007–2009 | Alba Berlin (assistant) |
| 2010–2011 | Union Neuchâtel |
| 2011–2013 | Monthey |
| 2012 | Switzerland under-20 |
| 2013–present | Fribourg Olympic |
| 2013–2016 | Switzerland |
| Career highlights and awards | |
As head coach:
As assistant coach:
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Petar Aleksić (born 2 November 1968) is a Bosnian-Swiss professional basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Fribourg Olympic of the Swiss Basketball League (SBL).
From 2013 until 2016, he coached Switzerland's national basketball team, which he led to a surprise victory over Russia at the 2015 EuroBasket qualification.
As a professional player, he played in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Hungary, Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. After his retirement as a player he won the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) as assistant coach of Alba Berlin. He also coached BBC Feldkirch Baskets in Austria and several Swiss teams as head coach.[1]
References
- ^ Der neue Nati-Trainer Petar Aleksic soll das Unmögliche möglich machen, Freiburger Nachrichten, Feb 2, 2013. Accessed 13 November 2015.(in German)
External links
- EuroBasket.com Profile as coach and player
- EuroBasket.com Profile as player
