Aleksandar Zarić
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Zarić with Crvena zvezda in 2017. | |
| FMP | |
|---|---|
| Title | Sporting director |
| League | ABA League Basketball League of Serbia |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 20 March 1989 |
| Nationality | Serbian / Croatian |
| Listed height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2011: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–2016 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 4, 14 |
| Coaching career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 2009–2013 | Radnički FMP |
| 2013–2015 | OKK Beograd |
| 2015–2016 | Beovuk 72 |
Coaching | |
| 2016–2017 | FMP (assistant) |
| 2017–2018 | Crvena zvezda (assistant) |
| 2018–2021 | FMP (assistant) |
Aleksandar Zarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Зарић; born 20 March 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the sporting director for FMP of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League.
Zarić played for the FMP Železnik U18 team that lost from the Žalgiris U18 in the 2007 Junior Euroleague Final.[1]
Zarić played for Radnički FMP, OKK Beograd, Beovuk 72[2] of the Basketball League of Serbia. During his sting with OKK Beograd, he played 42 games over two seasons averaging 2.4 points per game.[3]
Coaching career
Zarić started his coaching career with FMP as a staff member of head coach Dušan Alimpijević.[4] In July 2017, Alimpijević was named as the head coach of Crvena zvezda, and Zarić moved to Crvena zvezda to be an assistant coach.[5][6] In 2018, he joined back to the FMP staff. In 2021, FMP promoted him as their new sporting director.[7]