Svetislav "Kari" Pešić ( sr-cyrl, Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born August 28, 1949) is a Serbian professional
basketball
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coach
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and former player who is the head coach of the
Serbia men's national team.
Playing career
During his
club
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playing career, Pešić played with
Pirot (1964–1967),
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
(1967–1971), and
Bosna (1971–1979). As a member of
Bosna, he won a
Yugoslav Cup
The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...
and a
Yugoslav League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League (Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
championship, in 1978. Also, he won the
FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) championship in
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
with Bosna.
Coaching career
Club coaching career
On the
club
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* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
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level, Pešić won the
triple crown
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* Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
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in
2003, while he was the head coach of
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Found ...
. 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
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Found ...
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
Vlade Divac ( sr-Cyrl, Владе Дивац, ; born February 3, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings ...
,
Saša Đorđević,
Toni Kukoč
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, and
Dino Rađa
Dino Rađa (Anglicized: Dino Radja, ; born April 24, 1967) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. He was a member of the Jugoplastika team of the late 1980s and early 1990s, which he helped to win two FIBA European Champions Cup ...
, 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
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twice during the tournament.
As the head coach of the senior
German national basketball team
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, he won the gold medal at the
EuroBasket 1993
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(organized by Germany).
With the
FR Yugoslavian senior side, Pešić won gold medals at the
2002 FIBA World Championship
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, which was held in
Indianapolis, and the
EuroBasket 2001
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(organized by Turkey). He stepped down from the position on 1 December 2002.
On 28 September 2021, the
Basketball Federation of Serbia
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hired him as the new head coach for the
Serbia men's national team.
Coaching record
EuroLeague
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Barcelona
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2002–03
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EuroLeague Championship
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Valencia
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2010–11
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Bayern
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2013–14
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2015–16
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Barcelona
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2017–18
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Personal life
Along with Serbian, Pešić also possesses
German
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citizenship
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. His son,
Marko (born 1976), is a former professional basketball player, and was an occasional member of the senior
German national team. Former German basketball player
Jan Jagla
Jan-Hendrik Jagla (born 25 June 1981) is a former German professional basketball player. Though he stands 7 feet tall, Jagla has the game of a 2-guard, and his game somewhat resembles that of Dirk Nowitzki. Jagla was also known to be a point forwa ...
, is his son-in-law, due to his marriage with Pešić's daughter, Ivana.
See also
*
List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches
The list of EuroLeague-winning head coaches shows all of the head coaches that have won the EuroLeague championship. The EuroLeague is the European-wide top-tier level professional basketball club competition. The competition was originally calle ...
*
List of FIBA EuroBasket winning head coaches
The list of FIBA EuroBasket-winning head coaches shows all of the head coaches that have won the FIBA EuroBasket, which is the main international competition for senior men's basketball national teams that is governed by FIBA Europe, the Europea ...
*
FIBA Basketball World Cup winning head coaches
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References
External links
Svetislav Pešićat euroleague.net
Svetislav Pešićat acb.com
Svetislav Pešićat beko-bbl.de
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pesic, Svetislav
1949 births
Living people
Shooting guards
EuroLeague-winning coaches
FIBA EuroBasket-winning coaches
FIBA Hall of Fame inductees
German basketball coaches
German men's basketball players
German expatriate basketball people in Serbia
German people of Serbian descent
KK Bosna Royal players
KK Partizan players
KK Pirot players
KK Bosna Royal coaches
KK Crvena zvezda head coaches
FC Barcelona Bàsquet coaches
RheinStars Köln coaches
FC Bayern Munich basketball coaches
Alba Berlin basketball coaches
BC Dynamo Moscow coaches
Liga ACB head coaches
Pallacanestro Virtus Roma coaches
Recipients of the Order of Merit of Berlin
Serbia national basketball team coaches
Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team coaches
People from Pirot
Naturalized citizens of Germany
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain
Serbian men's basketball coaches
Valencia Basket coaches
Yugoslav basketball coaches
Yugoslav emigrants to Germany
Yugoslav men's basketball players