Žarko Koprivica ( sr-cyr, Жарко Копривица; born May 8, 1956) is a Serbian

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executive and former

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player.

Playing career

Koprivica played for

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

of the Yugoslav Federal League. Over 181 games he averaged 14.9 points per game. He won one

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...

in his first senior season. In the 1978–79 season, he averaged 29.3 points per game.

National team career

Koprivica was a member of the Yugoslav national U16 team that won the bronze medal at the 1975 European Championship for Cadets.

Post-playing career

AS Basket

Koprivica is a founder and the president of the AS Basket, a basketball club for youth based in

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. The club is founded in 1997. Players who played for the youth team of AS Basket are:

Marko Kešelj Marko Kešelj ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Кешељ, born 2 January 1988) is a Serbian politician and retired professional basketball player serving as the state secretary in the Ministry of Sports since 4 November 2022. He previously served as a memb ...

, Aleksandar Cvetković, Ivan Marinković,

Brano Đukanović Brano Đukanović ( sr-cyr, Брано Ђукановић, born 21 March 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Zlatibor. Professional career Đukanović grew up with Crvena zvezda youth teams and signed his first professional co ...

and many others.

Career achievements

winner: 1 (with

: 1974–75).

Personal life

Žarko Koprivica is married to Marija (born 1957). They have two sons: Jovan (born 1982) and

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(born 1988). Both sons were professional basketball players. Jovan played for Crvena zvezda, Panellinios, Politekhnika-Halychyna,

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and

OKK Beograd Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd ( sr-cyr, Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competin ...

. Nikola played college basketball for the

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, and for the

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and Iraklis.

References

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