Aleksandar Kesar ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Кесар; born 4 February 1972) is a Serbian professional

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coach. He is the head coach for the

Fujian Sturgeons Fujian SBS Xunxing Sturgeons (Simplified Chinese: 福建SBS浔兴鲟) or Fujian Xunxing or Fujian SBS are a Chinese professional men's basketball team in the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian. The "SBS" reflects c ...

of the

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(CBA).

Coaching career

Kesar was an assistant coach of Partizan and

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. He was a head coach for

Mega Aqua Monta Košarkaški klub Mega Basket ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Мега Баскет), currently referred to as Mega Superbet for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a foundin ...

Azovmash Mariupol MBC Mariupol (, formerly BK Azovmash) was a Ukrainian professional basketball club. It was founded in 1990 in the city of Mariupol in South-Eastern Ukraine. Mariupol was one of the strongest teams in Ukraine along with Kyiv, Khimik, and Cher ...

, Shandong Gold Lions,

, and

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National team coaching career

Kesar was an assistant coach of

Dušan Ivković Dušan "Duda" Ivković ( sr-Cyrl, Душан "Дуда" Ивковић; 29 October 1943 – 16 September 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player and coach. He served as head coach of the senior Serbian national basketball team from 2 ...

in the national team of Serbia at two FIBA EuroBaskets,

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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, and at the

2010 FIBA World Championship The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the List of men's national basketball teams, men's national teams. The tournament ran from 28 August to 12 Septem ...

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. He won silver medal at EuroBasket 2009. He led the university team of Serbia at two Summer Universiades,

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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and

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

. He won a gold medal at 2009 Universiade and a silver medal at 2007 Universiade.

Career achievements and awards

;As assistant coach *

EuroLeague The EuroLeague is a European men's professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised as the top-tier and the most prestigious men's basketball league in Europe. The league consists of 20 teams, of which 16 are given lon ...

champion: 1 (with

: 2011–12) *

Serbian League The Serbian League () is the third level football league in Serbia. It consists of four groups, namely Belgrade, East, Vojvodina, and West. The winner of each group earns promotion to the Serbian First League. History 1992–1995 In the summer o ...

champion: 1 (with Partizan: 2006–07) * Serbian-Montenegrin League champion: 4 (with Partizan: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06) * Greek League champion: 1 (with

: 2011–12) *

Adriatic League The ABA League, renamed the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the top-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, ...

champion: 1 (with Partizan: 2006–07) *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's footba ...

winner: 1 (with

: 2010–11)

Personal life

Aleksandar is married. He and his wife, Ana, have two daughters, Klara and Atina.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kesar, Aleksandar 1972 births Living people KK Mega Basket coaches KK Partizan players Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece Serbian men's basketball coaches Serbian men's basketball players Sports coaches from Belgrade Serbian expatriate basketball people in China Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine Yugoslav men's basketball players Serbia and Montenegro sports coaches