Saša Zagorac (born 1 January 1984) is a Slovenian retired professional

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player. He plays as

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and is the younger brother of

Željko Zagorac Želimir Zagorac (born March 9, 1981, in Gospić, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a professional basketball player. He is 204 cm tall and currently plays for KK Ježica. Zagorac competed for Slovenia at the 2006 FIBA World Championship; he has ...

. He announced his retirement on 18 July 2020.

National team career

Zagorac was a member of Slovenia U18, U19, U20, and U21 national team. He played at 2005

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. He represented Slovenia at the

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where they were eliminated by

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in eighth-finals. In 2017 he became a champion in European Basketball Championship; with his experiences he played an important role in Slovenian team's mental preparation and scored some crucial points in semi-final's win over Spain.

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