Aleksandar Đorđević
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 Aleksandar Đorđević holds the 1998 FIBA World Championship trophy aloft
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| Nickname | Saša (Sasha) |
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| Position | Point guard |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Born | August 26, 1967 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality |  Serbia |
| Pro career | 1986–2005 |
| Former teams | Partizan Belgrade (1986–1992) Olimpia Milano (1992–1994) Fortitudo Bologna (1994–1996) Portland Trail Blazers (1996–1997) FC Barcelona (1997–1999) Real Madrid (1999–2002) Scavolini Pesaro (2003–2005) Armani Jeans Milano (2005) |
| Awards | EuroBasket 1997 MVP |
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| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | National team | |
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| Gold | 1998 Greece | FR Yugoslavia | |
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| Bronze | 1987 Greece | SFR Yugoslavia | |
| Gold | 1991 Italy | SFR Yugoslavia | |
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| Gold | 1995 Greece | FR Yugoslavia | |
| Gold | 1997 Spain | FR Yugoslavia | |
Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević (Sasha Djordjevic) (Serbian: Александар Ђорђевић - Саша) (born August 26, 1967, in Belgrade) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player.
He is 1.88 m (6'2") and has played 108 games for the National basketball team of Yugoslavia. Djordjevic started his basketball career in the X-th Belgrade in Belgrade, where he was a part of the high school basketball team that won the city basketball tournament in 1986.
Professionally, Đorđević played for KK Partizan, Philips Milano a.k.a. Recoaro Milano (1992-1994), Filodoro Bologna a.k.a. Teamsystem Bologna (1994-1996), Portland Trail Blazers (Sep-Dec 1996, 8 games, 25 points scored), Barcelona, Real Madrid, Scavolini Pesaro (2003-2005) and Armani Jeans Milano (Feb-Jun 2005).
Some of the honors Đorđević has won as a senior player are:
- Yugoslavia League — 1987, 1992
- Yugoslavia Cup — 1989, 1992
- European Cup — 1992
- Spanish League — 1997, 2000
- Radivoj Korać Cup — 1989, 1993, 1999
- Olympic Games silver medal — 1996
- World Championships gold medal — 1998,
- Eurobasket:
His last-second three-point shots in the European Cup final (for Partizan), and on the match against Croatia (for national team), decided the winner, for which Đorđević is remembered.
He is one of the ambassadors of good will, one of the founders of humanitarian organization Group Seven, and the president of the Belgrade Marathon.
He retired from professional basketball on July 3, 2005 after an exhibition game in front of the home crowd in Belgrade, in which many of his co-players and once-fierce opponents took part.
On January 25, 2006, Đorđević was named head coach of one of his former teams, Armani Jeans Milano, a position he left at the end of the 2006-07 season. He has dual citizenship; Serbian and Spanish.
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