Bojan Popović (Serbian: Бојан Поповић; born February 13, 1983) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. He is a 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall point guard.
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| Born | February 13, 1983 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2005: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2001–2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | FMP Železnik | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Unicaja Malaga | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | San Sebastian Bruesa | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Lietuvos rytas | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Efes Pilsen | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Cajasol Sevilla | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Meridiano Alicante | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Lukoil Academic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | CSU Asesoft Ploieşti | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Trefl Sopot | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Professional career
editPopović is a product of the FMP's youth system. After spending four years as a professional at the club from Belgrade's suburb of Železnik, winning one Serbian Cup and Adriatic League trophy, he signed a contract with Russian PBL team Dynamo Moscow.[1] His good performances led the team to the Euroleague quarterfinals, where they lost to Panathinaikos, which eventually won the cup.
Next season Bojan signed with ACB and Euroleague team Unicaja Malaga and a season later he stayed in Spain, playing for San Sebastian Bruesa.
In summer 2009, Popović signed with Lithuanian club Lietuvos rytas. On November 2, 2009, Popovic won the Euroleague MVP of the Month award for the month of October.[2] Despite his good performances, rytas failed to qualify to the Top 16 and was eliminated from the euroleague for that season. Nonetheless his abilities earned him a contract with Regular Season Group B rivals Efes Pilsen,[3] but he failed to accomplish his early year performance at the Top 16.
On 25 August 2010, Popovic signed a one-year contract with KK Partizan.[4] However, Partizan broke the contract only 20 days after signing it, because "he did not fit in the concept of playing".[5] On November 22, 2010 he signed a three-month contract with Cajasol Sevilla in Spain.[6] In March 2011 he signed with Meridiano Alicante until the end of the season.[7]
On October 12, 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Crvena zvezda.[8] He finished the year with averages of 7 points and 3.5 assists in the Adriatic league.
In January 2013 he signed with Bulgarian team PBC Lukoil Academic until the end of season.[9] In January 2014, he signed with the Romanian team CSU Asesoft Ploieşti for the rest of the season.[10]
In February 2015, he signed with Trefl Sopot of the Polish Basketball League.[11]
Serbian national team
editPopović has also been a member of the senior men's Serbian national team. He played at the EuroBasket 2009, where he won the silver medal.
Euroleague career statistics
edit| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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| 2006–07 | Dynamo Moscow | 22 | 22 | 25.5 | .444 | .271 | .839 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | .0 | 10.7 | 12.8 |
| 2007–08 | Unicaja Málaga | 20 | 5 | 15.4 | .275 | .303 | .863 | 1.7 | 1.5 | .5 | .0 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 2009–10 | Lietuvos rytas | 10 | 9 | 32.0 | .353 | .265 | .833 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 2.4 | .2 | 11.2 | 13.6 |
| 2009–10 | Efes Pilsen | 6 | 0 | 13.1 | .500 | .000 | .889 | 2 | 1.3 | .6 | .0 | 3.3 | 4.8 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bojan Popović u Dinamu iz Moskve (in Serbian)
- ^ Euroleague October MVP: Bojan Popovic, Lietuvos Rytas
- ^ Efes Pilsen tabs October MVP Popovic
- ^ Partizan tabs veteran guard Popovic
- ^ Partizan mt:s releases Popovic
- ^ Cajasol retools with Popovic at point
- ^ Popovic se para en Alicante (in Spanish)
- ^ Bojan Popović u crveno-belom Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Serbian)
- ^ Bojan Popović potpisao za Lukoil (in Serbian)
- ^ Bojan Popovic, noul transfer al lui Asesoft Ploiești (in Romanian)
- ^ Trefl Sopot inks Bojan Popovic
External links
edit- Bojan Popović at abaliga.com
- Bojan Popović at acb.com
- Bojan Popović at eurobasket.com
- Bojan Popović at euroleague.net
- Bojan Popović at fiba.com