Josip Sesar
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | 17 January 1978|||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 47th overall | |||||||||||||
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1993–2008 | |||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
As player: | ||||||||||||||
1993–1999 | Zagreb | |||||||||||||
1999–2002 | Cibona | |||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Split CO | |||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Cibona | |||||||||||||
2005 | Široki Hercegtisak | |||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Zadar | |||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Zagreb | |||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Zrinjski Mostar | |||||||||||||
As coach: | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Zrinjevac | |||||||||||||
2011–2013 | Cibona (youth) | |||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Gorica | |||||||||||||
2017–2021 | Gorica | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Croatia (assistant) | |||||||||||||
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Josip Sesar (born 17 January 1978) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He last served serves as the head coach of Gorica of the Croatian League.
Playing career[]
Sesar started training basketball when he was ten. He was 182 cm tall at the time. In 1992 he left Zrinjski Mostar for Split. Since the youth coach did not consider him a prospect, his father took him to Zagreb. In 1993, he started his professional career there. After six successful seasons with Zagreb, in 1999, Sesar signed his second professional contract, namely with Cibona. At the 2000 NBA Draft he was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics and then traded to the Boston Celtics. However, he never played a game for the Celtics or any other NBA team.
National team career[]
Sesar was the MVP of the 1996 European Championship for junior men, held in France.[1] He also participated in the 1995 World Championship for junior men.
He was part of senior Croatia national team selections at the 1997 EuroBasket, 1999 EuroBasket qualification and the 2001 EuroBasket.[2]
Coaching career[]
In July 2011, Sesar became a coach for the youth selections of Cibona.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Josip Sesar profile, European Championship for Junior Men 1996". www.fiba.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Josip Sesar profile, World Championship for Junior Men 1995 | FIBA.COM". www.fiba.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Index.hr- "Bili i ostali najveći klub" - Josip Sesar i Damjan Rudež u Ciboni! Author: D.R., July 6, 2011.
External links[]
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ABA League players
- Croatian men's basketball players
- HKK Široki players
- KK Cibona players
- KK Gorica coaches
- KK Split players
- KK Zadar players
- KK Zagreb players
- Seattle SuperSonics draft picks
- Shooting guards
- Basketball players from Mostar