Aleksandar Zarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Зарић; born 20 March 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the sporting director for FMP of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League.
Zarić with Crvena zvezda in 2017. | |
| FMP | |
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| Position | Sporting director |
| League | ABA League Basketball League of Serbia |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 33) Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian / Croatian |
| Listed height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Listed weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2011 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–2016 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 4, 14 |
| Coaching career | 2016–present |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2009–2013 | Radnički FMP |
| 2013–2015 | OKK Beograd |
| 2015–2016 | Beovuk 72 |
| As coach: | |
| 2016–2017 | FMP (assistant) |
| 2017–2018 | Crvena zvezda (assistant) |
| 2018–2021 | FMP (assistant) |
Zarić played for the FMP Železnik U18 team that lost from the Žalgiris U18 in the 2007 Junior Euroleague Final.[1]
Zarić played for Radnički FMP, OKK Beograd, Beovuk 72[2] of the Basketball League of Serbia. During his sting with OKK Beograd, he played 42 games over two seasons averaging 2.4 points per game.[3]
Zarić started his coaching career with FMP as a staff member of head coach Dušan Alimpijević.[4] In July 2017, Alimpijević was named as the head coach of Crvena zvezda, and Zarić moved to Crvena zvezda to be an assistant coach.[5][6] In 2018, he joined back to the FMP staff. In 2021, FMP promoted him as their new sporting director.[7]
Košarkaški klub FMP Meridian | |
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Considers itself a successor of FMP Železnik (1991–2011) | |