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Zoran Erceg (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерцег; born 11 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he played the power forward position.

Zoran Erceg

Erceg with Galatasaray in October 2013.
Personal information
Born	(1985-01-11) 11 January 1985 (age 37) Pakrac, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Listed weight	112 kg (247 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2007 / Undrafted
Playing career	2002–2015
Position	Power forward
Number	4, 7, 14, 17
Career history
2002–2003	Polet Novi Bečej
2003–2008	FMP
2006	→Borac Čačak
2008–2011	Olympiacos
2009–2010	→Panionios
2011–2012	Beşiktaş
2012–2013	CSKA Moscow
2013–2015	Galatasaray
Career highlights and awards
VTB League champion (2013) Russian League champion (2013) EuroChallenge champion (2012) Turkish League champion (2012) Turkish League All-Star (2012) Turkish Cup winner (2012) Greek Cup winner (2011) 2× Greek League All-Star (2010, 2011) Adriatic League champion (2006) 2× Radivoj Korać Cup winner (2005, 2007) Adriatic League Final Four MVP (2007)

Professional career

Early years

Erceg started playing professionally with Polet Keramika Novi Bečej in 2002, before going to FMP in 2003. In 2006 he was shortly loaned to Borac Čačak.

Olympiacos (2008–11)

He signed a 5-year contract with the Greek team Olympiacos Piraeus in June 2008.[1] In December 2009, Erceg was loaned to Panionios for the rest of the 2009–10 season.[2]

Beşiktaş (2011–12)

In August 2011, he signed a one-year deal with the Turkish team Beşiktaş.[3] With them, he won every competition they participated in, the Turkish League championship, Turkish Cup and a third-tier European competition EuroChallenge. His games in Beşiktaş attracted the interest of many European big clubs.

CSKA Moscow (2012–13)

On 29 June 2012 he signed a three-year contract with the Russian team CSKA Moscow.[4] During his stint in CSKA, Erceg has mostly came off-the-bench, producing 6.2 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. He won the Russian League championship and the VTB United League.

Galatasaray (2013–15)

Despite having a three-year contract, Erceg terminated it and signed a two-year contract with Galatasaray Liv Hospital in July 2013.[5][6] In the new team, Erceg had bigger role than in his previous team. In April Euroleague game overtime loss against his former team CSKA Moscow, he set career-high and also team record 35 points, while also adding 9 rebounds and 2 steals.[7] He finished season with career-highs of 11.2 points and 4.9 rebounds over 25 games. In the 2014–15 season his role in the team increased even more. He had a season-high 32 points in a double overtime 110–103 victory over Crvena zvezda.[8] He also hit a 30 feet far buzzer-beater to put the game in an overtime.[9] For such performance, he was named the Euroleague MVP of Round 6, for the first time in his career.[10]

National team career

Erceg played with the senior Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2007.

He represented Serbia once again at the EuroBasket 2015 under head coach Aleksandar Đorđević.[11] In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the toughest Group B with 5-0 record, and then eliminated Finland and Czech Republic in the round-of-16 and quarterfinals, respectively. Erceg had his best performance scoring 20 points against Czech Republic in the quarterfinal game. However, Serbia was stopped in the semifinal game by Lithuania 64–67,[12] and eventually lost to the host team France in the bronze-medal game 68–81.[13] Over 9 tournament games, Erceg averaged 8.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game on 52.4% shooting from the field.[14]

Career statistics

Legend

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

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2008–09	Olympiacos	20	1	11.8	.583	.445	.559	2.1	.3	.5	.1	5.0	4.5
2010–11		16	4	17.8	.413	.297	.875	3.1	.5	.4	.4	5.9	5.7
2012–13	CSKA	15	5	14.4	.457	.375	.917	2.5	.5	.7	.1	6.2	6.5
2013–14	Galatasaray	25	23	27.5	.400	.333	.925	4.9	1.6	.6	.2	11.2	13.2
2014–15		22	22	30.7	.408	.388	.899	4.3	.9	1.2	.1	15.0	15.4
Career		98	55	22.5	.427	.363	.854	3.6	.8	.7	.2	9.1	9.7

See also

• List of Serbia men's national basketball team players

References

External links

• Zoran Erceg at abaliga.com
• Zoran Erceg at eurobasket.com
• Zoran Erceg at euroleague.net
• Zoran Erceg at fiba.com
• Zoran Erceg at tblstat.net

На других языках

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[de] Zoran Erceg

Zoran Erceg (serbisch-kyrillisch Зоран Ерцег; * 11. Januar 1985 in Pakrac, SR Kroatien) ist ein serbischer Basketballspieler. Nach dem Karrierestart in seiner serbischen Heimat spielte Erceg in Griechenland und der Türkei sowie ein Jahr bei ZSKA Moskau in Russland. Der serbische Nationalspieler gewann mit seinen Vereinsmannschaften bislang die internationalen Wettbewerbe EuroChallenge 2012, die VTB United League 2013 und die ABA-Liga 2004. An nationalen Titeln gewann Erceg die russische und türkische Meisterschaft sowie die Pokalwettbewerbe in Serbien und Montenegro, Griechenland und der Türkei. Seit der Saison 2013/14 spielt er wieder in der Türkiye Basketbol Ligi, diesmal für den türkischen Meister Galatasaray SK Liv Hospital aus Istanbul.

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- [en] Zoran Erceg

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[ru] Эрцег, Зоран

Зоран Эрцег (серб. Зоран Ерцег; род. 1 января 1985 года в Пакраце, СФРЮ) — сербский профессиональный баскетболист, игравший на позиции тяжёлого форварда.

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