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.
Erceg with Galatasaray in October 2013. | |
Personal information | |
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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 | |
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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.
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]
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.
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.
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]
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]
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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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 |
Adriatic League Finals MVP Award | |
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Beşiktaş Milangaz 2011–12 FIBA EuroChallenge champions | |
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