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Aleksandar Zečević (basketball, born 1996)

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Aleksandar Zečević
No. 10 – EWE Baskets Oldenburg
PositionCenter
LeagueBasketball Bundesliga
Personal information
Born (1996-10-03) October 3, 1996 (age 28)
Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High schoolScotland Performance Institute
(Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)
CollegeFlorida Atlantic (2018–2020)
NBA draft2020: undrafted
Playing career2020–present
Career history
2020–2021MBK Baník Handlová
2021–2022Kharkivski Sokoly
2022–2023Zastal Zielona Góra
2022–2023EWE Baskets Oldenburg
2023Nizhny Novgorod
2023–2024Tsmoki-Minsk
2024Bnei Herzliya
2024–presentEWE Baskets Oldenburg

Aleksandar Zečević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Зечевић; born October 3, 1996), is a Serbian professional basketball player for EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). Standing at 2.08 metres (6 ft 10 in), he plays at the power forward and center positions.

College career

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Native of Futog, a suburban town of the city of Novi Sad, Zečević began playing in local clubs at the age of six. At the last year of the high school, he played for basketball club Tamiš in Pančevo.[1]

In 2016-17 he played with Mostlow State College and averaged 9.2 points and 6.1 rebounds.[2]

He attended Scotland Performance Institute in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and committed to play with the Florida Atlantic University Owls, where in the next two seasons he averaged 5.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.[3] also winning Mostlow State College Region 7 Tennessee Championship. In 2019-20 he was 10th in the C-USA with a .593 2 point field goal percentage.[4]

College statistics

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Year Team GP GS MPG %TC %3P %FT RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018–19 Florida Atlantic 32 11 12.3 .552 .273 .632 3.7 0.3 0.3 0.4 4.8
2019–20 Florida Atlantic 32 11 16.8 .531 .222 .625 4.5 0.9 0.5 0.3 6.2
Total 64 22 14.5 .540 .237 .627 4.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 5.5

Professional career

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After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, on August 9, 2020, Zečević joined the roster of the MBK Baník Handlová of the Slovak Basketball League (SBL), the first tier of basketball in Slovakia. He averaged 14.5 points per game, shooting 59.5% from the floor (5th in the league), with 8.7 rebounds per game (4th), and 0.5 blocks per game (10th).[5]

On July 29, 2021, he signed with Kharkivski Sokoly of the Ukrainian Basketball Superleague.[6] He averaged 14.5 points per game (10th in the league), with 8.3 rebounds per game (2nd).[7]

On August 5, 2022, he has signed with Zastal Zielona Góra of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).[8]

On February 28, 2024, he signed with Bnei Herzliya Basket in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[9]

On September 14, 2024, he signed with EWE Baskets Oldenburg of the German Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).[10]

References

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  1. ^ Galić, Jovo (2021-08-09). "Кошаркаш из Футога Александар Зечевић досањао амерички сан" (in Serbian). Dnevnik.
  2. ^ "Aleksandar Zecevic - Men's Basketball". Florida Atlantic University Athletics.
  3. ^ "Aleksandar Zecevic Stats". sports-reference.com.
  4. ^ "Aleksandar Zecevic College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  5. ^ "Slovakian Extraliga Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  6. ^ "Aleksandar Zecevic signs in the Ukrainian League". sports-connect.com.
  7. ^ "Ukrainian Superleague Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
  8. ^ "Aleksandar Zecevic W Enea Zastalu BC". basketzg.pl (in Polish). August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "Aleksandar Zecevic Player Profile, Florida Atlantic". Real GM.
  10. ^ "Zecevic ergänzt EWE Baskets-Kader". ewe-baskets.de (in German). September 14, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
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