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Saša Zagorac

Saša Zagorac (born 1 January 1984) is Slovenian retired professional basketball player. He stands 2.06 m and plays as forward. He is a younger brother of Željko Zagorac.[1] He announced his retirement on 18 July 2020.[2]

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National team career

Zagorac was a member of Slovenia U18, U19, U20, and U21 national team. He played at 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship.[3] He represented Slovenia at the 2015 EuroBasket where they were eliminated by Latvia in eighth-finals.[4][5] In 2017 he became a champion in European Basketball Championship; with his experiences he played an important role in Slovenian team's mental preparation and scored some crucial points in semi-final's win over Spain.


References

  1. "Željko in Saša Zagorac: Od pokvarjenega avta do lepila za protezo". Ekipa24 (in Slovenian). Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  2. "Saša Zagorac retired from basketball". Sportando. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  3. "Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  4. "Slovenia make last cut before Zagrep trip". 3 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  5. "Strelnieks steers Latvia into last eight". eurobasket2015.org. 12 September 2015. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.

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