Bojan Popović

Bojan Popović (Serbian: Бојан Поповић; born February 13, 1983) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He also represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally. He is a 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall point guard.

Bojan Popović
Personal information
Born (1983-02-13) February 13, 1983
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2005 / Undrafted
Playing career2001–2015
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2001–2005FMP Železnik
2005–2007Dynamo Moscow
2007–2008Unicaja Malaga
2008–2009San Sebastian Bruesa
2009–2010Lietuvos rytas
2010Efes Pilsen
2010–2011Cajasol Sevilla
2011Meridiano Alicante
2011–2012Crvena zvezda
2013Lukoil Academic
2014CSU Asesoft Ploieşti
2015Trefl Sopot
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
Universiade
2003 DaeguTeam Competition
Representing  Serbia
FIBA European Championship
2009 Poland National Team

Professional career

Popović is a product of the FMP's youth system. After spending four years as a professional at the club from Belgrade's suburb of Železnik, winning one Serbian Cup and Adriatic League trophy, he signed a contract with Russian PBL team Dynamo Moscow.[1] His good performances led the team to the Euroleague quarterfinals, where they lost to Panathinaikos, which eventually won the cup.

Next season Bojan signed with ACB and Euroleague team Unicaja Malaga and a season later he stayed in Spain, playing for San Sebastian Bruesa.

In summer 2009, Popović signed with Lithuanian club Lietuvos rytas. On November 2, 2009, Popovic won the Euroleague MVP of the Month award for the month of October.[2] Despite his good performances, rytas failed to qualify to the Top 16 and was eliminated from the euroleague for that season. Nonetheless his abilities earned him a contract with Regular Season Group B rivals Efes Pilsen,[3] but he failed to accomplish his early year performance at the Top 16.

On 25 August 2010, Popovic signed a one-year contract with KK Partizan.[4] However, Partizan broke the contract only 20 days after signing it, because "he did not fit in the concept of playing".[5] On November 22, 2010 he signed a three-month contract with Cajasol Sevilla in Spain.[6] In March 2011 he signed with Meridiano Alicante until the end of the season.[7]

On October 12, 2011 he signed a one-year contract with Crvena zvezda.[8] He finished the year with averages of 7 points and 3.5 assists in the Adriatic league.

In January 2013 he signed with Bulgarian team PBC Lukoil Academic until the end of season.[9] In January 2014, he signed with the Romanian team CSU Asesoft Ploieşti for the rest of the season.[10]

In February 2015, he signed with Trefl Sopot of the Polish Basketball League.[11]

Serbian national team

Popović has also been a member of the senior men's Serbian national team. He played at the EuroBasket 2009, where he won the silver medal.

Euroleague 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

Note: The EuroLeague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2006–07 Dynamo Moscow 222225.5.444.271.8392.91.91.7.010.712.8
2007–08 Unicaja Málaga 20515.4.275.303.8631.71.5.5.03.63.5
2009–10 Lietuvos rytas 10932.0.353.265.8332.45.42.4.211.213.6
2009–10 Efes Pilsen 6013.1.500.000.88921.3.6.03.34.8

See also

References
  1. Bojan Popović u Dinamu iz Moskve (in Serbian)
  2. Euroleague October MVP: Bojan Popovic, Lietuvos Rytas
  3. Efes Pilsen tabs October MVP Popovic
  4. Partizan tabs veteran guard Popovic
  5. Partizan mt:s releases Popovic
  6. Cajasol retools with Popovic at point
  7. Popovic se para en Alicante (in Spanish)
  8. Bojan Popović u crveno-belom (in Serbian)
  9. Bojan Popović potpisao za Lukoil (in Serbian)
  10. Bojan Popovic, noul transfer al lui Asesoft Ploiești (in Romanian)
  11. Trefl Sopot inks Bojan Popovic
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