Sava Lešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Лешић; born February 23, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Borac Čačak of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League.
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball League of Serbia Adriatic League | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 23, 1988 Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian / Croatian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 223 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2010: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2007–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2007–2008 | Vizura | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Superfund | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Partizan | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Khimik | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Radnički Kragujevac | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Enisey | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Union Olimpija | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Reggiana | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Mega Leks | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Rockets Gotha | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Igokea | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | FMP | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Zob Ahan Isfahan | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Borac Čačak | ||||||||||||||
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Professional career
editLešić played for youth systems of KK Požarevac, Superfund, and Partizan. His professional career started with Vizura. He then moved to Superfund where he averaged 16.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 1.1 assists over 25 games in the 2008–09 season. In 2009, he signed a four-year deal with the Serbian EuroLeague club Partizan.
In November 2010, Lešić terminated the contract with Partizan, and signed a four-year deal with Crvena zvezda. In August 2012, he signed with the Ukrainian team Khimik. In August 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Radnički Kragujevac.[1]
In July 2014, he signed with the Russian team Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.[2]
In August 2015, he signed with Slovenian club Union Olimpija for the 2015–16 season.[3] With Olimpija he averaged 14.1 points in Eurocup and 15.2 points and 7.6 rebounds in ABA League.
On August 9, 2016, he signed with Italian club Pallacanestro Reggiana.[4] On February 24, 2017, he parted ways with Reggiana.[5] On April 4, 2017, he signed with Mega Leks for rest of the 2016–17 season.[6]
On September 1, 2017, Lešić signed with German club Oettinger Rockets for the 2017–18 BBL season.[7] On July 21, 2018, he signed for Bosnian club Igokea.[8]
On September 11, 2020, Lešić signed with Serbian club FMP.[9][10] In January 2021, FMP parted ways with him.[11]
In February 2021, Lešić signed with Zob Ahan Isfahan of the Iranian Super League for the rest of the 2020–21 IBSL season.[12] In September 2021, Lešić signed a one-year contract with Borac Čačak.[13]
National team career
editLešić was a member of the Serbian university team that won the gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.[14]
Lešić appeared in 2 games for the Serbia team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.
Personal life
editLešić was born in Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia), where he lived until 1995. Following the Operation Storm, he moved to Požarevac, FR Yugoslavia.[15] He holds Croatian citizenship.[16]
Strmica assault incident
editOn August 8, 2022, in Strmica, Lešić, his father, and brother were involved in a physical altercation with a 53-year-old Knin police officer and his 27-year-old son, the latter of whom got struck in the head with a hammer in process. A day later, Lešić told Sportal that the road rage incident was sparked by the older daughter calling him and his wife "Chetniks" and the younger daughter physically assaulting his wife. He also revealed that the police officer threatened to "kill them all" because "[Serbs] had killed his mother in 1995".[17] Lešić acted in self defense after the officer's daughter began attacking his wife.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Radnicki signs Sava Lesic". Sportando.net. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Enisey Krasnoyarsk sign Sava Lesic". Sportando.com. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ "Lešić nova okrepitev pod košem!". union.olimpija.com (in Slovenian). 19 August 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ Pallacanestro Reggiana signs Sava Lesic
- ^ Pallacanestro Reggiana, Sava Lesic part ways
- ^ Sava Lesic inks with Mega Leks
- ^ "Sava Lesic geht für die Raketen auf Korbjagd". oettinger-rockets.de (in German). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Sava Lešić coming to Igokea". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Lešić pojačao FMP". b92.net. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Sava Lešić potpisuje za FMP". danas.rs. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Rastali se FMP i Lešić". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Sava Lešić se seli u Iran". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Ilija Đoković ponovo u Borcu". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "SRB 68 vs 55 CAN" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ "Kninska priča Save Lešića: Sa 7 godina ostao bez ičega, napravio karijeru i život, pa se vratio i doživeo najveću traumu". sportal.blic.rs. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Tko je srpski košarkaš koji je sudjelovao u incidentu? Odselio iz Knina u Srbiju, ima naše državljanstvo". vecernji.hr. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "DRAMA SRPSKOG KOŠARKAŠA KOD KNINA Lešić: Jurili su nas, pretili da će nas ubiti pred decom i majku udarili metalnim lancem! Brat i ja smo se jedva odbranili". Sportal (in Serbian (Latin script)). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "HTELI DA "UBIJAJU ČETNIKE": Druga strana skandala kod Knina, srpski košarkaš otkrio ono što su hrvatski mediji prećutali". novosti.rs. Retrieved 10 August 2022.