Sava Lešić
Sava Lešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Лешић, born February 23, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for FMP of the ABA League.
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Position | Power forward | ||||||||||
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Born | Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | February 23, 1988||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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Career
Lešić played in young categories of KK Požarevac, KK Superfund, and KK 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 in 25 games. In 2009 he signed a four-year deal with the Serbian Euroleague club KK 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]
Serbian national team
Lešić was member of the team that represented Serbia at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, finishing as the gold medal winners.
References
- "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. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- "Rastali se FMP i Lešić". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 6 January 2021.