Bosnian-Swiss basketball coach and player
Petar Aleksić Position Head coach League Greek A2 Elite League Born (1968-11-02 ) 2 November 1968 (age 55) Trebinje , SR Bosnia and Herzegovina , SFR Yugoslavia Nationality Bosnian / Swiss Listed height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Playing career 1996–2004 Position Forward Coaching career 2004–present 1996–1998 FMP Železnik 1998 ZTE 1999–2001 Union Neuchâtel 2001–2002 BBC Nyon 2003–2004 Leotar Trebinje 2004–2006 BBC Feldkirch Baskets (assistant) 2006–2007 Union Neuchâtel 2007–2009 Alba Berlin (assistant)2010–2011 Union Neuchâtel 2011–2013 Monthey 2012 Switzerland under-20 2013–2023 Fribourg Olympic 2013–2016 Switzerland 2024–present Iraklis Thessaloniki
As head coach:
6 × Swiss League champion (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
5 × Swiss Cup champion (2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
3 x Swiss League Cup champion (2018, 2020, 2022)
4 x Swiss SuperCup champion (2016, 2020, 2021, 2022)
As assistant coach:
Petar Aleksić (born 2 November 1968) is a Bosnian-Swiss professional basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Iraklis Thessaloniki of the Greek A2 Elite League .
Playing career
As a professional player, he played in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , Hungary , Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina .
Coaching career
After his retirement as a player he won the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) as assistant coach of Alba Berlin . He also coached BBC Feldkirch Baskets in Austria and several Swiss teams as head coach.[ 1]
On June 25, 2024, he joined Iraklis Thessaloniki of the Greek A2 Elite League .[ 2]
Switzerland's national team
From 2013 until 2016, he coached Switzerland's national basketball team , which he led to a surprise victory over Russia at the 2015 EuroBasket qualification .
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