Marko Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Пешић, born 6 December 1976) is a German and Serbian professional basketball executive and former player, currently serving as the general manager in the Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga. He represented Germany internationally. His father is a Serbian basketball coach and former player Svetislav Pešić.
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| Position | General manager | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Basketball Bundesliga Euroleague | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 December 1976 Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 1998: undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1995–2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7, 10, 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | Alba Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Alba Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | RheinEnergie Köln | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Lottomatica Roma | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Teramo Basket | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editPešić was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. His father Svetislav played for the Sarajevo-based team Bosna of the Yugoslav Basketball League during that time. He moved to Germany in 1987 when his father became a head coach of the Germany national basketball team.
Playing career
editPešić spent most of his professional basketball career with the Alba Berlin of the German League. He also stints with RheinEnergie Köln, as well as the Iraklis Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League, and the Lottomatica Roma and the Teramo Basket in Italy.
His father was his coach while he played for the Alba Berlin (1995–99) and the Lottomatica Roma (2005–06).
National team career
editAs a player for the Germany national team Pešić won a silver medal at the EuroBasket 2005 in Serbia and Montenegro and a bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States.
Post-playing career
editFollowing his active career, Pešić studied sports marketing and communication at the University of Venice. In 2007, he became self-employed as a consultant at the company Lumani 10.7 GmbH.[1] In 2008, he successfully completed his studies as a sports manager at IST Düsseldorf, which he had begun during his career as a player.[2]
For the 2011–12 season, Pešić became the new sports director of the basketball division of the FC Bayern Munich.[3] On 11 January 2013, he took over the position of general manager at the Bayern Munich.[4]
On 29 March 2018, Bayern Munich sacked head coach Aleksandar Đorđević after the elimination in the semifinal of EuroCup.[5] During Đorđević coaching tenure, Bayern Munich held first position in the 2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga with 23–2 score before got sacked.[5] Few days after the dismissal, Đorđević qualified it as an "insult for common sense", especially since the 2017–18 season was one of the most successful in team's history.[6] Đorđević also added that there was apparently a disagreement between team's management (in particular Pešić) and his coaching staff, as Đorđević didn't allow bigger involvement of team's management in coaching decisions.[6]
Personal life
editGerman former basketball player Jan Jagla is his brother in law.
Career achievements and awards
edit- As player
- German League champion: 6 (with Alba Berlin: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03)
- German Cup winner: 5 (with Alba Berlin: 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03; with RheinEnergie Köln: 2004–05)
- As general manager
- German League champion: 1 (with FC Bayern Munich: 2013–14)
References
edit- ^ Perform Media Deutschland GmbH (6 June 2011), "Die neue Schaltzentrale des FC Bayern – Sport – Spox.com", Spox.com (in German), retrieved 23 July 2017
- ^ "Marko Pesic hat die Lust verloren: - WELT". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ FOCUS Online, "Pesic neuer Sportdirektor", FOCUS Online (in German), retrieved 13 January 2017
- ^ Marko Pesic neuer Bayern-Geschäftsführer. Handelsblatt, 11 January 2013, retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ a b Nikolić, Darko (29 March 2018). "Bajern smenio Sašu Đorđevića!". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ a b ""Uvreda za zdrav razum – Pešić nije napao samo mene, već instituciju trenera"". b92.net (in Serbian). Tanjug. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.