Aleksandar Zečević (basketball, born 1996)

Aleksandar Zečević

Free Agent
Position	Center
Personal information
Born	(1996-10-03) October 3, 1996 (age 28) Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Career information
High school	Scotland Performance Institute (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)
College	Florida Atlantic (2018–2020)
NBA draft	2020: undrafted
Playing career	2020–present
Career history
2020–2021	MBK Baník Handlová
2021–2022	Kharkivski Sokoly
2022–2023	Zastal Zielona Góra

Aleksandar Zečević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Зечевић; born October 3, 1996), is a Serbian professional basketball player who plays for Bnei Herzliya Basket in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. Standing at 2.08 metres (6 ft 10 in), he plays at the power forward and center positions.

College career

Native of Futog, a suburban town of the city of Novi Sad, Zečević began playing in local clubs at the age of six. At the last year of the high school, he played for basketball club Tamiš in Pančevo.[1]

In 2016-17 he played with Mostlow State College and averaged 9.2 points and 6.1 rebounds.[2]

He attended Scotland Performance Institute in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania and committed to play with the Florida Atlantic University Owls, where in the next two seasons he averaged 5.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.[3] also winning Mostlow State College Region 7 Tennessee Championship. In 2019-20 he was 10th in the C-USA with a .593 2 point field goal percentage.[4]

College statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	%TC	%3P	%FT	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2018–19	Florida Atlantic	32	11	12.3	.552	.273	.632	3.7	0.3	0.3	0.4	4.8
2019–20	Florida Atlantic	32	11	16.8	.531	.222	.625	4.5	0.9	0.5	0.3	6.2
Total		64	22	14.5	.540	.237	.627	4.1	0.6	0.4	0.3	5.5

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2020 NBA draft, on August 9, 2020, Zečević joined the roster of the MBK Baník Handlová of the Slovak Basketball League (SBL), the first tier of basketball in Slovakia. He averaged 14.5 points per game, shooting 59.5% from the floor (5th in the league), with 8.7 rebounds per game (4th), and 0.5 blocks per game (10th).[5]

On July 29, 2021, he signed with Kharkivski Sokoly of the Ukrainian Basketball Superleague.[6] He averaged 14.5 points per game (10th in the league), with 8.3 rebounds per game (2nd).[7]

On August 5, 2022, he has signed with Zastal Zielona Góra of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).[8]

On February 28, 2024, he signed with Bnei Herzliya Basket in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.[9]

References

1. Galić, Jovo (2021-08-09). "Кошаркаш из Футога Александар Зечевић досањао амерички сан" (in Serbian). Dnevnik.
2. "Aleksandar Zecevic - Men's Basketball". Florida Atlantic University Athletics.
3. "Aleksandar Zecevic Stats". sports-reference.com.
4. "Aleksandar Zecevic College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
5. "Slovakian Extraliga Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
6. "Aleksandar Zecevic signs in the Ukrainian League". sports-connect.com.
7. "Ukrainian Superleague Stats - RealGM". basketball.realgm.com.
8. "Aleksandar Zecevic W Enea Zastalu BC". basketzg.pl (in Polish). August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
9. "Aleksandar Zecevic Player Profile, Florida Atlantic". Real GM.

External links

• Realgm.com
• NCAA Stats