Sava Lešić

Sava Lešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава Лешић, born February 23, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Igokea of the ABA League and the Bosnian League.

Sava Lešić
Lešić warming up with Crvena zvezda in October 2011
No. 7 – Igokea
PositionPower forward
LeagueABA League
Bosnian League
Personal information
Born (1988-02-23) February 23, 1988
Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight223 lb (101 kg)
Career information
NBA draft2010 / Undrafted
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2008Vizura
2008–2009Superfund
2009–2010Partizan
2010–2012Crvena zvezda
2012–2013Khimik
2013–2014Radnički Kragujevac
2014–2015Enisey
2015–2016Union Olimpija
2016–2017Reggiana
2017Mega Leks
2017–2018Rockets Gotha
2018–presentIgokea
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Serbia
Universiade
2011 ShenzhenTeam competition

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]

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
  1. "Radnicki signs Sava Lesic". Sportando.net. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  2. "Enisey Krasnoyarsk sign Sava Lesic". Sportando.com. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. "Lešić nova okrepitev pod košem!". union.olimpija.com (in Slovenian). 19 August 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. Pallacanestro Reggiana signs Sava Lesic
  5. Pallacanestro Reggiana, Sava Lesic part ways
  6. Sava Lesic inks with Mega Leks
  7. "Sava Lesic geht für die Raketen auf Korbjagd". oettinger-rockets.de (in German). 1 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  8. "Sava Lešić coming to Igokea". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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