Serbian basketball player and executive
Žarko Koprivica (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Копривица; born May 8, 1956) is a Serbian basketball executive and former professional player.
Playing career
Koprivica played for Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav Federal League. Over 181 games he averaged 14.9 points per game.[1] He won one Yugoslav Cup in his first senior season. In the 1978–79 season, he averaged 29.3 points per game.
National team career
Koprivica was a member of the Yugoslav national U16 team that won the bronze medal at the 1975 European Championship for Cadets.[2]
Post-playing career
AS Basket
Koprivica is a founder and the president of the AS Basket, a basketball club for youth based in Belgrade. The club is founded in 1997.[3] Players who played for the youth team of AS Basket are: Marko Kešelj, Aleksandar Cvetković, Ivan Marinković, Brano Đukanović and many others.
Career achievements
Personal life
Žarko Koprivica is married to Marija (born 1957). They have two sons: Jovan (born 1982) and Nikola (born 1988). Both sons were professional basketball players. Jovan played for Crvena zvezda, Panellinios, Politekhnika-Halychyna, Kryvbas and OKK Beograd. Nikola played college basketball for the Washington State,[4] and for the Superfund and Iraklis.
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