Siniša Kovačević (basketball)

Siniša Kovačević
Igokea
Position	Team manager
League	Bosnian League; Adriatic League
Personal information
Born	May 11, 1978 (age 46); Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Bosnian / Serbian
Listed height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Career information
NBA draft	2000: undrafted
Playing career	1996–2012
Position	Small forward
Number	10, 13, 14
Career history
1996–1997	Crvena zvezda
1999–2002	Igokea
2002–2003	Budućnost
2003–2006	Bosna ASA
2006–2007	Vojvodina Srbijagas
2007	Igokea
2008	Bosna Royal
2010–2012	Borac Banja Luka
Men's basketball
Representing Yugoslavia
U18 European Championship

Siniša Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Синиша Ковачевић; born May 11, 1978) is a Bosnian former professional basketball player. He currently serves as a team manager for Igokea of the Bosnian Championship and the Adriatic League.

Playing career

Kovačević played for Crvena zvezda and Budućnost of the FR Yugoslavia League, for Vojvodina Srbijagas of the Basketball League of Serbia and for Igokea, Bosna Royal and Borac Banja Luka of the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1]

International career

Kovačević was a member of the FR Yugoslavia U-18 national basketball team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 8.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.^[2]

Kovačević was a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team and competed at three EuroBasket tournaments (2001 in Turkey, 2003 in Sweden, 2005 in Serbia and Montenegro).^[3]^[4]^[5]

Post–playing career

In May 2016, Kovačević was named a director for men's selections of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team.^[1] Also, he was a sports director of KK Student Banja Luka.