Drago Pašalić
{{short description|Croatian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
|name= Drago Pašalić
| image = Pasalic.jpg
| caption = Pašalić with Bilbao Basket, in 2009.
| career_position = Power forward / center
| height_m = 2.08
| weight_kg = 107
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|6|23}}
| birth_place = Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
| nationality = Croatian
| league = BNXT League
| position = Technical director
| team = Donar
| career_number = 33
| draft_year = 2005
| career_start = 2000
| career_end = 2020
| years1 = 2000–2005
| team1 = Split
| years2 = 2001–2002
| team2 = →Solin
| years3 = 2005
| team3 = Ülkerspor
| years4 = 2006–2007
| team4 = PAOK
| years5 = 2007–2009
| team5 = Bilbao
| years6 = 2009–2010
| team6 = Obradoiro
| years7 = 2010
| team7 = Cibona
| years8 = 2010–2011
| team8 = Azovmash
| years9 = 2011–2012
| team9 = Helios
| years10 = 2012–2013
| team10 = Türk Telekom
| years11 = 2013
| team11 = Hapoel Gilboa Galil
| years12 = 2014
| team12 = Široki
| years13 = 2014–2015
| team13 = Al-Arabi
| years14 = 2015
| team14 = Czarni Słupsk
| years15 = 2015
| team15 = Zadar
| years16 = 2016
| team16 = Dąbrowa Górnicza
| years17 = 2016–2019
| team17 = Donar
| years18 = 2019–2020
| team18 = ZZ Leiden
| highlights =
- Croatian League champion (2003)
- 2× Dutch League champion (2017, 2018)
- Croatian Cup winner (2004)
- 2× Dutch Cup winner (2017, 2018)
- Dutch Supercup winner (2016)
- All-DBL Team (2017)
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|CRO}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2002 Germany|U-18 Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}
{{MedalGold| 2009 Pescara|Team Competition}}
}}
Drago Pašalić ({{IPA|sh|drǎgo paʃǎliːt͡ɕ|pron}}; born June 23, 1984) is a Croatian former professional basketball player. He is the current technical director of Donar. Standing at {{height|m=2.08}}, he played both power forward and center positions. In the beginning of his career he played for the Croatian national team. He is a one-time Croatian League and two-time Dutch League champion.
Professional career
His first five years as a pro, Pašalić played with his hometown team, Split. In the 2002–03 season, he won the Croatian Championship with the club.
He was an early entry candidate in the 2004 NBA draft but withdrew and became one again in 2005 but was not selected.[http://mediacentral.nba.com/media/mediacentral/2013-NBA-Draft-Guide.pdf 2013 NBA Draft Media Guide], pp. 223-225. On June 29, 2016, he signed with Donar Groningen of the Dutch Basketball League.{{Cite web | url = https://www.donar.nl/nieuws/donar-contracteert-drago-pasalic | date = 29 June 2016 | access-date = 29 June 2016 | title = Donar signs Drago Pasalic | language = Dutch | work = Donar.nl }} After the 2016–17 DBL regular season, he was named to the All-DBL Team.{{Cite news|url=http://www.basketballleague.nl/nieuws/3185|title=Jeter: MVP van het seizoen|publisher=Basketballleague.nl|date=11 April 2017}} In April 2017, Pašalić extended his contract with two more years.{{Cite news|url=https://www.oogtv.nl/2017/04/slagter-en-pasalic-twee-jaar-langer-bij-donar/ |title=Slagter en Pasalic twee jaar langer bij Donar|publisher=oogtv.nl|date=2017-04-11}} His contract was not renewed after the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.donar.nl/nieuws/bericht-van-het-bestuur-we-will-bounce-back/|title=Bericht van het bestuur: We will bounce back|publisher=|accessdate=29 June 2019}} Pašalić won two DBL championships with Donar.
On August 14, 2019, he has signed with ZZ Leiden of the Dutch Basketball League. {{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/leiden-sign-drago-pasalic/|title=Leiden sign Drago Pasalic|date=August 13, 2019|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 14, 2019 |last1=Borghesan |first1=Ennio Terrasi }} After the 2019–20 season was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020, Pašalić retired.{{cite web|url=https://www.dutchbasketballleague.nl/nieuws/het-plotselinge-einde-van-een-lange-basketballoopbaan/|title=Het plotselinge einde van een lange basketballoopbaan|work=Basketball League|accessdate=26 March 2020}}
Executive career
In July 2021, Pašalić became the head of technical business of Heroes Den Bosch's youth academy.{{cite news |title=Drago Pašalić en Teska Dinkla voorzien Heroes Basketball Academy van nieuw elan - Heroes Den Bosch - Basketball |url=https://heroesdenbosch.com/nieuws/drago-pašalić-en-teska-dinkla-voorzien-heroes-basketball-academy-van-nieuw-elan |access-date=16 May 2022 |work=Heroes Den Bosch |language=en}} On March 15, 2022, Pašalić signed with Donar to become its full-time technical director starting from the 2022–23 season.{{cite news |last1=Buurke |first1=Karel-Jan |title=Oud-speler Drago Pasalic wordt fulltime technisch directeur bij Donar (update) |url=https://www.rtvnoord.nl/nieuws/905098/oud-speler-drago-pasalic-wordt-fulltime-technisch-directeur-bij-donar-update |access-date=16 May 2022 |work=www.rtvnoord.nl |date=15 March 2022 |language=nl}}
Personal
Pašalić has three children; two daughters, Kiara and Kinge, and a son, Ivan Pašalić.
On September 30, 2020, it was announced Pašalić had suffered a cardiac arrest.{{cite news |url=https://crosarka.com/tuzna-vijest-iz-nizozemske-drago-pasalic-u-induciranoj-komi/ |title=Tužna vijest iz Nizozemske: Drago Pašalić u induciranoj komi |website=crosarka.com |date=30 September 2020 |accessdate=30 September 2020 |language=hr}}
Career statistics
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|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11
| style="text-align:left;" | Cibona
| 7 || 6 || 23.4 || .525 || .235 || .833 || 4.7 || 0.4 || 0 || 0.6 || 9.1 || 5.6
|-class="sortbottom"
| colspan=2 align=center | Career || 7 || 6 || 23.4 || .525 || .235 || .833 || 4.7 || 0.4 || 0 || 0.6 || 9.1 || 5.6
|-
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Honours and titles
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Drago Pašalić}}
- [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Drago-Pasalic-27/ Draft Express profile]
- [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Drago_Pasalic/2326 Eurobasket.com profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150212085042/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6012674/playerview.html FIBA.com profile]
- [https://archive.today/20131024073642/http://www.abaliga.com/player/100 ABA League profile]
- [https://www.tblstat.net/player/783 TBLStat.net profile]
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Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
Category:Obradoiro CAB players
Category:Türk Telekom B.K. players
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