Duško Savanović

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Duško Savanović

| image = Duško Savanović.jpg

| image_size = 270px

| caption = Savanović with Serbian national team in August 2011.

| position = Power forward

| height_m = 2.04

| weight_kg = 102

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| nationality = Serbian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|09|05}}

| birth_place = Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

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| draft_year = 2005

| career_start = 2003

| career_end = 2017

| years1 = 2003–2004

| team1 = Železnik Workers

| years2 = 2004–2005

| team2 = Borac Čačak

| years3 = 2005–2006

| team3 = FMP

| years4 = 2006–2008

| team4 = UNICS Kazan

| years5 = 2008–2010

| team5 = Cajasol Sevilla

| years6 = 2010–2011

| team6 = Valencia Basket

| years7 = 2011–2014

| team7 = Anadolu Efes

| years8 = 2014–2016

| team8 = Bayern Munich

| years9 = 2016–2017

| team9 = Dinamo Sassari

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Duško Savanović ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Душко Савановић}}, born September 5, 1983) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. A {{height|m=2.04}} power forward, he represented the Serbian national basketball team internationally and was an All-Euroleague Second Team selection in 2011.

Professional career

=Early years=

In his first three years of the professional career, Savanović played for domestic clubs, two seasons with the FMP and one season with the Borac Čačak, both participants of the YUBA League. He helped FMP to win the Adriatic League title in 2006, the second in the club's history.{{cite news|title=Belgrade basketball team FMP wins Adriatic League|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200604/24/eng20060424_260667.html|access-date=May 17, 2012}}

=UNICS Kazan=

In October 2006, after almost ten years of playing with the FMP (including his youth career), he signed a two-year contract with the Russian basketball team UNICS Kazan.{{cite news|title=Savanović potpisao za Uniks|url=http://mondo.rs/a38489/Sport/Kosarka/Savanovic-potpisao-za-Uniks.html|language=sr|access-date=April 4, 2014|newspaper=mondo.rs|date=October 23, 2006}} UNICS also participated in the ULEB Cup. In his second season in the club, he played 15 games in the ULEB Cup and averaged 11.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game helping his team to reach the Final Eight, while in the Russian League he averaged 11 points and 4.7 rebounds over 22 games.{{cite news|title=Dusko Savanovic Basketball Player Profile|url=http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=TUR&PlayerID=58670|work=eurobasket.com|access-date=May 17, 2012}}

=Cajasol=

On 27 June 2008, Savanović signed with the Spanish basketball team Cajasol.{{cite news|title=Cajasol lands Dusko Savanovic |url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/34194/448/item|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730003954/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/34194/448/item|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 30, 2012|work=Euroleague Basketball|access-date=May 17, 2012}} In the 2008–09 season, he averaged 14.7 points on 41% three-point shooting and 4.8 rebounds in 36 games in the ACB League. He led Cajasol to its best season of the decade, reaching the Spanish King's Cup final eight and the ACB League playoffs for the first time since 2000.

=Valencia BC=

After two seasons of playing for Cajasol, on 14 June 2010, Savanović signed with another Spanish team Valencia Power Electronics.{{cite news|title=Valencia lands Dusko Savanovic|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europa/esteri/9324/valencia_lands_dusko_savanovic.html|work=sportando.net|access-date=May 17, 2012}} Power Electronics was Savanović's first Euroleague club. In his first season in the Euroleague he averaged 11.9 points and 4.6 rebounds in 21 games at the European elite competition.{{cite news|title=SAVANOVIC, DUSKO|url=http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=KOD|work=Euroleague|access-date=May 17, 2012}} He was named All-Euroleague Second Team at the end of the season.{{cite news|title=MVP Diamantidis heads 2010-11 All-Euroleague First Team|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/85423/180/mvp-diamantidis-heads-2010-11-all-euroleague-first-team|access-date=April 4, 2014|newspaper=Euroleague.net|date=May 7, 2011}}

=Anadolu Efes=

On 20 June 2011, after one season with the Valencia, Savanović signed a three-year contract with Turkish team Anadolu Efes.{{cite news|title=EFES PILSEN adds All-Euroleague Savanovic|url=http://www.euroleague.net/euroleaguenews/transactions/2011-12-signings/i/86053/5611/efes-pilsen-adds-all-euroleague-savanovic|work=Euroleague|access-date=May 17, 2012}} In 16 games (8 as starter) in the Euroleague, he averaged 10 points and 5.6 rebounds per game, while in the regular season of the Turkish Basketball League he averaged 12.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.{{cite news|title=Dusko Savanovic|url=https://www.tblstat.net/player/2192|work=TBLStat.net}}

=Bayern Munich=

On July 18, 2014, he signed a two-year deal with the German team Bayern Munich.{{cite news|title=Bayern brings Savanovic on board|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/138389|access-date=18 July 2014|work=Euroleague.net|date=18 July 2014}}

=Dinamo Sassari=

On June 4, 2016, Savanović signed with Dinamo Sassari for the 2016–17 season.{{cite news|title=Il mercato Dinamo parte da Dusko Savanovic|url=http://www.dinamobasket.com/it/blog/il-mercato-dinamo-parte-da-dusko-savanovic|access-date=7 June 2016|work=dinamobasket.com|date=4 June 2016|language=it}} After the end of the season, in May 2017, his agent confirmed that he has retired from professional basketball.{{cite news|title=Potvrđeno: Savanović u penziji!|url=http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2017&mm=05&dd=29&nav_id=1265904|access-date=29 May 2017|work=b92.net|date=29 May 2017|language=sr}}

Serbian national team

File:DuskoSavanovicEFES.JPG in 2012]]

Savanović has been a member of the Serbian national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship where Serbia was defeated 99-88 by Lithuania in the game for the bronze medal. He was capped for the national team of Serbia at the EuroBasket 2011 in Lithuania where Serbia finished 8th. He averaged 13.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.{{cite news|title=Dusko Savanovic|url=http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/cid_4,w7QjPeH-M,ty138LH2l3.teamID_96799.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2011.roundID_7526.playerID_55092.html|work=FIBA Europe|access-date=May 17, 2012}}

Career statistics

=Euroleague=

| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11

| style="text-align:left;"| Valencia

| 21 || 13 || 25.4 || .450 || .365 || .851 || 4.6 || 1.0 || .8 || .4 || 11.9 || 12.0

| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| Anadolu Efes

| 16 || 8 || 27.1 || .371 || .345 || .824 || 5.6 || 1.1 || .8 || .4 || 10.0 || 11.8

| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13

| 29 || 25 || 22.7 || .416 || .320 || .814 || 3.7 || 1.0 || 1.0 || .1 || 9.4 || 9.8

| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14

| 23 || 19 || 26.1 || .411 || .344 || .694 || 3.7 || 2.2 || .7 || .3 || 10.5 || 10.2

| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| Bayern

| 10 || 6 || 25.2 || .451 || .462 || .750 || 4.4 || 1.2 || .7 || .2 || 13.1 || 13.2

| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16

| 9 || 9 || 24.4 || .411 || .300 || .846 || 5.8 || 1.7 || 1.0 || .2 || 11.2 || 11.2

|- class="sortbottom"

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career

| 108 || 80 || 25.0 || .419 || .351 || .790 || 4.4 || 1.4 || .8 || .3 || 10.7 || 11.0

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100917053201/http://acb.com/jugador.php?id=BFU Duško Savanović] at acb.com {{in lang|es}}
[http://www.beko-bbl.de/de/statistiken/spieler/portraits/p/31677-dusko-savanovic/ Duško Savanović] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826205656/http://www.beko-bbl.de/de/statistiken/spieler/portraits/p/31677-dusko-savanovic/ |date=2015-08-26 }} at beko-bbl.de {{in lang|de}}
[http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=KOD Duško Savanović] at euroleague.net
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160807130426/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp/150/q/Dusko%20Savanovic/pid//_//players.html Duško Savanović] at fiba.com
[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=SAV-DUS-83 Duško Savanović] at legabasket.it {{in lang|it}}
[https://www.tblstat.net/player/2192 Duško Savanović] at tblstat.net

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