Josip Sesar
{{Short description|Croatian basketball player and coach}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Josip Sesar
| image =
| caption =
| position = Head coach
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 6
| weight_lb = 202
| league = ABA League
Croatian League
| team = Cibona
| nationality = Croatian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
| draft_year = 2000
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 47
| draft_team = Seattle SuperSonics
| career_start = 1993
| career_end = 2009
| career_position = Shooting guard
| coach_start = 2010
| coach_end =
|years1=1993–1999 |team1= Zagreb
|years2=1999–2002 |team2= Cibona
|years3=2002–2003 |team3= Split CO
|years4=2003–2005 |team4= Cibona
|years5=2005 |team5= Široki Hercegtisak
|years6=2005–2006 |team6= Zadar
|years7=2006–2008 |team7= Zagreb
|years8=2008–2009 |team8= Zrinjski Mostar
|cyears1=2010–2011 |cteam1= Zrinjevac
|cyears2=2015–2016,
2017–2021 |cteam2= Gorica
|cyears3=2018–2019,
2022–2023 |cteam3= Croatia (assistant)
|cyears4=2022–present |cteam4=Cibona
|cyears5=2023—2025 |cteam5=Croatia
| highlights =
As player
- 5× Croatian League champion (2000–2004)
- 2× Croatian Cup champion (2001, 2002)
- European U-18 Championship MVP (1996)
As head coach
- Croatian Cup winner (2023)
| medal_templates =
{{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|CRO}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|European U-18 Championship}}
{{MedalGold| 1996 France | U-18 Team}}
}}
Josip Sesar (born 17 January 1978) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for Dinamo Zagreb of the Croatian League and Alpe Adria Cup.
Playing career
Sesar started training basketball when he was ten. He was 182 cm tall at the time. In 1992 he left Zrinjski Mostar for Split. Since the youth coach did not consider him a prospect, his father took him to Zagreb. In 1993, he started his professional career there. After six successful seasons with Zagreb, in 1999, Sesar signed his second professional contract, namely with Cibona. At the 2000 NBA draft he was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics and then traded to the Boston Celtics. However, he never played a game for the Celtics or any other NBA team, making him 1 of 8 players from the 2000 NBA Draft to never play in the league.
National team career
Sesar was the MVP of the 1996 European Championship for junior men, held in France.{{cite web|title=Josip Sesar profile, European Championship for Junior Men 1996|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/20285/pid2//sid/2345/tid/2168/tid2//_/1996_European_Championship_for_Junior_Men/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218112304/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/20285/pid2/sid/2345/tid/2168/tid2/_/1996_European_Championship_for_Junior_Men/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2013|publisher=www.fiba.com|access-date=2 September 2016}} He also participated in the 1995 World Championship for junior men.
He was part of senior Croatia national team selections at the 1997 EuroBasket, 1999 EuroBasket qualification and the 2001 EuroBasket.{{cite web|title=Josip Sesar profile, World Championship for Junior Men 1995|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/20285/sid/2895/tid/2168/_/1995_World_Championship_for_Junior_Men/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609004953/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/20285/sid/2895/tid/2168/_/1995_World_Championship_for_Junior_Men/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 9, 2015|publisher=www.fiba.com|access-date=2 September 2016}}
Coaching career
In July 2011, Sesar became a coach for the youth selections of Cibona.[http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/josip-sesar-i-damjan-rudez-u-ciboni-/559816.aspx Index.hr- "Bili i ostali najveći klub" - Josip Sesar i Damjan Rudež u Ciboni!] Author: D.R., July 6, 2011. In July 2022, Cibona hired Sesar as their new head coach.{{cite web |title=Josip Sesar novi je trener Cibone |url=https://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/josip-sesar-novi-je-trener-cibone/2382720.aspx |website=index.hr |access-date=23 August 2022}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20220521040142/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/20285/sid/2895/tid/2168/%20/1995%20World%20Championship%20for%20Junior%20Men/index.html Profile] at FIBA
- [https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/3402/josip-sesar Profile] at proballers.com
- [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Josip-Sesar/Summary/666 Profile] at realGM
{{2000 NBA draft}}
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Category:Croatian men's basketball players
Category:Seattle SuperSonics draft picks