Marko Ždero

{{short description|Serbian basketball player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

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| height_m = 1.90

| weight_kg = 95

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|3|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Karađorđevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia

| nationality = Serbian

| career_start = 2012

| career_end = 2019

| career_position = Point guard

| career_number = 3

| years1 = 2012–2019

| team1 = Novi Sad (3x3)

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{{MedalSport|Men's 3x3 basketball}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships|Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2012 Greece|Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2016 China|Team}}

{{MedalGold | 2017 France|Team}}

{{MedalSilver | 2014 Russia|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Romania|Team}}

{{MedalSilver | 2016 Romania|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 2015 Baku|Team}}

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Marko Ždero ({{lang-sr-cyr|Марко Ждеро}}; born 14 March 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player.

3x3 basketball career

Ždero started to play at the FIBA 3x3 World Tour in August 2012 with his childhood friends and current teammates Dušan Domović Bulut and Marko Savić.{{Cite web |url=http://www.redbull.com/yu/sr/athletes/1331759237347/marko-%C5%BEdero |title=Marko Zdero Red Bull page |website=Red Bull |access-date=23 June 2017 |archive-date=12 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712131911/http://www.redbull.com/yu/sr/athletes/1331759237347/marko-%C5%BEdero |url-status=dead}} He plays for United Arab Emirates based team Novi Sad Al-Wahda.

= Serbia national team =

Ždero represents Serbia in the 3x3 basketball. He won three gold medals at the FIBA 3x3 World Championships (2012 in Greece, 2016 in China{{Cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/world/3x3/2016/Men/Serbia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629015509/http://www.fiba.basketball/world/3x3/2016/Men/Serbia |url-status=live |archive-date=29 June 2021 |title=Serbia - 2016 FIBA 3x3 World Championships 2016}} and 2017 in France{{Cite web |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/3x3worldcup/2017/news/-s-men-and-s-women-win-fiba-3x3-world-cup-2017 |title=Serbia's men and Russia's women win FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017 |access-date=4 September 2023 |archive-date=9 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709131556/https://www.fiba.basketball/3x3worldcup/2017/news/-s-men-and-s-women-win-fiba-3x3-world-cup-2017 |url-status=live}}) and silver medal at the 2014 tournament in Russia.

Basketball career

Ždero plays for the Srbobran based team Akademik in the North Division of the Serbian First League (3rd tier).

Awards and accomplishments

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