Dejan Bodiroga
Dejan Bodiroga, born March 2, 1973 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, currently stars for the basketball section of FC Barcelona. Many basketball observers consider him the best player playing outside of the NBA.Bodiroga was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in 1996 in the second round (overall #51). Earlier in the same draft, the Kings selected his countryman Peja Stojaković. However, unlike Stojaković, Bodiroga declined the offer to play in the NBA, choosing to remain in Europe.
On July 13, 2003, Bodiroga married his long time fiancée Ivana Medic in Belgrade's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral.
Career:
- 89/90 Proleter Zrenjanin
- 90/91 - 91/92 KK Zadar
- 92/93 - 93/94 Stefanel Trieste (Italy)
- 94/95 - 95/96 OLIMPIA Milano (Italy)
- 96/97 and 97/98 Real Madrid (Spain)
- 98/99 - 01/02 Panathinaikos Athens (Greece)
- 02/03 - present FC Barcelona (Spain)
- 2003 Won Euroleague title with FC Barcelona
- 2002 Gold medal at FIBA World Basketball Championship in Indianapolis (playing for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
- 1998 Gold medal at FIBA World Basketball Championship in Athens (playing for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
- 1998 Single best shooter in Yugoslav team at the FIBA Championships
- 1997 Gold medal at European Basketball Championship (playing for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
- 1995 Gold medal at European Basketball Championship (playing for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)