Aleksandar Cvetković (basketball)

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For the Serbian footballer, see Aleksandar Cvetković (footballer).
Aleksandar Cvetković
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No. 4 – Coosur Real Betis
Position Point guard
League Liga ACB
Personal information
Born (1993-09-12) September 12, 1993 (age 31)
Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight 165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2015 / Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present
Career history
2010–2015 Crvena zvezda
2013–2015 →MZT Skopje
2015–2016 Partizan
2016-2017 Manresa
2017–2018 Estudiantes
2018–2019 Breogán
2019 Igokea
2019–2020 Manresa
2020–2021 Movistar Estudiantes
2021 Plateros de Fresnillo
2021–present Coosur Real Betis
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Serbia
U19 World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Latvia U19 National Team
U16 European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Lithuania U16 National Team

Aleksandar Cvetković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Цветковић; born September 12, 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Coosur Real Betis of the Liga ACB.

Club career

Crvena zvezda

Cvetković grew up with Crvena zvezda youth team. In 2010 he stepped into the first team under the guidance of head coach Mihailo Uvalin. In 2012 he competed at Nike Hoop Summit representing Serbia. Cvetković has named the 7th 2011 FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year in February 2011.[1][2] On 21 November 2012, Cvetković has played his most efficient game in the 2012–13 EuroCup against Dinamo Sassari, where he scored 9 points.[3] On 24 October 2013, he made his debut for Crvena zvezda in EuroLeague against Maccabi Tel Aviv.[4] On 20 December 2013 against Lietuvos rytas in the last round of regular season in EuroLeague, Cvetković has scored 4 points for almost seven minutes on the court.[5] Cvetković scored 8 points for the Crvena zvezda, against Radnički Kragujevac in the third round of ABA League and that is his most efficient game in the half-season league for Crvena zvezda in ABA League.[6]

Cvetković has not chested the starting line-up in the Crvena zvezda, so is on the winter of 2014 he went on a loan in MZT Skopje by the end of the season. In the summer of 2015, Cvetković moved to the test in Valencia.[7] Cvetković has played several friendly matches where he was solid but did not pass the test, so in September he left the preparation in Valencia.[8]

MZT Skopje

On 27 December 2013, due to his dissatisfaction over playing time, the 20-year-old was sent on loan to MZT Skopje until the end of the 2014–15 season.[9] On 3 January 2014, Cvetković made his debut in ABA League for MZT scoring 10 in 73–63 home win against Szolnoki Olaj.[10] On 1 March 2014, he was top scorer with 13 points in his team in away victory 65–79, against Igokea.[11] Cvetković was the best in his team against Cibona in Zagreb and was close to reach triple-double with achieved 17 points, he also had 10 rebounds and 8 assists.[12] After match, Cvetković was voted of mvp of 23. round of ABA League.[13] Counting only games in MZT, Cvetković in 12 games played he averaged 8 points, 2.3 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game in the ABA League.[14]

Partizan

On 29 September 2015, he signed with Partizan Belgrade.[15] He was given the number 4 shirt that previously carried Milenko Tepić. He made his debut for Partizan on 2 October 2015, against Metalac in the first round of the ABA League and was most efficient in his team with 13 points.[16] On 16 January 2016, against Krka, Cvetković was the most efficient player in that match with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assist in the victory of his team's 70–75.[17] After the game he is declared for the MVP of 20th round of the ABA League with 42 efficiency.[18] On 25 January 2016, in the eternal derby against Crvena zvezda and his former club, he scored 16 points and had 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the big victory of his team's 86–81.[19][20] During the 2015–16 season, in 23 games he averaged 10.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists in ABA League.[21]

Spain

On July 26, 2016, Cvetković signed a one-year contract with Spanish club ICL Manresa.[22] On August 23, 2017, he signed with Estudiantes.[23] On August 15, 2018, he signed with Cafés Candelas Breogán of the Liga ACB.[24]

On November 25, 2019, he has a temporary contract with Baxi Manresa of the Spanish Liga ACB to replace the injured Frankie Ferrari.[25]

On June 14, 2020, he has signed with Mega Bemax of the ABA League.[26] One month later he parted ways with Mega and signed for Movistar Estudiantes.[27]

He joined Plateros de Fresnillo of the Mexican Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional in 2021 and averaged 7.6 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 4.4 assists per game.

Cvetković signed with Real Betis on November 26.[28]

National team career

2009 Under-16 European Championship

In the first match of the tournament, Cvetković has scored 12 points and had 3 rebounds and 5 assists in his team's defeat of the France.[29] Cvetković played his best game of the tournament against Spain in the semifinals where he scored 24 points and had 7 rebounds in the defeat of his team's 75–88.[30] Cvetković scored double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds against Poland in a match for third place.[31] Cvetković as one of the best players of Serbia and as her captain won a bronze medal at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in Lithuania.[32] In 9 games played on the tournament, Cvetković has averaged was 14.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists.[33]

2011 Under-19 World Cup

On 30 June 2011 in the first match of the group stage against China, Cvetković was the most efficient player of his team with 20 scored points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists in the victory of his team's 73–78.[34] A day later against United States, he also was the most effective player in this match with 20 scored points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.[35] On 2 July 2011 against Egypt, Cvetković has played his best game of the tournament, where he scored 24 points with 4 rebounds and 3 assists in the victory of his team's 85–67.[36] In the final Serbia was lost to Latvia 67–85 and cvetkovic also played well and score 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist.[37] Aleksandar Cvetković has played 9 games in the tournament and only on 2 matches he had single digit points. In 9 games played on the tournament, he has averaged was 14.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists.[38] After the tournament he was named to the All–Star Five.[39]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

EuroLeague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2013–14 Crvena zvezda 3 0 3.54 100% 0.3 1 1 0 1.3 2

Domestic leagues

Season Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Crvena zvezda ABA League 16 15.5 .653 .205 .370 1.5 1.1 0.8 .0 3.4
2011–12 13 8.3 .516 .478 .750 1 1.2 0.2 .0 3.2
2012–13 24 8.8 .481 .384 .667 1.1 1 0.5 .0 3
2013–14 10 7.8 .540 .381 .938 1.0 1.5 0.2 .0 2.3
2013–14 MZT Skopje 12 22.2 .520 .373 .765 3.1 2.5 1.3 .0 8.1
2014–15 26 24.7 .520 .373 .765 3.5 4.1 1.4 .0 8.7
2015–16 KK Partizan 23 22.8 .461 .403 .831 2.4 3.3 1.3 .0 10.3

References

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