Marko Pe?i?

Marko Pe?i?
FC Bayern Munich
Position	General manager
League	Basketball Bundesliga ; Euroleague
Personal information
Born	6 December 1976 (age 47) ; Sarajevo , SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	German
Listed height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1998 : undrafted
Playing career	1995?2006
Position	Shooting guard
Number	7, 10, 20
Career history
1995?1999	Alba Berlin
1999?2000	Iraklis Thessaloniki
2000?2004	Alba Berlin
2004?2005	RheinEnergie Koln
2005?2006	Lottomatica Roma
2006	Teramo Basket
Career highlights and awards
	6× German League champion (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003) ; 5× German Cup winner (1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005) ;
Men's Basketball
Representing Germany
FIBA World Cup
EuroBasket

Marko Pe?i? ( Serbian Cyrillic : Марко Пеши? , born 6 December 1976) is a German professional basketball executive and former player, currently serving as the general manager in the Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga . He represented Germany internationally. His father is a Serbian basketball coach and former player Svetislav Pe?i? .

Early life [ edit ]

Pe?i? was born in Sarajevo , SR Bosnia and Herzegovina , SFR Yugoslavia . His father Svetislav played for the Sarajevo-based team Bosna of the Yugoslav Basketball League during that time. He moved to Germany in 1987 when his father became a head coach of the Germany national basketball team .

Playing career [ edit ]

Pe?i? spent most of his professional basketball career with the Alba Berlin of the German League . He also stints with RheinEnergie Koln , as well as the Iraklis Thessaloniki of the Greek Basket League , and the Lottomatica Roma and the Teramo Basket in Italy .

His father was his coach while he played for the Alba Berlin (1995?99) and the Lottomatica Roma (2005?06).

National team career [ edit ]

As a player for the Germany national team Pe?i? won a silver medal at the EuroBasket 2005 in Serbia and Montenegro and a bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the United States .

Post-playing career [ edit ]

Following his active career, Pe?i? studied sports marketing and communication at the University of Venice . In 2007, he became self-employed as a consultant at the company Lumani 10.7 GmbH . ^[1] In 2008, he successfully completed his studies as a sports manager at IST Dusseldorf , which he had begun during his career as a player. ^[2]

For the 2011?12 season, Pe?i? became the new sports director of the basketball division of the FC Bayern Munich. ^[3] On 11 January 2013, he took over the position of general manager at the Bayern Munich . ^[4]

On 29 March 2018, Bayern Munich sacked head coach Aleksandar đorđevi? after the elimination in the semifinal of EuroCup . ^[5] During đorđevi? coaching tenure, Bayern Munich held first position in the 2017?18 Basketball Bundesliga with 23?2 score before got sacked. ^[5] Few days after the dismissal, đorđevi? qualified it as an "insult for common sense", especially since the 2017?18 season was one of the most successful in team's history. ^[6] đorđevi? also added that there was apparently a disagreement between team's management (in particular Pe?i?) and his coaching staff, as đorđevi? didn't allow bigger involvement of team's management in coaching decisions. ^[6]

Personal life [ edit ]

German former basketball player Jan Jagla is his brother in law .

Career achievements and awards [ edit ]

As player

German League champion: 6 (with Alba Berlin : 1996?97, 1997?98, 1998?99, 2000?01, 2001?02, 2002?03)
German Cup winner: 5 (with Alba Berlin : 1996?97, 1998?99, 2001?02, 2002?03; with RheinEnergie Koln : 2004?05)

As general manager

German League champion: 1 (with FC Bayern Munich : 2013?14 )

References [ edit ]

^ Perform Media Deutschland GmbH (6 June 2011), "Die neue Schaltzentrale des FC Bayern ? Sport ? Spox.com" , Spox.com (in German) , retrieved 23 July 2017
^ "Marko Pesic hat die Lust verloren: - WELT" . Die Welt (in German) . Retrieved 23 July 2017 .
^ FOCUS Online, "Pesic neuer Sportdirektor" , FOCUS Online (in German) , retrieved 13 January 2017
^ Marko Pesic neuer Bayern-Geschaftsfuhrer. Handelsblatt , 11 January 2013, retrieved 12 January 2013.
^ ^a ^b Nikoli?, Darko (29 March 2018). "Bajern smenio Sa?u đorđevi?a!" . sport.blic.rs (in Serbian) . Retrieved 3 April 2018 .
^ ^a ^b " "Uvreda za zdrav razum ? Pe?i? nije napao samo mene, ve? instituciju trenera" " . b92.net (in Serbian). Tanjug. 3 April 2018 . Retrieved 3 April 2018 .

External links [ edit ]

[1] Perform Media Deutschland GmbH (6 June 2011), "Die neue Schaltzentrale des FC Bayern ? Sport ? Spox.com" , Spox.com (in German) , retrieved 23 July 2017

[welt-2] "Marko Pesic hat die Lust verloren: - WELT" . Die Welt (in German) . Retrieved 23 July 2017 .

[3] FOCUS Online, "Pesic neuer Sportdirektor" , FOCUS Online (in German) , retrieved 13 January 2017

[4] Marko Pesic neuer Bayern-Geschaftsfuhrer. Handelsblatt , 11 January 2013, retrieved 12 January 2013.

[BayernSack-5] Nikoli?, Darko (29 March 2018). "Bajern smenio Sa?u đorđevi?a!" . sport.blic.rs (in Serbian) . Retrieved 3 April 2018 .

[BayernSackStatement-6] " "Uvreda za zdrav razum ? Pe?i? nije napao samo mene, ve? instituciju trenera" " . b92.net (in Serbian). Tanjug. 3 April 2018 . Retrieved 3 April 2018 .

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