Serbian basketball player and coach
Svetislav
"
Kari
"
Pe?i?
(
Serbian Cyrillic
:
Светислав "Кари" Пеши?
; born 28 August 1949) is a Serbian professional
basketball
coach and former player who is the head coach of the
Serbia men's national team
.
Playing career
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During his
club
playing career, Pe?i? played with
Pirot
(1964?1967),
Partizan
(1967?1971), and
Bosna
(1971?1979). As a member of
Bosna
, he won a
Yugoslav Cup
and a
Yugoslav League
championship, in 1978. Also, he won the
FIBA European Champions Cup
(EuroLeague) championship in
1979
with Bosna.
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Coaching career
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Club coaching career
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On the
club
level, Pe?i? won the
triple crown
in
2003
, while he was the head coach of
FC Barcelona
. On 16 November 2010, he was named the head coach of
Power Electronics Valencia
, for the rest of the 2010?11 season.
[2]
In November 2012, Pe?i? was named the head coach of the German team
Bayern Munich
.
[3]
On 28 February 2015, he extended his contract with the club until 2017.
[4]
On 24 July 2016, he left Bayern at his own request, for health reasons.
[5]
On 9 February 2018, he returned to
FC Barcelona
as the team's head coach, until the end of the season.
[6]
National team coaching career
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Pe?i? led the
Yugoslavian junior national team
, that featured future international stars
Vlade Divac
,
Sa?a đorđevi?
,
Toni Kuko?
, and
Dino Rađa
, to a gold medal at the
1987 FIBA World Junior Championship
(which was later split into separate
under-19
and
under-21
events), by defeating the
Team USA
twice during the tournament.
[7]
As the head coach of the senior
German national basketball team
, he won the gold medal at the
EuroBasket 1993
(organized by Germany).
With the
FR Yugoslavian senior side
, Pe?i? won gold medals at the
2002 FIBA World Championship
, which was held in
Indianapolis
, and the
EuroBasket 2001
(organized by Turkey). He stepped down from the position on 1 December 2002.
[8]
On 28 September 2021, the
Basketball Federation of Serbia
hired him as the new head coach for the
Serbia men's national team
.
[9]
Coaching record
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Legend
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W?L %
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Note: The
EuroLeague
is not the only competition in which the team played during the season. He also coached in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.
EuroLeague
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Personal life
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Along with Serbian, Pe?i? also possesses
German
citizenship
. His son,
Marko
(born 1976), is a former professional basketball player, and was an occasional member of the senior
German national team
. Former German basketball player
Jan Jagla
, is his son-in-law, due to his marriage with Pe?i?'s daughter, Ivana.
See also
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References
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External links
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- Competing since
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- Formerly part of
Serbia and Montenegro
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Silver medals (5)
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