Aleksandar Kesar

Aleksandar Kesar (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Кесар; born 4 February 1972) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. He is the head coach for the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

Aleksandar Kesar

Free agent
Position	Head coach
Personal information
Born	(1972-02-04) 4 February 1972 (age 53) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Coaching career	1999–present
Career history
As a coach:
1999–2002	Mladost Zemun
2002–2007	Partizan (assistant)
2007–2008	Mega Aqua Monta
2008–2009	Ural Great Perm
2010–2012	Olympiacos (assistant)
2012	Azovmash Mariupol
2013–2014	Shandong Gold Lions (consultant)
2014–2015	Fujian Sturgeons
2015–2018	Shandong Golden Stars
2019–2020	Fujian Sturgeons
2021–2022	Tianjin Pioneers
2024-	Fujian Sturgeons
Medals Men's basketball Head coach for  Serbia Summer Universiade 2009 Belgrade Team 2007 Bangkok Team Assistant coach for  Serbia FIBA EuroBasket 2009 Poland Team

Coaching career

Kesar was an assistant coach of Partizan and Olympiacos. He was a head coach for Mega Aqua Monta,^[1] Azovmash Mariupol,^[2] Shandong Gold Lions, Fujian Sturgeons, and Tianjin Pioneers.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

National team coaching career

Kesar was an assistant coach of Dušan Ivković in the national team of Serbia at two FIBA EuroBaskets, 2009 in Poland and 2011 in Lithuania, and at the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey. He won silver medal at EuroBasket 2009.

He led the university team of Serbia at two Summer Universiades, 2007 in Bangkok and 2009 in Belgrade. He won a gold medal at 2009 Universiade and a silver medal at 2007 Universiade.

Career achievements and awards

As assistant coach

• EuroLeague champion: 1 (with Olympiacos: 2011–12)
• Serbian League champion: 1 (with Partizan: 2006–07)
• Serbian-Montenegrin League champion: 4 (with Partizan: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06)
• Greek League champion: 1 (with Olympiacos: 2011–12)
• Adriatic League champion: 1 (with Partizan: 2006–07)
• Greek Cup winner: 1 (with Olympiacos: 2010–11)

Personal life

Aleksandar is married. He and his wife, Ana, have two daughters, Klara and Atina.