Aleksandar Zarić

Not to be confused with Aleksa Zarić or Aleksandar Zorić.

Aleksandar Zarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Зарић; born 20 March 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is the sporting director for FMP of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League.

Aleksandar Zarić

Zarić with Crvena zvezda in 2017.
FMP
Position	Sporting director
League	ABA League Basketball League of Serbia
Personal information
Born	(1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 36) Slavonski Brod, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian / Croatian
Listed height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	2011: undrafted
Playing career	2007–2016
Position	Shooting guard
Number	4, 14
Coaching career	2016–present
Career history
As a player:
2009–2013	Radnički FMP
2013–2015	OKK Beograd
2015–2016	Beovuk 72
As a coach:
2016–2017	FMP (assistant)
2017–2018	Crvena zvezda (assistant)
2018–2021	FMP (assistant)

Playing career

Zarić played for the FMP Železnik U18 team that lost from the Žalgiris U18 in the 2007 Junior Euroleague Final.^[1]

Zarić played for Radnički FMP, OKK Beograd, Beovuk 72^[2] of the Basketball League of Serbia. During his sting with OKK Beograd, he played 42 games over two seasons averaging 2.4 points per game.^[3]

Coaching career

Zarić started his coaching career with FMP as a staff member of head coach Dušan Alimpijević.^[4] In July 2017, Alimpijević was named as the head coach of Crvena zvezda, and Zarić moved to Crvena zvezda to be an assistant coach.^[5][6] In 2018, he joined back to the FMP staff. In 2021, FMP promoted him as their new sporting director.^[7]

Career achievements

As assistant coach

• Serbian League champion: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 2017–18)