Arsenije Pešić

Arsenije Pešić (Serbian Cyrillic: Арсеније Пешић; born 10 June 1955) is a Serbian former professional basketball player.

Arsenije Pešić

Personal information
Born	(1955-06-10) 10 June 1955 (age 70) Ivangrad, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Listed height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Career information
NBA draft	1977: undrafted
Playing career	1977–1989
Position	Power forward
Number	14
Career history
1977–1986	Partizan
1986–1987	IMT
1987	Segafredo Gorizia
1988	Sloboda Tuzla
1988–1989	Vojvodina
Career highlights
2× Korać Cup winner (1978, 1979) 2× Yugoslav League champion (1979, 1981) 2× Yugoslav Cup winner (1979, 1987)

Playing career

Pešić played most of this career for Partizan. He was a member of the trophy generation led by Dragan Kićanović and Dražen Dalipagić in the late 1970s and early 1980s.^[1] He won two Korać Cups and two Yugoslav championships with the Partizan.

Pešić played the first half of the 1987–88 season for Segafredo Gorizia of Italian Serie A2. He averaged 17.4 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game, oven nine games.^[2] Also, he played for Sloboda Tuzla^[3] and for Vojvodina where he finished his playing career after 1988–89 season.^[4]

Career achievements and awards

• FIBA Korać Cup winner: 2 (with Partizan: 1977–78, 1978–79)
• Yugoslav League champion: 2 (with Partizan: 1978–79, 1980–81)
• Yugoslav Cup winner: 2 (with Partizan: 1978–79; with IMT: 1986–87)