Žarko Koprivica ( sr-cyr, Жарко Копривица; born May 8, 1956) is a Serbian

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executive and former

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player.

Playing career

Koprivica played for

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in B ...

of the Yugoslav Federal League. Over 181 games he averaged 14.9 points per game. He won one

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

in his first senior season. In the 1978–79 season, he averaged 29.3 points per game.

National team career

Koprivica was a member of the Yugoslav national U16 team that won the bronze medal at the 1975 European Championship for Cadets.

Post-playing career

AS Basket

Koprivica is a founder and the president of the AS Basket, a basketball club for youth based in

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. The club is founded in 1997. Players who played for the youth team of AS Basket are:

Marko Kešelj Marko Kešelj ( sr-cyr, Марко Кешељ, born January 2, 1988) is a Serbian politician and retired professional basketball player serving as the state secretary in the Ministry of Sports since 4 November 2022. He previously served as a membe ...

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Ivan Marinković Ivan Marinković (born November 27, 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player who last played for Telenet Giants Antwerp of the Belgian BNXT League. Club career Marinković went through the youth ranks of KK Crvena zvezda and made a coup ...

, Brano Đukanović and many others.

Career achievements

winner: 1 (with

: 1974–75).

Personal life

Žarko Koprivica is married to Marija (born 1957). They have two sons: Jovan (born 1982) and

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(born 1988). Both sons were professional basketball players. Jovan played for Crvena zvezda,

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, Politekhnika-Halychyna,

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and

OKK Beograd Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd ( sr-cyr, Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competin ...

. Nikola played college basketball for the

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, and for the

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and

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References

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