Želimir Zagorac (born March 9, 1981 in

Gospić Gospić () is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Lika-Senj County. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field ( Ličko Polje). Gospić is the ...

SR Croatia The Socialist Republic of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, Социјалистичка Република Хрватска), or SR Croatia, was a constituent republic and federated state of the Social ...

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

) is a professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

player. He is 204 cm tall and currently plays for KK Ježica. Zagorac competed for Slovenia at the

2006 FIBA World Championship The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the 15th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Japan and held from 19 August to 3 September 2006. It was co-organised by ...

; he has a younger brother,

Saša Saša is a South Slavic given name. It is a diminutive of Aleksandar (see Sasha (name), Sasha), but in the South Slavic countries it is often a formal name as well. It may refer to: *Saša Antunović (born 1974), Serbian footballer *Saša Bjelanovi ...

, who is also a basketball player.

References

1981 births Living people ABA League players Aliağa Petkim basketball players Basketball Löwen Braunschweig players Centers (basketball) KD Slovan players KK Olimpija players KK Włocławek players PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban players PBC Ural Great players Power forwards (basketball) Slovenian men's basketball players Sportspeople from Gospić 2006 FIBA World Championship players {{Slovenia-basketball-bio-stub