Aleksandar Čubrilo (born November 25, 1975) is a former Serbian professional basketball player.

Biography

Born in

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, in today's

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. He moved to

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and spent the best years of his playing career in Serbian powerhouse

KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, English: Partizan Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Partizan or simply Partizan, is a professional basketball team based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is ...

. During his 8-year spell at Partizan, he won three consecutive

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, four national cups and participated in 1997-98

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. In 2001 he left for

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n champions Olimpija, but failed to play in single official game. In November the same year he signed for

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n club

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, and although he played very well the club didn't offer him another contact. He returned to Serbia and signed for

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. Due to knee injury he didn't play for almost two years, and in 2004 he returned to basketball for a brief spells in a couple of lower league clubs. After playing a minor role in

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club

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, he ended his career at the age of 32.

Player characteristics

He could play both small and power forward positions. According to coaches

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and

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his main strengths were his speed, great shot from distance and great ease with which he resolved "one on one" attacking situations, but his main drawback was his physical weakness which prevented him from good defensive work. He was often compared with

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because of their similarity in physical and mental appearance.

National team

Čubrilo was part of the Serbian U-22 national team that won bronze medal on 1997 FIBA World Championship for Men '22 and under' in

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.FR Yugoslavia team roster
/ref> Although he was in contention for a spot in senior national team for couple of times, he never represented his country on highest level.

Achievements

Yugoslav league The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

winner: 1995/96 and 1996/97 *

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, ...

winner: 1994, 1995, 1999 and 2000 * FIBA Euroleague 4th place: 1998 * FIBA World Under-22 Championship 1997: Bronze medal

References

External links

Player profile at fiba.com
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