Marko Savić ( sr-cyr, Марко Савић; born 2 June 1987) is a Serbian professional

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player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in men's individual 3x3 rankings by the

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(FIBA). He plays for

Novi Sad Al-Wahda Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад) was a men's professional 3x3 basketball club based in Novi Sad, Serbia. The team played in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour. Between 2015 and 2018, the club was based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The team disso ...

and

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3x3 basketball career

Savić started to play at the

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in August 2012 with his childhood friends and current teammates

Dušan Domović Bulut Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Душан) is a Slavic given name primarily used in the former Yugoslavia and the former Czechoslovakia. The name is derived from the Slavic noun ''duša'' "soul". Occurrence In Serbia, it was the 29th most popular name fo ...

and

Marko Ždero Marko Ždero ( sr-cyr, Марко Ждеро; born 14 March 1985) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. 3x3 basketball career Ždero started to play at the FIBA 3x3 World Tour in August 2012 with his childhood friends and curre ...

. He plays for

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based team

and won two

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Serbia national team

Savić represents

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. He won three gold medals at the

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( 2012 in Greece,

2016 in China Incumbents *General Secretary of the Communist Party – Xi Jinping *President – Xi Jinping *Vice President – Li Yuanchao *Premier – Li Keqiang * Congress chairman – Zhang Dejiang * Consultative Conference chairman – Yu Zhengsheng Go ...

and 2017 in FranceSerbia's men and Russia's women win FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2017
/ref>) and silver medal at the 2014 tournament in Russia.

Awards and accomplishments

winner: 2 (

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

) *

runner-up: 1 (

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Savic, Marko 1988 births Living people Basketball players from Novi Sad Serbian men's basketball players Serbian men's 3x3 basketball players Basketball players at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in basketball KK Star players FIBA 3x3 World Tour players Small forwards European Games bronze medalists for Serbia European champions for Serbia 21st-century Serbian sportsmen