Marko Ždero ( sr-cyr, Марко Ждеро; born 14 March 1985) is a Serbian former professional

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player.

3x3 basketball career

Ždero started to play at the FIBA 3x3 World Tour in August 2012 with his childhood friends and current teammates

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and Marko Savić. He plays for

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based team Novi Sad Al-Wahda.

Serbia national team

Ždero represents

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in the

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. He won three gold medals at the

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( 2012 in Greece,

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and 2017 in France) and silver medal at the 2014 tournament in Russia.

Basketball career

Ždero plays for the Srbobran based team Akademik in the North Division of the

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(3rd tier).

Awards and accomplishments

* FIBA 3x3 World Tour winner: 3 (

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, 2018)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zdero, Marko 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Bačka Palanka Serbian men's basketball players Serbian men's 3x3 basketball players Basketball players at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in basketball FIBA 3x3 World Tour players Basketball players at the 2019 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Serbia European champions for Serbia Serbian expatriate basketball people in the United Arab Emirates Serbia and Montenegro men's basketball players 21st-century Serbian sportsmen