Stevan Jelovac ( sr, Стеван Јеловац; 8 July 19895 December 2021) was a Serbian professional

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player.

Professional career

Jelovac started his senior career with Vizura. On 25 August 2009, he signed with Mega Vizura. On 7 April 2010, he left Mega and signed with

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 ...

for the rest of the season. On 19 July 2010, he re-signed with Zvezda. On 16 November 2010, he parted ways with Zvezda and returned to Mega for the rest of the 2010–11 season. On 15 June 2011, Jelovac signed with

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for the 2011–12 season. On 10 July 2012, Jelovac signed a two-year deal with

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. After one season, he parted ways with Caserta. On 31 July 2013, Jelovac signed with

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for the 2013–14 season. On 4 July 2014, Jelovac signed a one-year deal with Spanish club

CAI Zaragoza Basket Zaragoza 2002 S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Basket Zaragoza and as Casademont Zaragoza for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB. Their home arena is th ...

. On 13 June 2015, he re-signed with Zaragoza for one more season. In July 2016, he joined the

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for the 2016 NBA Summer League. On 27 July 2016, he re-signed with Zaragoza for the 2016–17 season. On 13 July 2017, Jelovac signed with Russian club

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for the 2017–18 season. On 8 July 2018, Jelovac signed with the German club

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. On 8 February 2019, Jelovac signed with the Turkish club

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. On 8 June 2020, he signed with

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of the Japanese

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. On 23 August 2021, Jelovac signed with

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

of the

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and the

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. On 14 November 2021, during a practice session, he suffered a

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. In Jelovac's honor, AEK Athens retired his #13 jersey on 14 December 2021.

Death and funeral

Jelovac died in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

on 5 December 2021 from complications due to a brain hemorrhage, at the age of 32. He was buried at the Novi Sad City Cemetery two days later. After the Holy Liturgy, speech wes given by Aleksandar Jovančević. Funeral service was also attended by numerous sportspeople of Serbia and Greece including

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Zlatko Bolić Zlatko Bolić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Златко Болић; born February 6, 1974) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He currently serves as the general secretary of the Basketball Federation of Serbia. He was one of ...

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, Mlađan Šilobad,

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, and Đorđe Đurić.

Career statistics

EuroLeague

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Professional career

Death and funeral

Career statistics

EuroLeague

See also

References

External links