Sonja Vasić (; sr-cyr, Соња Петровић Васић, born February 18, 1989) is a Serbian former professional

women's basketball Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It began being played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large part via women's college compet ...

player. Standing at , she played at the

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position. She represented the

Serbia women's national basketball team The Serbia women's national basketball team ( sr, Женска кошаркашка репрезентација Србије, Ženska košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international women's basketball competition and is ...

Playing career

Before she came to the WNBA, she played for

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 Association football, foot ...

UB-Barça Club Bàsquet Femení Universitari de Barcelona–FC Barcelona was a Spanish Catalonia, Catalan women's basketball team. Initially named CBF Universitari de Barcelona, belonging just to the University of Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, it lat ...

, Tango Bourges Basket and

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National team career

Vasić was a member of the

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at the

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and at

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where they won the gold medal, they also qualified for the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, first in the history for the Serbian team where they won bronze medal.

Career achievements and awards

* EuroLeague champion: 3 (with

: 2008–09, 2009–10; with

USK Praha USK Praha, ( cs, Univerzitní Sportovní Klub Praha, University Sports Club Prague), formerly known as Slavia VŠ Praha ( cs, Slavia Vysoké Školy Praha), is a Czech professional basketball club that was founded in 1953 in the city of Prague. ...

: 2014–15) *

FIBA Europe SuperCup Women The SuperCup Women (or Women SuperCup) is a super cup competition organized by FIBA Europe and contested between the winners of EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women. History The first edition of the Cup took place on October 20, 2009, and was cont ...

winner: 2 (with

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; with

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) * Czech League champion: 3 (with

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17) * French League champion: 1 (with CJM Bourges: 2007–08) *

French Cup The Coupe de France, formerly known as the Coupe Charles Simon, is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation (FFF). It was first held in 1917 and is open to all amateur and professiona ...

winner: 1 (with CJM Bourges: 2007–08) * Federation Tournament winner: 1 (with CJM Bourges: 2007–08) ;Individual * EuroBasket Most Valuable Player –

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EuroBasket All-Tournament Team The FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team is the FIBA Europe award that is bestowed upon the five best players of each FIBA EuroBasket tournament. Pau Gasol holds the record for most selections in the All-EuroBasket Team, with seven. FIBA Euro ...

–

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* Serbian Player of the Year – 2016, 2019, 2021 * Europe Young Player of the Year Award – 2007

Personal life

In July 2019, Petrović married

Miloš Vasić Miloš Vasić ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Васић, born 10 January 1991) is a Serbian rower. He represented Serbia at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's coxless pair together with Martin Mačko ...

, a Serbian

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References

External links

Sonja Petrović
at basketball-reference.com
Sonja Petrović
at eurobasket.com

at fiba.com

at fibaeurope.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasic, Sonja 1989 births Living people Basketball players from Belgrade Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Chicago Sky players Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games European champions for Serbia Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Serbia Olympic basketball players of Serbia Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia Olympic medalists in basketball Phoenix Mercury players San Antonio Silver Stars draft picks Serbian expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic Serbian expatriate basketball people in France Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain Serbian expatriate basketball people in the United States Serbian women's basketball players Small forwards ŽKK Crvena zvezda players Women's National Basketball Association players from Serbia Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball