Bojan Popović (; born February 13, 1983) is a Serbian former professional

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player. He also represented the

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internationally. He is a 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall

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Professional career

Popović is a product of the FMP's youth system. After spending four years as a professional at the club from Belgrade's suburb of Železnik, winning one

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and

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trophy, he signed a contract with Russian PBL team

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. His good performances led the team to the Euroleague quarterfinals, where they lost to

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, which eventually won the cup. Next season Bojan signed with ACB and

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team Unicaja Malaga and a season later he stayed in Spain, playing for San Sebastian Bruesa. In summer 2009, Popović signed with Lithuanian club

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. On November 2, 2009, Popovic won the Euroleague MVP of the Month award for the month of October. Despite his good performances, Lietuvos rytas failed to qualify to the Top 16 and was eliminated from the Euroleague for that season. Nonetheless his abilities earned him a contract with Regular Season Group B rivals

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, but he failed to accomplish his early year performance at the Top 16. On 25 August 2010, Popovic signed a one-year contract with

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. However, Partizan broke the contract only 20 days after signing it, because "he did not fit in the concept of playing". On November 22, 2010 he signed a three-month contract with Cajasol Sevilla in Spain. In March 2011 he signed with Meridiano Alicante until the end of the season. On October 12, 2011 he signed a one-year contract with

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. He finished the year with averages of 7 points and 3.5 assists in the

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. In January 2013 he signed with Bulgarian team

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until the end of season. In January 2014, he signed with the Romanian team CSU Asesoft Ploieşti for the rest of the season. In February 2015, he signed with

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of the

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Serbian national team

Popović has also been a member of the senior men's Serbian national team. He played at the

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, where he won the silver medal.

Euroleague career statistics

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Professional career

Serbian national team

Euroleague career statistics

See also

References

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