Marko Pešić ( sr-cyrl, Марко Пешић, born 6 December 1976) is a German and Serbian professional

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executive and former player, currently serving as the

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in the Bayern Munich of the

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. He represented

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internationally. His father is a Serbian basketball coach and former player

Svetislav Pešić Svetislav "Kari" Pešić ( sr-Cyrl, Светислав "Кари" Пешић; born 28 August 1949) is a Serbian professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Serbia men's national team. Playing career During his club ...

Early life

Pešić was born in

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. His father Svetislav played for the Sarajevo-based team Bosna of the Yugoslav Basketball League during that time. He moved to

in 1987 when his father became a head coach of the Germany national basketball team.

Playing career

Pešić spent most of his professional basketball career with the

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of the German League. He also stints with RheinEnergie Köln, as well as the Iraklis Thessaloniki of the

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, and the Lottomatica Roma and the Teramo Basket in

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. His father was his coach while he played for the Alba Berlin (1995–99) and the Lottomatica Roma (2005–06).

National team career

As a player for the Germany national team Pešić won a silver medal at the EuroBasket 2005 in

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and a bronze medal at the 2002 FIBA World Championship in the

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Post-playing career

Following his active career, Pešić studied sports marketing and communication at the University of Venice. In 2007, he became self-employed as a consultant at the company Lumani 10.7

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. In 2008, he successfully completed his studies as a sports manager at IST

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, which he had begun during his career as a player. For the 2011–12 season, Pešić became the new sports director of the basketball division of the FC Bayern Munich. On 11 January 2013, he took over the position of

at the Bayern Munich.''Marko Pesic neuer Bayern-Geschäftsführer.''
''Handelsblatt'', 11 January 2013, retrieved 12 January 2013. On 29 March 2018, Bayern Munich sacked head coach Aleksandar Đorđević after the elimination in the semifinal of EuroCup. During Đorđević coaching tenure, Bayern Munich held first position in the

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with 23–2 score before got sacked. Few days after the dismissal, Đorđević qualified it as an "insult for common sense", especially since the 2017–18 season was one of the most successful in team's history. Đorđević also added that there was apparently a disagreement between team's management (in particular Pešić) and his coaching staff, as Đorđević didn't allow bigger involvement of team's management in coaching decisions.

Personal life

German former basketball player Jan Jagla is his brother in law.

Career achievements and awards

;As player: * German League champion: 6 (with

: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03) * German Cup winner: 5 (with

: 1996–97, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03; with RheinEnergie Köln: 2004–05) ;As general manager: * German League champion: 1 (with

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: 2013–14)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pesic, Marko 1976 births Living people Alba Berlin players Ca' Foscari University of Venice alumni Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece German men's basketball players German people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Iraklis Thessaloniki B.C. players Köln 99ers players Virtus Roma players Basketball players from Sarajevo Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Yugoslav emigrants to Germany 2002 FIBA World Championship players Shooting guards German expatriate basketball people in Greece Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy German expatriate basketball people in Italy Serbian basketball executives and administrators