101 Greats of European Basketball

etired, the numbers said the between clubs and the
national team, he had won 19 of the 21 finals he played,
a rate of 90.5%! Indeed, Savic was a title collector. If we
add in two Yugoslav Supercups he has 20 titles and an
Olympic medal, though “only” a silver.
After his great career as a player, Savic worked as
the general manager of Fortitudo Bologna from 2002
to 2005, reaching the 2004 EuroLeague title game and
winning the 2005 Italian League alongside head coach
Jasmin Repesa, his old teammate at Capljina. Savic held
the same position at FC Barcelona later, when the club
won a Spanish King’s Cup title and reached the 2006
EuroLeague Final Four in Prague. Since 2010, he is a
founding member and owner of the Invictus Sports
Group, representing players and some coaches like
Xavi Pascual, Simone Pianigiani and Zan Tabak.
Zoran Savic
the final 58-44, after which Savic was chosen MVP. His
trophy collection had reached the double figures.
Later in 1998, Savic started his Turkish adventure,
signing with an ambitious Efes Pilsen, but a serious injury
had him sidelined most of that year. Despite that,
he added a new title, that country’s President’s Cup. In
the 2000-01 season, at 34 years old, Savic went back
to Barcelona and won the Spanish King’s Cup plus the
Spanish League. He played one more year in Bologna,
this time on the other side, with Fortitudo. When he
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