Dejan Bodiroga

Dejan Bodiroga
Дејан Бодирога
Bodiroga in 2006
President of EuroLeague Basketball
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2022
Preceded by	Jordi Bertomeu
Personal details
Born	(1973-03-02) 2 March 1973 (age 51) Klek, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation	Basketball player basketball executive
Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Listed weight	110 kg (243 lb)
Career information
NBA draft	1995: 2nd round, 51st overall pick
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career	1989–2007
Position	Small forward
Number	4, 10, 15
Career history
1989–1990	Proleter
1990–1991	Zadar
1992–1994	Trieste
1994–1996	Olimpia Milano
1996–1998	Real Madrid
1998–2002	Panathinaikos
2002–2005	Barcelona
2005–2007	Virtus Roma
Career highlights and awards
As a player: 3× EuroLeague champion (2000, 2002, 2003) FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team (2007) 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) 101 Greats of European Basketball (2018) EuroLeague 2000–2010 All-Decade Team (2010) EuroLeague 2000–2010 Player of the Decade (2010) 2× EuroLeague Final Four MVP (2002, 2003) 2× EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer (2001, 2003) EuroLeague Top 16 MVP (2002) 3× All-EuroLeague First Team (2002–2004) 4× FIBA EuroStar (1997–1999, 2007) 2× ULEB All-Star (1993, 1994) FIBA Saporta Cup champion (1997) 2× Best Athlete of Yugoslavia (1998, 2002) 2× Best Sportsman by Yugoslav Olympic Committee (1998, 2002) 2× Liga ACB champion (2003, 2004) Spanish Supercup winner (2004) Spanish Cup winner (2003) Liga ACB MVP (1998) Liga ACB Finals MVP (2004) All-Liga ACB First Team (2004) Spanish Supercup MVP (2004) Spanish Cup MVP (2003) 3× Liga ACB All-Star (1996, 1997, 2003) LBA champion (1996) Italian Cup winner (1996) 2× LBA All-Star (1993, 1994) 3× Greek League champion (1999–2001) Greek League MVP (1999) 2× Greek League Finals MVP (1999, 2000) GBL All-Star Game MVP (1999) Greek League assists leader (2000) 3× Greek All-Star (1998, 1999, 2002) Greek League Hall of Fame (2022) FIBA World Championship MVP (1998) FIBA Under-19 World Cup MVP (1991)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Serbia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team FIBA World Cup 1998 Athens Team 2002 Indianapolis Team FIBA Eurobasket 1995 Greece Team 1997 Spain Team 2001 Turkey Team 1999 France Team

Dejan Bodiroga (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Бодирога; born 2 March 1973) is a Serbian basketball executive and former professional player, who is currently the President of EuroLeague Basketball.^[1][2][3] In 1998 and 2002, he received the Golden Badge award for the best athlete of Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslav Olympic Committee also declared him the Sportsman of the Year. He was named to the FIBA All-Time EuroStars Team in 2007. In 2018, he was named one of the 101 Greats of European Basketball. HoopsHype named Bodiroga one of the 75 Greatest International Players Ever in 2021.^[4] He was inducted into the Greek Basket League Hall of Fame in 2022.^[5]

During his playing career, he mainly played at the small forward position,^[6] but he could also play point forward, and at both guard positions. A EuroLeague icon of the early part of the 2000s, Bodiroga was named to the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008, and to the EuroLeague 2000–2010 All-Decade Team in 2010. He was also voted by fans the EuroLeague's 2000–2010 Player of the Decade. At the club level, Bodiroga proved himself to be a symbol of basketball excellence, by lifting consecutive EuroLeague trophies in 2002 and 2003, with Panathinaikos and FC Barcelona, as he earned the EuroLeague Final Four MVP award both times. He also won each of the three major European national domestic basketball league titles: the Spanish ACB League, the Italian A League, and the Greek Basket League. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest European players of all time.^[7][8][9]

With the senior FR Yugoslavian national team, Bodiroga won three EuroBasket gold medals, in 1995, 1997, and 2001, as well as a bronze medal in 1999. With FR Yugoslavia, he also won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In addition to that, Bodiroga also won two FIBA World Cup gold medals with FR Yugoslavia, in 1998 and 2002, earning MVP honors in the former.