Petar Aleksić

Petar Aleksić (born 2 November 1968) is a Bosnian-Swiss professional basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Fribourg Olympic of the Swiss Basketball League (SBL).

Petar Aleksić
Fribourg Olympic
Position	Head coach
League	Swiss Basketball League
Personal information
Born	(1968-11-02) 2 November 1968 (age 55) Trebinje, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Bosnian / Swiss
Listed height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Career information
Playing career	1996–2004
Position	Forward
Coaching career	2004–present
Career history
As player:
1996–1998	FMP Železnik
1998	ZTE
1999–2001	Union Neuchâtel
2001–2002	BBC Nyon
2003–2004	Leotar Trebinje
As coach:
2004–2006	BBC Feldkirch Baskets (assistant)
2006–2007	Union Neuchâtel
2007–2009	Alba Berlin (assistant)
2010–2011	Union Neuchâtel
2011–2013	Monthey
2012	Switzerland under-20
2013–present	Fribourg Olympic
2013–2016	Switzerland

Career highlights and awards
As head coach: 6 × Swiss League champion (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) 5 × Swiss Cup champion (2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023) 3 x Swiss League Cup champion (2018, 2020, 2022) 4 x Swiss SuperCup champion (2016, 2020, 2021, 2022) As assistant coach: German League champion (2008)

From 2013 until 2016, he coached Switzerland's national basketball team, which he led to a surprise victory over Russia at the 2015 EuroBasket qualification.

As a professional player, he played in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Hungary, Switzerland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. After his retirement as a player he won the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) as assistant coach of Alba Berlin. He also coached BBC Feldkirch Baskets in Austria and several Swiss teams as head coach.^[1]

References edit

^ Der neue Nati-Trainer Petar Aleksic soll das Unmögliche möglich machen, Freiburger Nachrichten, Feb 2, 2013. Accessed 13 November 2015.(in German)