Predrag Bogosavljev | |
Height M: | 2.05 |
Birth Date: | 27 June 1959 |
Birth Place: | Kikinda,[1] [2] PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Serbian |
Draft Year: | 1981 |
Career Number: | 10, 12 |
Career Position: | Power forward / center |
Career Start: | 1976 |
Career End: | 1994 |
Years1: | 1976–1989 |
Team1: | Crvena zvezda |
Years2: | 1989–1990 |
Team2: | Vevey Riviera Basket |
Years3: | 1990–1991 |
Team3: | Rabotnički |
Years4: | 1991–1994 |
Team4: | OKK Beograd |
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Predrag Bogosavljev (Serbian: Предраг Богосављев; born June 27, 1959) is a Serbian basketball executive and former player.
Bogosavljev played for the Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav First League from 1976–1989. He is ranked 3rd for most games played (423), behind Branko Lazic and Slobodan Nikolić, and 7th for the most points scored (4,350) in the history of Crvena zvezda.[3] He also played for the OKK Beograd with whom he won the Yugoslav Cup in 1993.
Bogosavljev was a member of the Yugoslavia national junior team that won the gold medal at the 1976 European Championship for Juniors in Spain. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 8 points per game.[4] Also, he won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championship for Juniors in Italy where he averaged 13.8 points per game.
Bogosavljev was long-time secretary-general of the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia and the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro. Later, he became the Sport and Competitions Director of FIBA.[5]
Bogosavljev earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Belgrade in 1984.