 Erceg withGalatasaray in October 2013. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1985-01-11)11 January 1985 (age 40) |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Listed height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Listed weight | 112 kg (247 lb) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2007:undrafted |
| Playing career | 2002–2015 |
| Position | Power forward |
| Number | 4, 7, 14, 17 |
| Career history | |
| 2002–2003 | Polet Novi Bečej |
| 2003–2008 | FMP |
| 2006 | →Borac Čačak |
| 2008–2011 | Olympiacos |
| 2009–2010 | →Panionios |
| 2011–2012 | Beşiktaş |
| 2012–2013 | CSKA Moscow |
| 2013–2015 | Galatasaray |
| Career highlights | |
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Zoran Erceg (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерцег; born 11 January 1985) is a Serbian former professionalbasketball player. He represented theSerbian national basketball team internationally. Standing at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), he played thepower forward position.
Erceg started playing professionally with Polet Keramika Novi Bečej in 2002, before going toFMP in 2003. In 2006 he was shortly loaned toBorac Čačak.
He signed a 5-year contract with the Greek teamOlympiacos Piraeus in June 2008.[1] In December 2009, Erceg was loaned toPanionios for the rest of the 2009–10 season.[2]
In August 2011, he signed a one-year deal with the Turkish teamBeşiktaş.[3] With them, he won every competition they participated in, theTurkish League championship,Turkish Cup and a third-tier European competitionEuroChallenge. His games in Beşiktaş attracted the interest of many European big clubs.
On 29 June 2012 he signed a three-year contract with the Russian teamCSKA Moscow.[4] During his stint in CSKA, Erceg has mostly came off-the-bench, producing 6.2 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. He won theRussian League championship and theVTB United League.
Despite having a three-year contract, Erceg terminated it and signed a two-year contract withGalatasaray Liv Hospital in July 2013.[5][6] In the new team, Erceg had bigger role than in his previous team. In AprilEuroleague game overtime loss against his former team CSKA Moscow, he set career-high and also team record 35 points, while also adding 9 rebounds and 2 steals.[7] He finished season with career-highs of 11.2 points and 4.9 rebounds over 25 games. In the 2014–15 season his role in the team increased even more. He had a season-high 32 points in a double overtime 110–103 victory overCrvena zvezda.[8] He also hit a 30 feet farbuzzer-beater to put the game in an overtime.[9] For such performance, he was named the Euroleague MVP of Round 6, for the first time in his career.[10]
Erceg played with the seniorSerbian national basketball team at theEuroBasket 2007.
He represented Serbia once again at theEuroBasket 2015 under head coachAleksandar Đorđević.[11] In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the toughestGroup B with 5-0 record, and then eliminatedFinland andCzech Republic in the round-of-16 and quarterfinals, respectively. Erceg had his best performance scoring 20 points against Czech Republic in the quarterfinal game. However, Serbia was stopped in the semifinal game byLithuania 64–67,[12] and eventually lost to the host teamFrance in the bronze-medal game 68–81.[13] Over 9 tournament games, Erceg averaged 8.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game on 52.4% shooting from the field.[14]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance index rating |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Olympiacos | 20 | 1 | 11.8 | .583 | .445 | .559 | 2.1 | .3 | .5 | .1 | 5.0 | 4.5 |
| 2010–11 | 16 | 4 | 17.8 | .413 | .297 | .875 | 3.1 | .5 | .4 | .4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | |
| 2012–13 | CSKA | 15 | 5 | 14.4 | .457 | .375 | .917 | 2.5 | .5 | .7 | .1 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
| 2013–14 | Galatasaray | 25 | 23 | 27.5 | .400 | .333 | .925 | 4.9 | 1.6 | .6 | .2 | 11.2 | 13.2 |
| 2014–15 | 22 | 22 | 30.7 | .408 | .388 | .899 | 4.3 | .9 | 1.2 | .1 | 15.0 | 15.4 | |
| Career | 98 | 55 | 22.5 | .427 | .363 | .854 | 3.6 | .8 | .7 | .2 | 9.1 | 9.7 |
