Žarko Paspalj

_Retired Basketball | Small Forward

Player Info

Full Name: Žarko Paspalj

Nationality: Serbia

Position: Small Forward

Born: 27 Mar 1966

Height: 6 ft 9.5 in (2.07 m)

Weight: 215 lb (98 kg)

Club Info

Team: _Retired Basketball

Sport: Basketball

About Žarko Paspalj

Žarko Paspalj (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Паспаљ; born March 27, 1966) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and sports administrator. The EuroLeague Final Four MVP in 1994, his sixteen and a half seasons career was mostly spent in Yugoslavia and Greece, along with several short stints in the NBA, France, and Italy. Since 2009, he has been vice-president of the Serbian Olympic Committee.

For years, Paspalj was an automatic choice for Yugoslavia's senior national team, representing his country in one FIBA World Cup, two Olympics, and four EuroBaskets. He earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 1989.