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Alexandre Gavrilovic

Alexandre Gavrilovic (fr. Alexandre Vladimir Źivko Gavrilovic; born 25 November 1991) is a French-Serbian professional basketball player for Bursaspor Basketbol of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). He plays at the center position. Born in Strasbourg, France, Gavrilovic played for the U20 French national team with which he is a Gold medalist at the European Championship in 2010,[1]and played college basketball for the University of Dayton[2] and Towson University[3] from 2011 to 2015. He started his professional career in Roanne, France,[4] and played in several countries since. He was named to the All-FIBA Europe Cup Second Team[5] and All-Europeans First Team[6] in 2019 when he played for Balkan Botevgrad[7] in Bulgaria. He also played for Tsmoki Minsk and Nizhny Novgorod in the VTB League, CSM Oradea, Belfius Mons-Hainaut, and Mornar Bar in the Adriatic League (ABA League).

Alexandre Gavrilovic
No. 31 – Bursaspor Yörsan
PositionCenter
LeagueBSL
Personal information
Born (1991-11-20) November 20, 1991 (age 33)
Strasbourg, France
NationalityFrench
Listed height6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight242 lb (110 kg)
Career information
College
NBA draft2015: undrafted
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–2017Mornar Bar
2017–2018Chorale Roanne
2018ALM Évreux
2018–2019Balkan
2019–2020BC Minsk
2020–2021Nizhny Novgorod
2021–2022Oradea
2022–2023Mons-Hainaut
2023–2024Mornar Bar
2024–presentBursaspor

Early life

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Alex Gavrilovic was born in the city of Strasbourg in France. He grew up in Germany and Switzerland before returning to Strasbourg in 2000. He started playing basketball in 2006 by integrating to youth team of SIG Strasbourg.[8] At the age of 17, he received a scholarship to play at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida.[9] In 2010, he signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI) committing to Providence College but was ruled ineligible for academic reasons.[10] He returned to IMG Academies for a second year and committed to the University of Dayton in 2011. He played three seasons with the Dayton Flyers and appeared in 67 games averaging 3.0 points, 1.9 rebounds, in 10.0 minutes per game.[11] After his junior year, he transferred to Towson University where he averaged 5.4 points, 4.0 rebounds, in 17.3 minutes per game.[12]

Professional career

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Chorale de Roanne (2015–2017)

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In June 2015, Gavrilovic signed a two-year contract with Chorale de Roanne[13] in ProB, France. On November 13, 2015 he recorded a season-high 22 points in his first career and season win against SOM Boulogne. During his first season he averaged 6.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, in 15.6 minutes per game.[14]

During his second season, he averaged 8.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, in 18.5 minutes per game. In 2017, he won the LNB ProB Disneyland Leaders Cup.[15]

Hermine Nantes / ALM Evreux (2017–2018)

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Gavrilovic started the season with Hermine Nantes where he recorder a season-high 24 points[16] against ADA Blois. He left the team in February 2018 to join ALM Évreux[17] where he averaged 7.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, in 15.2 minutes per game.

Balkan Botevgrad (2018–2019)

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Gavrilovic signed with Balkan Botevgrad on October 26, 2018 after spending the preseason with Antibes Sharks.[18] He averaged 10.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, in 23.1 minutes per game in the Bulgarian league.[19] He also discovered the FIBA Europe Cup where he averaged 13.5 points, 8.4 rebounds, in 27.8 minutes per game.[20] He was named to the All-FIBA Europe Cup Second Team[5] and All-Europeans First Team in 2019.[6]

Tsmoki Minsk (2019–2020)

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Gavrilovic discovered the VTB League in 2019 when he joined Tsmoki Minsk.[21] He recorded he season-high 20 points against Khimki Moscow Region on November 24, 2019,[22] and season-high 30 efficiency against CSKA Moscow on December 28, 2019.[23] Gavrilovic averaged 12.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, in 24.3 minutes per game.[24] After losing against Kauhajoki Karhu Basket in the FIBA Champions League qualification round, averaging 14.5 points and 5.0, in 26.0 minutes in two games, Gavrilovic played his second FIBA Europe cup season with Tsmoki Minsk where he averaged 13.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, in 23.3 minutes per game with a season-high 25 points against Kyiv Basket on November 6, 2019.[25]

Nizhny Novgorod (2020–2021)

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Gavrilovic signed with another VTB League team, Nizhny Novgorod.[26] He averaged 6.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, in 15.3 minutes per game in the VTB League and 7.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, 12.2 minutes per game in FIBA Champions League[27] with a season-high 21 points against Casademont Zaragoza on November 11, 2020.

CSM CSU Oradea (2021–2022)

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Gavrilovic signed with CSM CSU Oradea in July 2021 and discovered the Romanian basketball league. He also played his third season in FIBA Europe Cup.[28] Gavrilovic averaged 9.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, in. 19.9 minutes per game in the Romanian league and 9.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, in 21.9 minutes per game in FIBA Europe Cup.

Belfius Mons Hainaut (2022–2023)

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Gavrilovic spend the 2022-2023 season in Mons, Belgium. He averaged 12.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, in 23.3 minutes per game in the BNXT League.[29] He recorded a career-high 26 points on March 4, 2023.[29] Also, he recorded a career-high efficiency of 36 against Den Helder Suns on March 4, 2023.[29]

Mornar-Barsko Zlato Bar (2023–2024)

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Gavrilovic signed with Mornar-Barsko Zlato Bar,[30] Aba league, on August 15, 2023.[31] He started his season with a game against KK Partizan Belgrade in Stark Arena, Belgrade and scored 19 points in 26 minutes.[32] On October 30, 2023, Gavrilovic recorded a double-double 14 points and 11 rebounds in his first season win against KK Krka Novo Mesto.[33]

Bursaspor (2024–present)

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On April 5, 2024, he signed with Bursaspor Basketbol of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL).[34] On July 7, 2024, he extended his contract one more year with Bursaspor. [35]

Personal life

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Gavrilovic was born in Strasbourg, France. He lived in Bonn, Germany for 6 years, where his mother worked at the French Embassy. Also, Gavrilovic’s family have been living in Zurich and Bern.

Alex got married on February 15, 2022 in Strasbourg[36] to Daria Novikova from Belarus.

References

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