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etired, the numbers said the between clubs and the<br />

national team, he had won 19 <strong>of</strong> the 21 finals he played,<br />

a rate <strong>of</strong> 90.5%! Indeed, Savic was a title collector. If we<br />

add in two Yugoslav Supercups he has 20 titles and an<br />

Olympic medal, though “only” a silver.<br />

After his great career as a player, Savic worked as<br />

the general manager <strong>of</strong> Fortitudo Bologna from 2002<br />

to 2005, reaching the 2004 EuroLeague title game and<br />

winning the 2005 Italian League alongside head coach<br />

Jasmin Repesa, his old teammate at Capljina. Savic held<br />

the same position at FC Barcelona later, when the club<br />

won a Spanish King’s Cup title and reached the 2006<br />

EuroLeague Final Four in Prague. Since 2010, he is a<br />

founding member and owner <strong>of</strong> the Invictus Sports<br />

Group, representing players and some coaches like<br />

Xavi Pascual, Simone Pianigiani and Zan Tabak.<br />

Zoran Savic<br />

the final 58-44, after which Savic was chosen MVP. His<br />

trophy collection had reached the double figures.<br />

Later in 1998, Savic started his Turkish adventure,<br />

signing with an ambitious Efes Pilsen, but a serious injury<br />

had him sidelined most <strong>of</strong> that year. Despite that,<br />

he added a new title, that country’s President’s Cup. In<br />

the 2000-01 season, at 34 years old, Savic went back<br />

to Barcelona and won the Spanish King’s Cup plus the<br />

Spanish League. He played one more year in Bologna,<br />

this time on the other side, with Fortitudo. When he<br />

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