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| nationality = Croatian
| nationality = Croatian
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|07|19|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|07|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pula]], [[SR Croatia]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| birth_place = [[Pula]], [[People's Republic of Croatia|PR Croatia]], [[Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia|FPR Yugoslavia]]
| draft_year = 1981
| draft_year = 1981
| career_start = 1972
| career_start = 1972
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| coach_end = 2019
| coach_end = 2019
| career_number = 13
| career_number = 13
| career_position = [[Small forward]] / [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]]
| career_position = [[Small forward]] / [[Power forward (basketball)|power forward]]
| years1 = 1973–1980
| years1 = 1973–1980
| team1 = Gradine Pula
| team1 = Gradine Pula
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==Career==
==Career==
Ušić started his career in his native Pula, playing for KK Gradine Pula. He moved to Cibona in 1976, and initially found tough competition in the club.<ref name="yugopapir">{{cite web|url=http://www.yugopapir.com/2016/02/sven-usic-roeni-suter-novi-hit-cibone.html|title= Sven Usic, Rodjeni Suteri, novi hit Cibone|author= |publisher= Yugopapir|access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> One night, at the beginning of his time at Cibona, Ušić was locked in the locker room by mistake before the game. Ušić started warming up for the game between the locker room's benches, and somebody soon came back for him. He entered the game and played well, shooting 12 times and hitting every time. After the game, coach [[Mirko Novosel]] jokingly told him that he would lock him up before every game.<ref name="yugopapir"/>
Ušić started his career in his native Pula, playing for KK Gradine Pula. He moved to Cibona in 1976, and initially found tough competition in the club.<ref name="yugopapir">{{cite web|last=Despić |first=Jovan |url=http://www.yugopapir.com/2016/02/sven-usic-roeni-suter-novi-hit-cibone.html |title=Sven Ušić, rođeni šuter, novi hit Cibone |agency=[[Tempo (Serbian magazine)|Tempo]] |publisher=Yugopapir.com |date=December 1983 |access-date=22 January 2021}}</ref> One night, at the beginning of his time at Cibona, Ušić was locked in the locker room by mistake before the game. Ušić started warming up for the game between the locker room's benches, and somebody soon came back for him. He entered the game and played well, shooting 12 times and hitting every time. After the game, coach [[Mirko Novosel]] jokingly told him that he would lock him up before every game.<ref name="yugopapir"/>


Ušić has stated that he was helped a lot by Mirko Novosel, who noticed him and brought him to Zagreb.
Ušić has stated that he was helped a lot by Mirko Novosel, who noticed him and brought him to Zagreb.


In the 1979/80 season, Cibona reached the final of the [[FIBA Korać Cup]], which they lost to AMG from Rieti. In the 1980/81 season they won the Yugoslav Cup. His Cibona played in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981/82, which they won with a victory against Real Madrid in the final. They won the championship and cup of Yugoslavia both in the 1983/84 and 1984/85 seasons.<ref name="vecernji">{{cite web|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/na-ciboninu-obljetnicu-doslo-samo-500-tinjak-zagrepcana-999155|title=Only about 500 people from Zagreb came to greet the European club champions from 1985|author=|publisher=[[Vecernji List]]|access-date=22 January 2021|archive-date=2 February 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210202230151/https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/na-ciboninu-obljetnicu-doslo-samo-500-tinjak-zagrepcana-999155|url-status=live}}</ref> He also won the [[EuroLeague|European Champions Cup]] for two years in a row, 1985 and 1986. In the 1985/86 season Cibona convincingly won 1st place in the league, before the playoffs and the Yugoslav Cup. But they lost to [[KK Zadar|Zadar]] in the end. Therefore, in the 1986/87 season, Cibona competed in the Cup Winners' Cup, which they won, beating [[Scavolini Pesaro]] in the final. In the same season, something similar happened in the championship and the cup: Cibona convincingly won the 1st place in the league, but in the playoffs they were surprised by the Serbian club [[KK Crvena zvezda|Crvena Zvezda]]. Therefore, in the 1987/88 season they competed in the [[FIBA Korać Cup]], losing to the Spanish club [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]] in the [[1987–88 FIBA Korać Cup|final]].
In the 1979/80 season, Cibona reached the final of the [[FIBA Korać Cup]], which they lost to AMG from Rieti. In the 1980/81 season they won the Yugoslav Cup. His Cibona played in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981/82, which they won with a victory against Real Madrid in the final. They won the championship and cup of Yugoslavia both in the 1983/84 and 1984/85 seasons.<ref name="vecernji">{{cite web|first=Dražen |last=Brajdić |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/na-ciboninu-obljetnicu-doslo-samo-500-tinjak-zagrepcana-999155 |title=Europske klupske prvake iz 1985. došlo pozdraviti samo 500-tinjak Zagrepčana |publisher=[[Večernji list]] |access-date=22 January 2021|archive-date=2 February 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210202230151/https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/na-ciboninu-obljetnicu-doslo-samo-500-tinjak-zagrepcana-999155|url-status=live}}</ref> He also won the [[EuroLeague|European Champions Cup]] for two years in a row, 1985 and 1986. In the 1985/86 season Cibona convincingly won 1st place in the league, before the playoffs and the Yugoslav Cup. But they lost to [[KK Zadar|Zadar]] in the end. Therefore, in the 1986/87 season, Cibona competed in the Cup Winners' Cup, which they won, beating [[Scavolini Pesaro]] in the final. In the same season, something similar happened in the championship and the cup: Cibona convincingly won the 1st place in the league, but in the playoffs they were surprised by the Serbian club [[KK Crvena zvezda|Crvena Zvezda]]. Therefore, in the 1987/88 season they competed in the [[FIBA Korać Cup]], losing to the Spanish club [[Real Madrid Baloncesto|Real Madrid]] in the [[1987–88 FIBA Korać Cup|final]].


==National team career==
==National team career==
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
During the mid 1980s, Ušić married professional volleyball player Snježana Azenić whose father Antun Azenić founded ŽOK Azena, women's volleyball club from [[Velika Gorica]], where Snježana had played and would later coach.<ref name="direktno.hr">{{cite news |author=mpd/h |url=https://direktno.hr/sport/preminula-legendarna-hrvatska-odbojkasica-snjezana-usic-120922/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |title=Preminula legendarna hrvatska odbojkašica Snježana Ušić |agency=Direktno.hr |date=28 April 2018 |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref> Their first child, daughter [[Senna Ušić|Senna]], was born in 1986 and would go on to become a professional volleyball player herself.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dean |last=Sinovčić |url=https://arhiva.nacional.hr/clanak/13452/odbile-smo-oceve-i-kosarku-i-kao-mame-posvetile-se-odbojci |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110093037/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13452/odbile-smo-oceve-i-kosarku-i-kao-mame-posvetile-se-odbojci |archive-date=10 January 2010 |url-status=live |title=Odbile smo očeve i košarku i, kao mame, posvetile se odbojci |agency=[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]] |date=6 May 2003 |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref> The couple had three more daughters, Simona, Marija, and Ana, all of whom would eventually also pursue volleyball and son David who pursued basketball.<ref name="direktno.hr"/>
During the mid 1980s, Ušić married the professional [[volleyball]] player Snježana Azenić whose father Antun Azenić had founded ŽOK Azena, [[Velika Gorica]]-based women's volleyball club, which Snježana had played for and would later coach.<ref name="direktno.hr">{{cite news |author=mpd/h |url=https://direktno.hr/sport/preminula-legendarna-hrvatska-odbojkasica-snjezana-usic-120922/ |title=Preminula legendarna hrvatska odbojkašica Snježana Ušić |agency=Direktno.hr |date=28 April 2018 |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref> The couple's first child, daughter [[Senna Ušić|Senna]], was born in 1986 and would go on to become a professional volleyball player herself.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dean |last=Sinovčić |url=https://arhiva.nacional.hr/clanak/13452/odbile-smo-oceve-i-kosarku-i-kao-mame-posvetile-se-odbojci |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110093037/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13452/odbile-smo-oceve-i-kosarku-i-kao-mame-posvetile-se-odbojci |archive-date=10 January 2010 |url-status=live |title=Odbile smo očeve i košarku i, kao mame, posvetile se odbojci |agency=[[Nacional (weekly)|Nacional]] |date=6 May 2003 |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref> The couple had three more daughters, Simona, Marija, and Ana, all of whom would eventually also pursue volleyball professionally and son David who played basketball,<ref name="direktno.hr"/> getting as far as [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] [[Florida Tech Panthers|college basketball]] at [[Florida Institute of Technology|Florida Tech]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |url=https://floridatechsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/david--usic/10563 |title=David Usic |agency=Florida Tech Sports |date= |access-date=10 April 2023}}</ref>


In January 2006, Ušić, a ŽOK Azena management board member, was accused of playing the [[Ustaša]] song "[[Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara]]" by Croatian singer [[Marko Perkovic Thompson|Thompson]] over the arena's [[public address system]] during a game between ŽOK Azena and the Slovenian club [[Nova Gorica|HIT Nova Gorica]]. Ušić reportedly decided to play the controversial song celebrating [[World War II]] massacres and [[Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia|genocide]] on three separate occasions during the game's time outs.<ref name="jutarnji 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/naslovnica/velika-gorica-ustaska-pjesma-emitirana-zbog-spleta-nesretnih-okolnosti-3370928|title=Velika Gorica: Ustaška pjesma emitirana zbog spleta 'nesretnih okolnosti'|author=|publisher=[[Jutarnji list]]|access-date=22 January 2021|archive-date=2 February 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210202233301/https://www.jutarnji.hr/naslovnica/velika-gorica-ustaska-pjesma-emitirana-zbog-spleta-nesretnih-okolnosti-3370928|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="index">{{cite web|url=https://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/bivsi-igrac-cibone-za-vrijeme-medjunarodne-utakmice-pustao-jasenovac/301266.aspx|title= Former Cibona player played "Jasenovac" during the international match? |author= |publisher= [[Index.hr]] |access-date=22 January 2021|archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/JtgcJ|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the arena manager, the former Cibona basketball player Ušić interfered by approaching the music console despite being repeatedly warned to move away from the CD player.<ref name="index"/><ref name="jutarnji 2"/>
In January 2006, Ušić, a ŽOK Azena management board member, was accused of playing the [[Ustaša]] song "[[Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara]]" by Croatian singer [[Marko Perkovic Thompson|Thompson]] over the arena's [[public address system]] during a game between ŽOK Azena and the Slovenian club [[Nova Gorica|HIT Nova Gorica]]. Ušić reportedly decided to play the controversial song celebrating [[World War II]] massacres and [[Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia|genocide]] on three separate occasions during the game's time outs.<ref name="jutarnji 2">{{cite web|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/naslovnica/velika-gorica-ustaska-pjesma-emitirana-zbog-spleta-nesretnih-okolnosti-3370928|title=Velika Gorica: Ustaška pjesma emitirana zbog spleta 'nesretnih okolnosti'|author=|publisher=[[Jutarnji list]]|access-date=22 January 2021|archive-date=2 February 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210202233301/https://www.jutarnji.hr/naslovnica/velika-gorica-ustaska-pjesma-emitirana-zbog-spleta-nesretnih-okolnosti-3370928|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="index">{{cite web|url=https://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/bivsi-igrac-cibone-za-vrijeme-medjunarodne-utakmice-pustao-jasenovac/301266.aspx|title= Former Cibona player played "Jasenovac" during the international match? |author= |publisher= [[Index.hr]] |access-date=22 January 2021|archive-date=2 February 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210202233301/https://www.jutarnji.hr/naslovnica/velika-gorica-ustaska-pjesma-emitirana-zbog-spleta-nesretnih-okolnosti-3370928|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the arena manager, the former Cibona basketball player Ušić interfered by approaching the music console despite being repeatedly told to move away from the CD player.<ref name="index"/><ref name="jutarnji 2"/>


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 01:22, 2 June 2024

Sven Ušić
Personal information
Born (1959-07-19) 19 July 1959 (age 65)
Pula, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
NationalityCroatian
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
NBA draft1981: undrafted
Playing career1972–1995
PositionSmall forward / power forward
Number13
Coaching career1995–2019
Career history
As player:
1973–1980Gradine Pula
1976–1990Cibona
1990–1993Zadar
1993–1995Gradine Pula
As coach:
2000–2003Omiš
2003–2004Alkar
2004–2005Podravac Virje
2005–2009Jazine Arbanasi
2009–2012Dubrava
2012–2013Omiš
2013–2015Trogir
2016–2019Cibona (junior)
Career highlights and awards
As player:

Sven Ušić (born 19 August 1959) is a former Croatian professional basketball player and coach. At a height of 2.01 m (6'7") tall, he played as a small forward.

Career

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Ušić started his career in his native Pula, playing for KK Gradine Pula. He moved to Cibona in 1976, and initially found tough competition in the club.[1] One night, at the beginning of his time at Cibona, Ušić was locked in the locker room by mistake before the game. Ušić started warming up for the game between the locker room's benches, and somebody soon came back for him. He entered the game and played well, shooting 12 times and hitting every time. After the game, coach Mirko Novosel jokingly told him that he would lock him up before every game.[1]

Ušić has stated that he was helped a lot by Mirko Novosel, who noticed him and brought him to Zagreb.

In the 1979/80 season, Cibona reached the final of the FIBA Korać Cup, which they lost to AMG from Rieti. In the 1980/81 season they won the Yugoslav Cup. His Cibona played in the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981/82, which they won with a victory against Real Madrid in the final. They won the championship and cup of Yugoslavia both in the 1983/84 and 1984/85 seasons.[2] He also won the European Champions Cup for two years in a row, 1985 and 1986. In the 1985/86 season Cibona convincingly won 1st place in the league, before the playoffs and the Yugoslav Cup. But they lost to Zadar in the end. Therefore, in the 1986/87 season, Cibona competed in the Cup Winners' Cup, which they won, beating Scavolini Pesaro in the final. In the same season, something similar happened in the championship and the cup: Cibona convincingly won the 1st place in the league, but in the playoffs they were surprised by the Serbian club Crvena Zvezda. Therefore, in the 1987/88 season they competed in the FIBA Korać Cup, losing to the Spanish club Real Madrid in the final.

National team career

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Ušić played for Yugoslavia at the European Championship in 1985, which the favored Yugoslavia, after two surprising defeats (CSSR, FR Germany), finished only 7th. He played 8 games in the competition, for a total of 1 minute and 1.8 points.[3]

Personal life

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During the mid 1980s, Ušić married the professional volleyball player Snježana Azenić whose father Antun Azenić had founded ŽOK Azena, Velika Gorica-based women's volleyball club, which Snježana had played for and would later coach.[4] The couple's first child, daughter Senna, was born in 1986 and would go on to become a professional volleyball player herself.[5] The couple had three more daughters, Simona, Marija, and Ana, all of whom would eventually also pursue volleyball professionally and son David who played basketball,[4] getting as far as Division II college basketball at Florida Tech.[6]

In January 2006, Ušić, a ŽOK Azena management board member, was accused of playing the Ustaša song "Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara" by Croatian singer Thompson over the arena's public address system during a game between ŽOK Azena and the Slovenian club HIT Nova Gorica. Ušić reportedly decided to play the controversial song celebrating World War II massacres and genocide on three separate occasions during the game's time outs.[7][8] According to the arena manager, the former Cibona basketball player Ušić interfered by approaching the music console despite being repeatedly told to move away from the CD player.[8][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Despić, Jovan (December 1983). "Sven Ušić, rođeni šuter, novi hit Cibone". Yugopapir.com. Tempo. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ Brajdić, Dražen. "Europske klupske prvake iz 1985. došlo pozdraviti samo 500-tinjak Zagrepčana". Večernji list. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Sven Usic". PROBALLERS. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b mpd/h (28 April 2018). "Preminula legendarna hrvatska odbojkašica Snježana Ušić". Direktno.hr. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. ^ Sinovčić, Dean (6 May 2003). "Odbile smo očeve i košarku i, kao mame, posvetile se odbojci". Nacional. Archived from the original on 10 January 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  6. ^ "David Usic". Florida Tech Sports. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Velika Gorica: Ustaška pjesma emitirana zbog spleta 'nesretnih okolnosti'". Jutarnji list. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Former Cibona player played "Jasenovac" during the international match?". Index.hr. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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