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Aleksandar "Sasha" Vujačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар »Саша« Вујачић, Slovene: Saša Vujačič, rendered in English as Sasha Vujacic; born March 8, 1984) is a Slovenian basketball player, who plays for the New Jersey Nets. Though he has played the point guard position in Europe, he found more playing time at the shooting guard spot while in the Lakers' triangle offense.
Vujačić began his professional career at the age of 16, playing with Snaidero Udine of Italy. His father Vaso Vujačić is a Serbian basketball coach.[1]
Vujačić was also a member of the Slovenian junior national te
Aleksandar "Sasha" Vujačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар »Саша« Вујачић, Slovene: Saša Vujačič, rendered in English as Sasha Vujacic; born March 8, 1984) is a Slovenian basketball player, who plays for the New Jersey Nets. Though he has played the point guard position in Europe, he found more playing time at the shooting guard spot while in the Lakers' triangle offense.
Vujačić began his professional career at the age of 16, playing with Snaidero Udine of Italy. His father Vaso Vujačić is a Serbian basketball coach.[1]
Vujačić was also a member of the Slovenian junior national team. He won a silver medal at the 2002 European Junior Championship.[2] He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 27th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft.
Vujačić was born in Maribor, present-day Slovenia, to a Serbian father and Slovenian mother. His father was a Serbian basketball coach,[1] while his mother was a Slovenian volleyball player.[8] His mother was playing volleyball for a top Yugoslav women's club, Branik Maribor, and had to finish her career at the age of 19 when she got pregnant with Vujačić.[8] His parents divorced when he was 6, and he lived with his mother and soon afterwards with his stepfather.[8] He has two siblings, a sister named Nina, and a brother named Aljoša. In addition to basketball, he enjoys playing volleyball, tennis, and soccer.[9]
He is engaged to professional tennis player Maria Sharapova.
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