Sava Lešić
Sava Lešić (; born February 23, 1988) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Borac Čačak of the Basketball League of Serbia and the ABA League.

Professional career
Lešić played for youth systems of KK Požarevac, Superfund, and Partizan. His professional career started with Vizura. He then moved to Superfund where he averaged 16.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 1.1 assists over 25 games in the 2008–09 season. In 2009, he signed a four-year deal with the Serbian EuroLeague club Partizan.

In November 2010, Lešić terminated the contract with Partizan, and signed a four-year deal with Crvena zvezda. In August 2012, he signed with the Ukrainian team Khimik. In August 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Radnički Kragujevac.

In July 2014, he signed with the Russian team Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.

In August 2015, he signed with Slovenian club Union Olimpija for the 2015–16 season. With Olimpija he averaged 14.1 points in Eurocup and 15.2 points and 7.6 rebounds in ABA League.

On August 9, 2016, he signed with Italian club Pallacanestro Reggiana. On February 24, 2017, he parted ways with Reggiana. On April 4, 2017, he signed with Mega Leks for rest of the 2016–17 season.

On September 1, 2017, Lešić signed with German club Oettinger Rockets for the 2017–18 BBL season. On July 21, 2018, he signed for Bosnian club Igokea.

On September 11, 2020, Lešić signed with Serbian club FMP. In January 2021, FMP parted ways with him.

In February 2021, Lešić signed with Zob Ahan Isfahan of the Iranian Super League for the rest of the 2020–21 IBSL season. In September 2021, Lešić signed a one-year contract with Borac Čačak.

National team career
Lešić was a member of the Serbian university team that won the gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.

Lešić appeared in 2 games for the Serbia team at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification.

Personal life
Lešić was born in Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia), where he lived until 1995. Following the Operation Storm, he moved to Požarevac, FR Yugoslavia. He holds Croatian citizenship.

Strmica assault incident

On August 8, 2022, in Strmica, Lešić, his father, and brother were involved in a physical altercation with a 53-year-old Knin police officer and his 27-year-old son, the latter of whom got struck in the head with a hammer in process. A day later, Lešić told Sportal that the road rage incident was sparked by the older daughter calling him and his wife "Chetniks" and the younger daughter physically assaulting his wife. He also revealed that the police officer threatened to "kill them all" because "[Serbs] had killed his mother in 1995". Lešić acted in self defense after the officer's daughter began attacking his wife.

References

External links
 Adriatic League profile
 Eurobasket.com profile
 FIBA.com profile

1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Knin
ABA League players
Basketball League of Serbia players
BC Enisey players
BC Khimik players
Croatian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian expatriate basketball people in Germany
Croatian expatriate basketball people in Italy
Croatian expatriate basketball people in Russia
Croatian expatriate basketball people in Serbia
Croatian men's basketball players
KK Borac Čačak players
KK Crvena zvezda players
KK Igokea players
KK FMP players
KK Mega Basket players
KK Partizan players
KK Radnički Kragujevac (2009–2014) players
KK Vizura players
KK Superfund players
KK Olimpija players
Lega Basket Serie A players
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Pallacanestro Reggiana players
Power forwards
Rockets (basketball club) players
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Germany
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Iran
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Slovenia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine
Serbian men's basketball players
Serbs of Croatia
Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia
Yugoslav Wars refugees
Zob Ahan Isfahan BC players
Iranian Basketball Super League players