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{{short description|Serbian basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name         = Zoran Erceg
| image        = Zoran Erceg.JPG
| image_size   = 260px
| caption      = Erceg with [[Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)|Galatasaray]] in October 2013.
| height_m     = 2.11
| weight_kg    = 112
| nationality  = Serbian
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1985|1|11|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Pakrac]], [[SR Croatia]], [[SFR Yugoslavia]]
| draft_year   = 2007
| career_start = 2002
| career_end   = 2015
| career_position = [[Power forward]]
| career_number = 4, 7, 14, 17
| coach_start  = 
| coach_end    = 
| years1       = 2002–2003
| team1        = Polet Novi Bečej
| years2       = 2003–2008
| team2        = [[KK FMP (1991–2011)|FMP]]
| years3       = 2006
| team3        = →[[KK Borac Čačak|Borac Čačak]]
| years4       = 2008–2011
| team4        = [[Olympiacos B.C.|Olympiacos]]
| years5       = 2009–2010
| team5        = →[[Panionios B.C.|Panionios]]
| years6       = 2011–2012
| team6        = [[Beşiktaş men's basketball team|Beşiktaş]]
| years7       = 2012–2013
| team7        = [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| years8       = 2013–2015
| team8        = [[Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)|Galatasaray]]
| highlights   =
* [[VTB United League|VTB League]] champion (2013)
* [[Russian Professional Basketball League|RBSL]] champion (2013)
* [[EuroChallenge]] champion (2012)
* [[Turkish Basketball League|TBSL]] champion (2012)
* [[Turkish Basketball League|Turkish]] All-Star (2012)
* [[Turkish Basketball Cup|Turkish Cup]] winner (2012)
* [[Greek Basketball Cup|Greek Cup]] winner (2011)
* 2× [[HEBA Greek All Star Game|Greek All-Star]] (2010, 2011)
*[[Greek Basket League Pentad|All-Greek League Second Team]] (2010)
* [[ABA League]] champion (2006)
* 2× [[Radivoj Korać Cup]] winner (2005, 2007)
* [[Adriatic League Final Four MVP|ABA League Final Four MVP]] (2007)
* [[Basketball League of Serbia#Points|Serbian League Top Scorer]] (2008)
}}
''' Zoran Erceg''' ([[Serbian Cyrillic]]: Зоран Ерцег; born 11 January 1985) is a Serbian former professional [[basketball]] player. He represented the [[Serbia national basketball team|Serbian national basketball team]] internationally. Standing at {{height|ft=6|in=11}}, he played the [[power forward]] position.

==Professional career==
===Early years===
Erceg started playing professionally with Polet Keramika Novi Bečej in 2002, before going to [[KK FMP (1991–2011)|FMP]] in 2003. In 2006 he was shortly loaned to [[KK Borac Čačak|Borac Čačak]].

===Olympiacos (2008–11)===
He signed a 5-year contract with the Greek team [[Olympiacos B.C.|Olympiacos Piraeus]] in June 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=B92: Erceg u Olimpijakosu|url=http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2008&mm=06&dd=12&nav_id=303481|language=sr|access-date=June 19, 2014|work=B92.net|date=June 12, 2008}}</ref> In December 2009, Erceg was loaned to [[Panionios B.C.|Panionios]] for the rest of the 2009–10 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=Zoran Erceg to Panionios|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/greece/79397/zoran-erceg-to-panionios.html|access-date=June 19, 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=December 4, 2009}}</ref>

===Beşiktaş (2011–12)===
In August 2011, he signed a one-year deal with the Turkish team [[Beşiktaş men's basketball team|Beşiktaş]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Besiktas signs Zoran Erceg|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/88319/besiktas-signs-zoran-erceg.html|access-date=June 19, 2014|work=Sportando.com|date=September 6, 2011}}</ref> With them, he won every competition they participated in, the [[Turkish Basketball League|Turkish League]] championship, [[Turkish Basketball Cup|Turkish Cup]] and a third-tier European competition [[EuroChallenge]]. His games in Beşiktaş attracted the interest of many European big clubs.

===CSKA Moscow (2012–13)===
On 29 June 2012 he signed a three-year contract with the Russian team [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]].<ref>{{cite news|title=CSKA MOSCOW signs big man Erceg|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/98472/cska-moscow-signs-big-man-erceg|access-date=June 19, 2014|work=Euroleague.net|date=June 29, 2012}}</ref> During his stint in CSKA, Erceg has mostly came off-the-bench, producing 6.2 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. He won the [[Russian Professional Basketball League|Russian League]] championship and the [[2012–13 VTB United League|VTB United League]].

===Galatasaray (2013–15)===
Despite having a three-year contract, Erceg terminated it and signed a two-year contract with [[Galatasaray Liv Hospital]] in July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zoran Erceg leaves CSKA Moscow, set to join Galatasaray|url=http://www.sportando.net/eng/europe/russia/60141/zoran-erceg-leaves-cska-moscow-set-to-join-galatasaray.html|work=Sportando|access-date=26 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Galatasaray announced Zoran Erceg|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/turkey/104456/galatasaray-announced-zoran-erceg.html|access-date=29 June 2015|work=sportando.com|date=1 August 2013}}</ref> In the new team, Erceg had bigger role than in his previous team. In April [[2013–14 Euroleague|Euroleague]] game overtime loss against his former team CSKA Moscow, he set career-high and also team record 35 points, while also adding 9 rebounds and 2 steals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 16, Round 13 bwin MVP: Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos Athens|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/135243/180/top-16-round-13-bwin-mvp-dimitris-diamantidis-panathinaikos-athens|work=euroleague.net|access-date=6 April 2014}}</ref> He finished season with career-highs of 11.2 points and 4.9 rebounds over 25 games. In the 2014–15 season his role in the team increased even more. He had a season-high 32 points in a double overtime 110–103 victory over [[KK Crvena zvezda|Crvena zvezda]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Erceg, Arroyo star in Galatasaray's 2OT win over Crvena Zvezda|url=http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=70&pcode=DHF&seasoncode=E2014#!report|access-date=21 November 2014|work=euroleague.net}}</ref> He also hit a 30 feet far [[Buzzer beater|buzzer-beater]] to put the game in an overtime.<ref>{{cite news|title=EL: Erceg ukrao pobedu Zvezdi!|url=http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2014&mm=11&dd=21&nav_id=926813|access-date=21 November 2014|work=b92.net|language=sr}}</ref> For such performance, he was named the Euroleague MVP of Round 6, for the first time in his career.<ref>{{cite news|title=Regular season Round 6 bwin MVP: Zoran Erceg, Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/145591|access-date=22 November 2014|work=euroleague.net}}</ref>

==National team career==
Erceg played with the senior [[Serbian national basketball team]] at the [[EuroBasket 2007]].

He represented Serbia once again at the [[EuroBasket 2015]] under head coach [[Aleksandar Đorđević]].<ref>{{cite news|title=AMBITIOUS SERBIA UNVEIL POWERFUL 12-MAN SQUAD|url=http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.coid_xUMkR0x,HeIT9w-vv9Ob00.articleMode_on.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905064710/http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.coid_xUMkR0x,HeIT9w-vv9Ob00.articleMode_on.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 5, 2015|access-date=3 September 2015|work=eurobasket2015.org|date=2 September 2015}}</ref> In the first phase of the tournament, Serbia dominated in the toughest [[EuroBasket 2015 Group B|Group B]] with 5-0 record, and then eliminated [[Finland national basketball team|Finland]] and [[Czech Republic national basketball team|Czech Republic]] in the round-of-16 and quarterfinals, respectively. Erceg had his best performance scoring 20 points against Czech Republic in the quarterfinal game. However, Serbia was stopped in the semifinal game by [[Lithuania men's national basketball team|Lithuania]] 64–67,<ref>{{cite news|title=LITHUANIA END SERBIAN STREAK, RETURN TO FINAL|url=http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/gameID_11664-76-A-1.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150917214926/http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/gameID_11664-76-A-1.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 17, 2015|access-date=20 September 2015|work=eurobasket2015.org}}</ref> and eventually lost to the host team [[France national basketball team|France]] in the bronze-medal game 68–81.<ref>{{cite news|title=FRANCE REWARD HOME SUPPORT WITH BRONZE|url=http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.coid_XCBBt0,vHwcDLI3DN0sTU1.articleMode_on.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922234352/http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.coid_XCBBt0,vHwcDLI3DN0sTU1.articleMode_on.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 22, 2015|access-date=20 September 2015|work=eurobasket2015.org|date=20 September 2015}}</ref> Over 9 tournament games, Erceg averaged 8.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game on 52.4% shooting from the field.<ref>{{cite web|title=Player profile: Zoran Erceg|url=http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.teamID_96799.playerID_44702.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903001311/http://www.eurobasket2015.org/en/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9322.teamID_96799.playerID_44702.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 3, 2015|website=eurobasket2015.org|publisher=FIBA Europe|access-date=20 September 2015}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{Euroleague player statistics legend}}

===EuroLeague===
{{Euroleague player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2008–09 Euroleague|2008–09]]
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| [[Olympiacos B.C.|Olympiacos]]
| 20 || 1 || 11.8 || '''.583''' || '''.445''' || .559 || 2.1 || .3 || .5 || .1 || 5.0 || 4.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2010–11 Euroleague|2010–11]]
| 16 || 4 || 17.8 || .413 || .297 || .875 || 3.1 || .5 || .4 || '''.4''' || 5.9 || 5.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2012–13 Euroleague|2012–13]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[PBC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]
| 15 || 5 || 14.4 || .457 || .375 || .917 || 2.5 || .5 || .7 || .1 || 6.2 || 6.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2013–14 Euroleague|2013–14]]
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=2| [[Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball)|Galatasaray]]
| '''25''' || '''23''' || 27.5 || .400 || .333 || '''.925''' || '''4.9''' || '''1.6''' || .6 || .2 || 11.2 || 13.2
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2014–15 Euroleague|2014–15]]
| 22 || 22 || '''30.7''' || .408 || .388 || .899 || 4.3 || .9 || '''1.2''' || .1 || '''15.0''' || '''15.4'''
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|
| 98 || 55 || 22.5 || .427 || .363 || .854 || 3.6 || .8 || .7 || .2 || 9.1 || 9.7
{{S-end}}

== See also ==
* [[List of Serbia men's national basketball team players]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Zoran Erceg}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141129084251/http://www.abaliga.com/player/471 Zoran Erceg] at abaliga.com
* {{Eurobasket.com|52145}}
* [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=DHF Zoran Erceg] at euroleague.net
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101104215117/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Zoran%20ERCEG/pid/44702/_/players.html Zoran Erceg] at fiba.com
* [https://www.tblstat.net/player/2202 Zoran Erceg] at tblstat.net

{{ABA League Final Four MVPs}}
{{Beşiktaş J.K. (men's basketball) 2011–12 EuroChallenge champions}}

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