Aleksandar Čubrilo is a former Serbia

Serbia

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n professional basketball player.

Biography

Born in Zadar

Zadar

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, in today's Croatia

Croatia

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. He moved to Belgrade

Belgrade

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 and spent the best years of his playing career in Serbian powerhouse KK Partizan

KK Partizan

Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague....

. During his 8 years long spell at Partizan, he won three consecutive national championships, four national cups

Kup Radivoja Koraća

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 and participated in 1997-98 Euroleague Final Four

Euroleague Final Four

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. In 2001 he left for Slovenia

Slovenia

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n champions Olimpija

KK Union Olimpija

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, but failed to play in single official game. In November the same year he signed for Russia

Russia

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n club Krasnye Krylia from Samara

Samara

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, and although he played very well the club didn't offer him another contact. He returned to Serbia and signed for KK Vojvodina

KK Vojvodina

KK Vojvodina Srbijagas is a professional basketball club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently participates in the Basketball League of Serbia...

. Due to knee injury he didn't play for almost two years, and in 2004 he returned to basketball for a brief spells in a couple of lower league clubs. After playing a minor role in German

Germany

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 club Gießen, he ended his career at the age of 32.

Player characteristics

He could play both small and power forward positions. According to coaches Aíto García Reneses

Aíto García Reneses

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 and Sergio Scariolo

Sergio Scariolo

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 his main strengths were his speed, great shot from distance and great ease with which he resolved "one on one" attacking situations, but his main drawback was his physical weakness which prevented him from good defensive work. He was often compared with Toni Kukoč

Toni Kukoc

Toni Kukoč is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. He was renowned for his versatility and passing ability; although his natural position was small forward, he played all five positions on the court with prowess and demonstrated court vision and an outside shooting touch that were...

 because of their similarity in physical and mental appearance.

National team

Čubrilo was part of the Serbian U-22 national team that won bronze medal on 1997 FIBA World Championship for Men '22 and under' in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Australia

Australia

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. Although he was in contention for a spot in senior national team for couple of times, he never represented his country on highest level.

Achievements

• Yugoslav league
  YUBA Liga
  The Yugoslav Basketball League was the name of two successive national basketball leagues:* the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia league from 1945 to 1992* the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro from 1992 to 2006...
  
   winner: 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98
• Yugoslav cup
  Kup Radivoja Koraća
  Kup Radivoja Koraća is the national basketball cup of Serbia. It is run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia.-History:-External links:**...
  
   winner: 1994, 1995, 1999 and 2000
• FIBA Euroleague 4th place: 1998
• FIBA World Under-22 Championship 1997: Bronze medal

External links

• Player profile at fiba.com