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Sasha Vujačić

サーシャ・ブヤチッチ　/　さーしゃ・ぶやちっち

Basketball player from Slovenia

March 8, 1984 (age 42)　・　Maribor, Slovenia

basketball player

My Take

Sasha Vujacic is a player I think of as the ultimate role guy who refused to shrink in big moments. A 201 cm Slovenian from Maribor, he was drafted 27th by the Lakers in 2004 and grew into a confident shooter who could be ice-cold one night and clutch the next. There's something I respect about a European import who embraced the spotlight rather than deferring to bigger names. His career carried him across leagues and continents, and that willingness to keep reinventing himself, far from home, tells me more about his competitiveness than any stat line ever could.

Overview

Aleksander "Sasha" Vujačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Саша Вујачић; Slovene: Aleksandar Saša Vujačić; often rendered in English as without diacritics; born March 8, 1984) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player. He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the 2004 NBA draft with the 27th overall pick.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Sasha Vujačić
Name (Japanese): サーシャ・ブヤチッチ
Reading: さーしゃ・ぶやちっち
Born: March 8, 1984 (age 42)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Rat
Origin: Maribor, Slovenia
Blood type: Private
Height: 201 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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