Kosta Perović ended his great career

Big man, who won 5 national championship trophies and also a trophy of ABA League with Partizan NIS, former Serbian international, Kosta Perović decided to end his playing career.

"I have thought well about this and decided that it is the time for an end. I have been thinking about the right time to end it and now I have sensed this moment. Simply, the will for playing and competing has not been on the necessary level for the past two seasons. Injury suffered during my time in Russia was just an additional reason” Perović began his statement and then continued:

"I have worked throughout the summer and wanted to prove myself that I can play basketball again. An opportunity has come up for me to put on the black and white jersey once again and I could not resist that call. I am convinced that until the end of the season my shape would only improve and that I would have played better than until now, but simply I have realized that I lack the will to do so.”

Kosta began his great career in Beopetrol, from which he moved to Partizan. Afterwards a transfer to NBA League side Golden State Warriors followed. After the episode in the USA, Perović moved to Valencia, Barcelona, Unicaja and Enisey before returning to Partizan NIS.

With the national team of Serbia, Kosta won the silver medal at the 2009 EuroBasket tournament in Poland.

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Kosta Perović završio bogatu karijeru

Osvajač pet titula državnog prvaka i titule šampiona ABA lige sa Partizanom NIS, nekadašnji reprezentativac Srbije sa kojom ima osvojeno srebro iz Poljske 2009. godine, Kosta Perović, odlučio je da stavi tačku na igračku karijeru.

„Razmislio sam dobro i odlučio da je vreme za kraj. Već neko vreme sam razmišljao o tome kada je pravo vreme da se povučem i sada sam osetio da je došao taj trenutak. Jednostavno, volja za igrom i takmičenjem kod mene nije bila na željenom i potrebnom nivou već skoro dve godine. Na sve se nadovezala i povreda tokom boravka u Rusiji" započinje priču Perović i dodaje:

„Radio sam tokom celog leta, želeo i sebi da dokažem da mogu ponovo da igram košarku. Stvorila se mogućnost da ponovo obučem crno-beli dres i tom izazovu nisam odoleo. Ubeđen sam da bih do kraja sezone samo podizao formu i pružio bolje igre nego do sada, ali jednostavno sam shvatio da voljni momenat više nije na potrebnom nivou."

Bogatu karijeru, Kosta je započeo u Beopetrolu iz kojeg je prešao u Partizan. Potom je usledio odlazak u NBA ligu, u tim Golden Stejt Voriorsa. Nakon Amerike, Perović je nastupao za Valensiju, Barselonu, Unikahu iz Malage i Jenisej nakon čega se ponovo vratio u Partizan.

Sa reprezentacijom Srbije, Kosta je osvojio srebrnu medalju na Evropskom prvenstvu u Poljskoj 2009. godine.