Sonja Vasić

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Serbian basketball player (born 1989)

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::summary Serbian basketball player (born 1989) ::

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Field	Value
name	Sonja Vasić
image_size	300px
position	Small forward
height_ft	6
height_in	3
weight_lbs	170
birth_date
birth_place	Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
nationality	Serbian
draft_league	WNBA
draft_round	2
draft_pick	26
draft_year	2009
draft_team	San Antonio Stars
career_number	4, 5, 7
career_position	Small forward
career_start	2005
career_end	2021
years1	2005–2006
team1	Crvena zvezda
years2	2006–2007
team2	UB-Barça
years3	2007–2008
team3	CJM Bourges
years4	2008–2014
team4	Spartak Moscow Region
years5
team5	Chicago Sky
years6	2014–2017
team6	USK Praha
years7
team7	Phoenix Mercury
years8	2017–2019
team8	Dynamo Kursk
years9	2019–2021
team9	Uni Girona
bbr_wnba	petroso01w
wnba_profile	sonja_petrovic
show-medals	no
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EuroBasket Most Valuable Player (2021)
3× EuroLeague champion (2009, 2010, 2015)
3× Serbian Player of the Year (2016, 2019, 2021)
Europe Young Player of the Year Award (2007) | show-medals = no | medal_templates =

Sonja Vasić (; Соња Петровић Васић, born 18 February 1989) is a Serbian former professional women's basketball player. Standing at , she played at the small forward position. She represented the Serbia women's national basketball team, and is a current member of the FIBA Central Board.

Playing career

Before she came to the WNBA, she played for Crvena zvezda, UB-Barça, Tango Bourges Basket and Spartak Moscow Region.

National team career

Vasić was a member of the Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2015 and at EuroBasket 2021 where they won the gold medal, they also qualified for the 2016 Olympics, first in the history for the Serbian team where they won bronze medal.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|- class="sortbottom" | align=left | 2009 | align=center colspan=13 rowspan=3 | Did not appear in league |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | 2010 |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | 2011 |- | align=left | | align=left | Chicago |30||2||15.1||.358||.279||.769||2.3||1.0||0.5||0.5||1.3||4.8 |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | 2013 | align=center colspan=13 | Did not play (waived) |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | 2014 | align=center colspan=13 rowspan=2 | Did not appear in league |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | 2015 |- | align=left | | align=left | Phoenix |31||13||14.8||.421||.344||.957||2.2||0.6||0.6||0.2||1.0||5.1 |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | Career | align=left | 2 years, 2 teams |61||15||15.0||.386||.301||.890||2.2||0.8||0.5||0.4||1.1||5.0

Playoffs

|- | align=left | 2016 | align=left | Phoenix |2||0||12.5||.444||.750||.000||1.0||2.5||0.5||0.0||0.5||5.5 |- class="sortbottom" | align=left | Career | align=left | 1 year, 1 team |2||0||12.5||.444||.750||.000||1.0||2.5||0.5||0.0||0.5||5.5

Career achievements and awards

EuroLeague champion: 3 (with Spartak Moscow Region: 2008–09, 2009–10; with USK Praha: 2014–15)
FIBA Europe SuperCup Women winner: 2 (with Spartak Moscow Region: 2009; with USK Praha: 2015)
Czech League champion: 3 (with USK Praha: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17)
French League champion: 1 (with CJM Bourges: 2007–08)
French Cup winner: 1 (with CJM Bourges: 2007–08)
Federation Tournament winner: 1 (with CJM Bourges: 2007–08)

;Individual

EuroBasket Most Valuable Player – 2021
EuroBasket All-Tournament Team – 2015, 2019, 2021
Serbian Player of the Year – 2016, 2019, 2021
Europe Young Player of the Year Award – 2007

Personal life

In July 2019, Petrović married Miloš Vasić, a Serbian rower.

References

"Sonja Petrovic". wnba.com.
"First FIBA Central Board meeting for new term convenes in Manila on eve of World Cup Final".
(29 June 2015). "Serbia women win EuroBasket title, gain first Olympics berth". [[ESPN]].
"Sonja Petrović WNBA Stats".
"KAKAV BRAK! Trofejni srpski sportisti izgovorili jedno drugom sudbonosno "Da!"".

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