Aleksandar Ćapin

Aleksandar Ćapin (born October 6, 1982) is a Serbian former professional basketball player.

Early life Growing up in Sarajevo, Ćapin took up association football in the FK Sarajevo youth system.

In spring 1992, with the outbreak of the Bosnian War, he fled his hometown via his parents arranging for the youngster and his sister to travel to Belgrade while the parents managed to join them several months later. In Belgrade, young Ćapin continued pursuing football within the FK Rad youth system.

In 1993, disappointed about being demoted to FK Rad's second team, the youngster abandoned football altogether and switched to basketball by starting to attend KK Partizan-organized practice sessions administered by the youth coach Dragiša Stamenković at the France Prešern Elementary School in the Belgrade neighbourhood of Miljakovac. Deemed talented enough, Ćapin was attached to KK Partizan's youth system proper where he was also coached by Stamenković for a few seasons before progressing up the age groups within the system. As he moved within the age groups, Ćapin would end up being coached by Igor Kokoškov, Milovan "Kime" Bogojević, Aleksandar Bućan, and Nenad Trajković.

Among the fellow prospects Ćapin shared rosters with at Partizan youth system were Marko Peković, Vule Avdalović, Aleksandar Gajić, and Mirko Kovač. However, he got injured during a preseason game in September 2008, and he was released from the club without making a competitive debut.

In February 2009, he signed for the Russian team Lokomotiv Rostov, and he also stayed with the club after their relocating to Krasnodar.

After spending a year in Russia, Ćapin moved to Lithuania and signed with Žalgiris in January 2010.

Ćapin returned to Slovenia in the 2011–12 season and played for Union Olimpija. In December 2011, Ćapin moved to Turkey and joined Türk Telekom.

On October 10, 2012, Ćapin signed for the Serbian team Radnički Kragujevac. He showed great performances during the season and helped the team to reach the Adriatic League Final four. Ćapin also led the league in scoring and assists, and he earned the Adriatic League MVP award.

On August 9, 2013, Ćapin signed with Budućnost Podgorica. On December 10, 2014, he parted ways with Budućnost.

Nine days later, he signed with Juvecaserta Basket of Italy.

On March 5, 2015, he left Caserta and signed with the Macedonian club MZT Skopje for the rest of the season.

On August 12, 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Igokea. He debuted for the team in 67–56 loss to Cedevita in Round 1 of the ABA League; he led his team with 15 points, 5 assists and 2 rebounds. On January 5, 2016, he parted ways with Igokea.

On February 5, 2016, he signed with Koroivos for the rest of the 2015–16 Greek Basket League season.

On January 13, 2017, he signed with Slovenian club Primorska for the rest of the season.

On August 15, 2017, he signed with Serbian club Dynamic Belgrade. On December 30, 2017, he parted ways with Dynamic.

National team career Ćapin played with the senior Slovenian national team at the 2005 EuroBasket and the 2007 EuroBasket.

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