Sonja Petrović

Sonja Petrović
No. 5 Phoenix Mercury
Position Small forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1989-02-18) February 18, 1989
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Listed height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight 76.7 kg (169 lb)
Career information
WNBA draft 2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 26th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Silver Stars
Playing career 2001–present
Career history
2001–2006 Crvena zvezda
2006–2007 UB-Barça
2007–2008 CJM Bourges Basket
2008–2014 Spartak Moscow Region
2012 Chicago Sky
2014–present USK Praha
2016–present Phoenix Mercury
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Sonja Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Соња Петровић, born February 18, 1989) is a Serbian professional women's basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and USK Praha of the Czech League. Standing at 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in), she plays at the small forward position. She also represents the Serbia women's national basketball team.[1]

Before she came to the WNBA, she played for WBC Red Star Belgrade, UB-Barça, CJM Bourges Basket and WBC Spartak Moscow Region.

International career

She represented Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2015 in Budapest where they won the gold medal, and qualified for the 2016 Olympics, first in the history for the Serbian team.[2]

References

  1. "Sonja Petrovic". wnba.com. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  2. "Serbia women win EuroBasket title, gain first Olympics berth". espn.go.com. Associated Press. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
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