Aleksandar Atanasijevic will be Tonček Štern's replacement at Olympiacos, after the Slovenian preferred to continue his career at Turkey's Ziraat Bank, media in our southern neighbor write. The coach of the Greeks is Italian legend Andrea Gardini.

The Serbian opposite, who is married to Elitsa Vasileva, recently shared that he wants to be close to his Bulgarian wife, who will compete in Turkey this season. The 33-year-old Atanasijevic is currently with the Serbian national team at the Olympic Games in Paris.

From 2007-11, Atanasijevic played for Partizan Belgrade, after which he went to Poland and Skra Bełchatów. He achieved great success in Italy with Perugia for 8 years from 2013-2021. After that, he returned to Skra for two years, and this year he played for Shanghai Bright, where he won the award for best opposite in the Chinese league.