From Professional Player to President [2023 Update]

Pero Antic is a Macedonian basketball executive and former professional player who currently serves as the president of the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. He is also a vice president of the Olympics Committee in North Macedonia.

Antic is also a three times championship winner of the Euro league and a two-time Turkish league championship winner.

The former basketball player started his professional career with KK Rabotnicki in the Macedonian First League and played with the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA.

He only played two seasons in the NBA and most of his professional career in different European Leagues.

Similarly, Antic’s great height allows him to play as a power forward and as a center.

We will learn more about this former basketball player from his early career to his post-basketball life.

So, stick with us till the end of the article, but first, let’s take a look at a quick fact.

 Quick Facts

Early Life, Family & Education

Pero Antic was born to his father, Zoran Antic, and mother, in Skopje, SFR, Yugoslavia, in North Macedonia, on July 29, 1982.

His father was a professional basketball player in Yugoslavia for 14 years and won several trophies. Zoran started working for different companies after his basketball career.

According to one of Pero’s interviews, as his father was busy traveling and working at companies, he and his brother would play with trophies as toys and smash them without realizing it, for which he now apologizes.

Pero’s mother was a handball player. However, there is not much information available about his mother.

Similarly, his brother was also a basketball player, although he has not talked about his brother much in public.

Growing up with athletic parents undoubtedly influenced Pero’s decision to pursue his career in basketball.

When Pero was 16, he left home for high school, took care of everything, and lived alone until he became a family man himself.