Stevan Jelovac (; 8 July 19895 December 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball player.
Professional career Jelovac started his senior career with Vizura. On 25 August 2009, he signed with Mega Vizura.Jelovac i Balmazović u Mega Vizuri (Serbian) On 7 April 2010, he left Mega and signed with Crvena zvezda for the rest of the season.Stevan Jelovac potpisao za Zvezdu (Serbian) On 19 July 2010, he re-signed with Zvezda.Crvena Zvezda extends with four players On 16 November 2010, he parted ways with Zvezda and returned to Mega for the rest of the 2010–11 season.Jelovac napustio Crvenu zvezdu (Serbian)
On 15 June 2011, Jelovac signed with Antalya BŞB for the 2011–12 season.Stevan Jelovac moves to Antalya
On 10 July 2012, Jelovac signed a two-year deal with JuveCaserta.Juve Caserta announced the signing of Stevan Jelovac After one season, he parted ways with Caserta.Juvecaserta, Misko Raznatovic said Jelovac will NOT stay in Caserta
On 31 July 2013, Jelovac signed with Lietuvos rytas for the 2013–14 season.Lietuvos Rytas signs Stevan Jelovac
On 4 July 2014, Jelovac signed a one-year deal with Spanish club CAI Zaragoza.CAI Zaragoza lands Stevan Jelovac On 13 June 2015, he re-signed with Zaragoza for one more season.CAI Zaragoza keeps Stevan Jelovac one more season In July 2016, he joined the Dallas Mavericks for the 2016 NBA Summer League.2016 Mavericks Orlando Summer League Roster On 27 July 2016, he re-signed with Zaragoza for the 2016–17 season.Stevan Jelovac re-signs with CAI Zaragoza
On 13 July 2017, Jelovac signed with Russian club Nizhny Novgorod for the 2017–18 season.Nizhny Novgorod inks Stevan Jelovac
On 8 July 2018, Jelovac signed with the German club Brose Bamberg.Brose Bamberg verpflichtet Stevan Jelovac
On 8 February 2019, Jelovac signed with the Turkish club Gaziantep Basketbol.
On 8 June 2020, he signed with San-en NeoPhoenix of the Japanese B.League.
On 23 August 2021, Jelovac signed with AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. On 14 November 2021, during a practice session, he suffered a brain hemorrhage.
In Jelovac's honor, AEK Athens retired his #13 jersey on 14 December 2021.
Death and funeral Jelovac died in Novi Sad on 5 December 2021 from complications due to a brain hemorrhage, at the age of 32. He was buried at the Novi Sad City Cemetery two days later. After the Holy Liturgy, speech wes given by Aleksandar Jovančević. Funeral service was also attended by numerous sportspeople of Serbia and Greece including Predrag Danilović, Zlatko Bolić, Milenko Tepić, Mlađan Šilobad, Veselin Petrović, Vasa Mijić, and Đorđe Đurić.
Career statistics
EuroLeague
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;"| Lietuvos rytas | 10 || 0 || 13.6 || .414 || .192 || .615 || 2.3 || .3 || .6 || .1 || 6.1 || 4.0 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career | 10 || 0 || 13.6 || .414 || .192 || .615 || 2.3 || .3 || .6 || .1 || 6.1 || 4.0
See also List of basketball players who died during their careers
References
External links
Stevan Jelovac at acb.com Stevan Jelovac at eurobasket.com Stevan Jelovac at euroleague.net Stevan Jelovac at tblstat.net