Dušan Vukčević

Dušan Vukčević
Personal information
Born (1975-11-14) November 14, 1975
Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian / Greek
Listed height 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Career information
NBA draft 1997 / Undrafted
Playing career 1993–2012
Position Small forward
Career history
1993–1995 Crvena zvezda
1995–1997 Apollon Patras
1997–2001 Olympiacos
2001–2002 Real Madrid
2002–2004 Montepaschi Siena
2004 Olympiacos
2005 Ülkerspor
2005 Olimpia Milano
2006–2007 Virtus Bologna
2007–2008 Olimpia Milano
2008–2010 Virtus Bologna
2010–2011 Basket Rimini Crabs
2011–2012 Scaligera Basket Verona
Career highlights and awards

Dušan Vukčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Вукчевић; born November 14, 1975) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He is 2.02 m tall, and he played at the small forward position. He also holds Greek citizenship, under the name Ntoussan Tsalikis-Vouktsevits[1] (alternate spelling: Doussan Tsalikis-Vouktsevits).[2]

Professional career

Vukčević grew up with the Bosna Sarajevo youth teams. He moved to Yugoslavia in 1993, to Crvena zvezda, where he played two years. After that he moved to Greece, where he first played for Apollon Patras, and then Olympiacos, where he played four years and got a Greek passport.[3] In the 2001-02 season, he went to Spain to play for Real Madrid, and a year after that, he went to Montepaschi Siena, where he won the first Italian League championship of the club's history. In 2005, he played for Ülkerspor. He later played in Italy for Olimpia Milano, Virtus Bologna, Basket Rimini, and Scaligera Verona, where he last played in the 2011–12 season.

Serbian national team

Vukčević was a member of the senior men's Serbia and Montenegro national team at FIBA EuroBasket 2003, in Sweden.

Post playing career

Since he has Greek citizenship, and speaks Greek fluently, after his playing career ended, Vukčević became a TV basketball game commentator in Greece.

References

  1. ↑ FIBAEurope.com Ntousan Tsalikis-Vouktsevits (Virtus BolognaFiere) Ntousan Tsalikis-Vouktsevits Nationality: GRE.
  2. ↑ ACB.com Varios Doble nacionalidad Yugoslavia-Grecia. Como griego adopta el nombre de Doussan Tsalikis-Vouktsevits (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Eurobasket.com DUSAN VUKCEVIC basketball profile.
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