Nikola Plećaš Personal information Born (1948-01-10 ) January 10, 1948 (age 77) Nationality Croatian Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg) Career information Playing career 1967–1978 Position Point guard /shooting guard Career history 1967–1976 Lokomotiva Zagreb 1976–1978 Kvarner Rijeka
Nikola Plećaš (born January 10, 1948) is a former Yugoslavian professionalbasketball player. At a height of 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, and a weight of 86 kg (190 lb), he played at thepoint guard andshooting guard positions.
He was considered to be one of the greatest European basketball players of the 1960s and 1970s. During his playing career, he was nicknamedSveti Nikola .[ 1] ethnic Serb .[ 2]
Plećaš began his playing career with the youth teams ofMladost Zagreb . He then played professionally withLokomotiva Zagreb andKvarner Rijeka . He was a memberFIBA European Selection team, in 1970 and 1972. He won theEuropean-wide 3rd-tier level FIBA Korać Cup championship, in1972 .
National team career [ edit ] Plećaš was a member of the seniorYugoslavian national basketball team . With Yugoslavia's senior national team, he won the silver medal at the1968 Summer Olympics , the gold medal at the1970 FIBA World Championship , and the silver medal at the1974 FIBA World Championship . He also played at the1972 Summer Olympics .[ 3]
1990s 2000s Miloš Marković ,Matija Ljubek (2000)Zlatko Šimenc ,Slavko Podgorelec (2001)Žarko Dolinar ,Krešimir Ćosić ,Dražen Petrović (2002)Milan Antolković ,Vicko Lučić (2003)Miro Mihovilović ,Antun Vrdoljak (2004)Irislav Dolenec ,Vicko Šoljan (2005)Nikola Jurković ,Stjepan Korbar ,Veljko Rogošić (2006)Miroslav Blažević ,Ante Pavlović ,Žarko Susić (2007)Ivo Cipci ,Željko Mataja ,Josip Modrić (2008)Zdravko Baršnik ,Ivan Janjić ,Renato Vučetić (2009)2010s Josip Čorak ,Darko Dujmović ,Velimir Kljaić (2010)Ivan Fattorini ,Dragan Milanović ,Vinko Tomljanović (2011)Ivan Ivančić ,Marinko Mikulandra ,Ratko Rudić (2012)Jozo Alebić ,Erna Hawelka Rađenović ,Fredi Kramer (2013)Vinko Bajrović ,Anto Ćavar ,Giuseppe Giergia (2014)Gojko Arneri ,Đurđica Bjedov ,Janko Goleš (2015)Ivo Vidović * ,Jelica Pavličić-Štefančić ,Luciano Sušanj (2016)Zdenko Zorko ,Zdravko Hebel * ,Zina Urlić (2017)Vladimir Janković ,Milka Babović ,Mate Parlov * (2018)Zdenko Kobeščak ,Duško Antunović * ,Zdravko Malić (2019)2020s * – posthumously
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