Miodrag Nikolić
Personal information | |
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Born | Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 22 August 1938
Nationality | Serbian |
Listed height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Listed weight | 83 kg (183 lb) |
Career information | |
Playing career | 1954–1970 |
Number | 3, 15 |
Career history | |
1954–1957 | Radnički Belgrade |
1957–1965 | OKK Beograd |
1966–1968 | Karşıyaka Izmir |
1968–1970 | ITU Istanbul |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals |
Miodrag "Sija" Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодрaг "Сија" Николић; born August 22, 1938) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and coach.
Playing career
Club career
Nikolić played for OKK Beograd, during their so-called, "Golden Era", in the late 1950s, and the first half of the 1960s, in the Yugoslav First League. Some of his teammates were Radivoj Korać, Slobodan Gordić, Bogomir Rajković, Trajko Rajković, and Milorad Erkić. OKK Beograd's head coaches during that time were Borislav Stanković and Aleksandar Nikolić, and the club's Sports Director was Radomir Šaper. In that period, they won four Yugoslav League championships, and two Yugoslav Cups. During the 1965 Yugoslav League season, Nikolić got injured, at a home game against AŠK Olimpija, and he missed the rest of the season.[1]
After recovering from the injury, Nikolić went to Turkey,[1] where he played with Karşıyaka Izmir and ITU Istanbul, in the Turkish Super League.
Yugoslavian national team
Nikolić was a player of the senior Yugoslavian national basketball team, from 1957 to 1964. He played at one FIBA World Cup (1963 in Brazil),[2] and at four EuroBaskets (1957 in Bulgaria, 1959 in Turkey, 1961 in Yugoslavia, and 1963 in Poland).[3] He also played at two Summer Olympics (1960 in Rome, and 1964 in Tokyo).[4] Nikolić won a silver medal at the 1963 FIBA World Championship, as well as a sliver medal (1961) and one bronze (1963) at the EuroBasket. He also won a gold medal at the 1959 Mediterranean Games, in Lebanon.
Coaching career
During his coaching career, Nikolić was the head coach of the senior national teams of Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait.[1]
Career achievements
- Yugoslav League champion: 4 (with OKK Beograd: 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1964).
- Turkish Super League champion: 1 (with ITU Istanbul: 1969–70).
- Yugoslav Cup winner: 2 (with OKK Beograd: 1960, 1962).
References
External links
- FIBA Profile
- FIBA Europe Profile
- Miodrag Nikolic at sports-reference.com
- 1938 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Serbian men's basketball coaches
- Sportspeople from Belgrade
- OKK Beograd players
- Olympic basketball players of Yugoslavia
- Yugoslav basketball coaches
- Yugoslav men's basketball players
- Radnički Belgrade players
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bahrain
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Kuwait
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Qatar
- Competitors at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia