Nikola Vujčić

Player information
Nikola Vujčić

birthday	June 14, 1978 (42 years and 77 days)
place of birth	Vrgorac , Yugoslavia
size	211 cm
position	center
Clubs as active
1995–2001 KK Split 2001 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2001–2002 ASVEL Villeurbanne 2002–2008 Maccabi Tel Aviv 2008–2010 Olympiacos 2010–2011 Efes Pilsen 2011–2013 KK SplitCroatia 00000Israel France Israel Greece Turkey Croatia
National team
1996-2005 Croatia	Croatia

Nikola Vujčić (born June 14, 1978 in Vrgorac , Yugoslavia ) is a former Croatian basketball player who played at a height of 2.11 m on the position of the center . He is currently the manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Career

Vujčić, who is generally considered to be one of the best European centers at the moment, began his professional career in 1995 at KK Split, where he previously played in the youth departments. In 2001 Vujčić signed a contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv , who were looking for a replacement for their outgoing center Nate Huffman. However, since Huffman, who won the Suproleague with Maccabi last year , decided to stay for another season, Vujčić was loaned to the French first division club ASVEL Villeurbanne after only a short time . With Villeurbanne Vujčić won the national championship again for the first time in 21 years for the club and took part in the ULEB Euroleague . Since 2002 Vujčić is back in the Maccabi squad and has collected a number of titles and awards. In addition to five championships and four cup victories, Vujčić won the ULEB Euroleague with Tel Aviv in 2004 and 2005. On November 3, 2005, Vujčić was the first player in the Euroleague, founded in 2000, to achieve a triple-double . In an encounter against Prokom Trefl Sopot , which Maccabi was able to win with 95-68, he reached 11 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists . After stints at Maccabi Tel Aviv and Olympiacos Piraeus, Vujčić returned to Croatia in 2011, where he played for KK Split. Parallel to his playing career, he also became the manager of Split. In 2013 he took over the management position at Maccabi Tel Aviv.

With the Croatian national team Vujčić won two junior European championships and also took part in four men's European championships.

At the beginning of 2008, Nikola Vujčić was one of a group of 105 basketball players who were nominated by the Euroleague basketball and / or basketball enthusiasts to determine fifty important figures in the sport of basketball in Europe , active in the period 1958 to 2008 and subsequently in Madrid in May 2008 ( Spain ). All the nominated players played a particularly prominent role in the European Cup competitions of FIBA Europe and the Euroleague basketball and were each among the particularly prominent 'stars' of their national league teams.

successes

French champion: 2002
Israeli champion: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Croatian Cup Winner: 1997
Israeli Cup Winner: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Greek Cup Winner: 2010
ULEB Euroleague : 2004 , 2005
U18 European Champion: 1995
U19 European Champion: 1996

Awards

MVP of the U18 European Championship: 1995
All-Euroleague First Team: 2005, 2006, 2007
All-Euroleague Second Team: 2003, 2004
Participation in the Croatian All Star Game: 1999, 2000
Participation in the French All Star Game: 2002
Participation in the Greek All Star Game: 2009
Participation in European championships: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005

Individual evidence

^ NN: The All-Time Player Nominees. ( Memento of January 2, 2015 on the Internet Archive ) Archived from EuroLeague website; Barcelona, January 2, 2015. Accessed February 2, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Nikola Vujčić - collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Vujčić, Nikola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Croatian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 14, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vrgorac

[1] NN: The All-Time Player Nominees. ( Memento of January 2, 2015 on the Internet Archive ) Archived from EuroLeague website; Barcelona, January 2, 2015. Accessed February 2, 2019.