Mileta Lisica ( sr-cyr, Милета Лисица; 7 October 1966 – 11 November 2020) was a Serbian-Slovenian professional

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player.

Playing career

Lisica had played for the Poliester from

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and the

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from

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before he came to the

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in B ...

. With the Zvezda he won two

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titles (1993 and 1994). He spent one season at the Borovica from

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and with them, he reached the YUBA League Playoffs Final in 1995. After that, he returned to the Zvezda and spent another season with them. In 1996, Lisica went to play for the Pivovarna Laško of the Slovenian Premier League. He played six seasons there and has been one of the team's best players. He participated at three Slovenian League All-Star Games. After leaving Slovenia, he played two seasons in the France LNB Pro A League. He played there for the

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and the

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. In November 2003, he returned to

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and played one season for the Lavovi 063 and two seasons for the

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. Lisica finished his playing career at the Slovenian team Rudar Trbovlje after the 2007–08 season.

Personal life

In 2002, Lisica got Slovenian citizenship. He had two sons

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(born 1997) and Đorđe (born 1999), both became basketball players. Rade played for

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of the

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in 2019. Đorđe played for

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. On 11 November 2020, Lisica died after a long and severe illness.

Career achievements and awards

Club

Yugoslav League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

champion: 2 (with

: 1992–93, 1993–94) *

Yugoslav Super Cup The Yugoslav Super Cup was an annual football match played between the title holders of the Yugoslav First League and Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп ...

winner: 1 (with

: 1993)

Individual

MVP: 1994 * Slovenian League MVP: 2000 * Slovenian League Best Foreign Player: 2000 * Slovenian League All-Star Game: 1999, 2000, 2001

References

External links

Profile
at eurobasket.com
Na današnji dan: Rođen Mileta Lisica
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