Slobodan Kaličanin ( sr-cyr, Слободан Каличанин; born 27 April 1969) is a Serbian former professional

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player.

Playing career

Kaličanin started his basketball career playing with the youth teams of

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 ...

. On start of the 1988–89 season he was promoted to the first team. With the Zvezda he won two

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titles (1993 and 1994). Also, he played for Rogaška Donat MG and Elektra Šoštanj ( Premier A Slovenian League), the IDE Trading Rotterdam ( Dutch League), Genève-Versiox (

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(

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) and Nová Huť Ostrava ( National League of the Czech Republic).

National team career

Kaličanin was a member of the Yugoslavia national junior team that won the gold medal at the 1988 European Championship for Juniors in

Titov Vrbas Vrbas ( sr-Cyrl, Врбас; hu, Verbász) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the town had a population of 24,112, while the municipality had 42,092 inhabita ...

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. Over three tournament games, he averaged 5.3 points per game.Kalicanin at the 1988 European Championship for Juniors
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Career achievements

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)

References

External links

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