Vladimir Štimac 15 Anadolu Efes 20180204

Vladimir Štimac ( sr, Владимир Штимац, born August 25, 1987) is a Serbian professional

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player who most recently played for the Ningbo Rockets of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He also represented the Serbian national team internationally. Standing at , he plays at the center position.

Professional career

Štimac grew up with Beovuk 72 youth team, and later spent two years in Lithuania and one in Latvia before returning to Serbia. During his first season abroad, he played for the Lithuanian Žalgiris reserves team and earned his way into the first team for the following season. In order to get a chance to play as a first-team regular, he was allowed to spend his third SEB BBL year with Latvian side Valmiera, where he was unanimously chosen as the best player for the 2007–08 season. He played for the

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in the

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. In September 2010, he signed with the Latvian team Ventspils but was released two months later. In November 2010, he signed a contract for the remainder of the season with Nymburk. In July 2011, he signed a one-year contract with

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. In 30 games of

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, he averaged 14.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. For the 2012–13 season he moved to Banvit. In September 2013, he signed a 1+1 contract with the Spanish club

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. In June 2014, he left Unicaja. In August 2014, he signed a one-year deal with

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. On October 2, 2015, he signed a preliminary agreement with the Spanish team Estudiantes. On October 27, 2015, he returned to Crvena zvezda signing a contract for the rest of the season. On August 31, 2016, Štimac signed with the Turkish club

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for the 2016–17 season. On August 22, 2017, Štimac signed a one-year deal, with an option for another, with Turkish club

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. On July 12, 2018, Štimac signed with

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for the 2018–19 season.

2019–present

On September 25, 2019, he signed a three-month contract with Turkish EuroLeague team Fenerbahçe. He appeared in 8 EuroLeague games, averaging 4.6 points per game. In the midseason, on December 25, he returned to Crvena zvezda. In 13 EuroLeague games with Crvena zvezda until the end of the season, which was cut short due to the

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, he averaged 11.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. On August 22, 2020, Štimac signed with the French team AS Monaco. However on September 12, his contract was bought out by the Qingdao Eagles in China. On February 2, 2021, he has signed with Bahçeşehir Koleji of the

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(BSL). In December 2021, Štimac returned to China and signed with Ningbo Rockets. On December 26, 2021, he recorded career-high 40 points, 17 rebounds and 7 assists in a game against the

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Serbian national team

He managed to win a 2007 U20 European Championship

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as a member of the Serbian U20 National Team 2007. Štimac represented the

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at the EuroBasket 2013. He was a member of the Serbian national basketball team that won the silver medal at the

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and at the

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. Štimac also represented Serbia at the

where they won the silver medal, after losing to the

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in the final game with 96–66. Štimac also represented Serbia at the EuroBasket 2017 where they won the silver medal, after losing in the final game to

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Career statistics

EuroLeague

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2006–07 , style="text-align:left;", Žalgiris , 2 , , 1 , , 18.0 , , .600 , , .000 , , .333 , , 4.0 , , .5 , , .0 , , .0 , , 4.0 , , 6.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;", Unicaja , 23 , , 4 , , 17.2 , , .603 , , .000 , , .524 , , 5.1 , , .6 , , .3 , , .4 , , 7.6 , , 9.9 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;", Bayern , 10 , , 2 , , 15.3 , , .542 , , .333 , , .667 , , 4.1 , , .6 , , .2 , , .2 , , 6.9 , , 7.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015–16 , style="text-align:left;", Crvena zvezda , 25 , , 0 , , 14.6 , , .550 , , .000 , , .594 , , 5.0 , , .5 , , .3 , , .2 , , 6.9 , , 9.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , style="text-align:left;",

, 30 , , 11 , , 18.3 , , .583 , , .000 , , .694 , , 5.8 , , 1.0 , , .6 , , .3 , , 9.4 , , 13.9 , - , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2", 2019–20 , style="text-align:left;", Fenerbahçe , 8 , , 0 , , 10.1 , , .700 , , .000 , , .692 , , .4 , , .0 , , .0 , , .0 , , 4.6 , , 5.6 , - , style="text-align:left;", Crvena zvezda , 13 , , 4 , , 22.9 , , .596 , , .375 , , .659 , , 6.2 , , 1.1 , , .5 , , .5 , , 11.1 , , 14.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 111 , , 22 , , 16.6 , , .590 , , .250 , , .629 , , 5.1 , , .7 , , .4 , , .3 , , 8.0 , , 10.7

References

External links

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at tblstat.net * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stimac, Vladimir 1987 births Living people 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup players ABA League players Anadolu Efes S.K. players Bahçeşehir Koleji S.K. players Basketball League of Serbia players Baloncesto Málaga players Bandırma B.İ.K. players Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics BC Žalgiris players BC Žalgiris-2 players Beşiktaş men's basketball players BK Valmiera players BK Ventspils players CB Estudiantes players Centers (basketball) Basketball Nymburk players Eskişehir Basket players FC Bayern Munich basketball players Fenerbahçe men's basketball players KK Beovuk 72 players KK Crvena zvezda players Liga ACB players Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players of Serbia Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Serbia Serbia men's national basketball team players Serbian expatriate basketball people in China Serbian expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic Serbian expatriate basketball people in Latvia Serbian expatriate basketball people in Lithuania Serbian expatriate basketball people in Spain Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey Serbian men's basketball players Basketball players from Belgrade Türk Telekom B.K. players Universiade gold medalists for Serbia Universiade medalists in basketball