Vuk Vulikić ( sr-cyr, Вук Вуликић; born 7 March 1999) is a Serbian basketball player for the Mladost Zemun of the
Serbian Basketball League
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Early career
Vulikić played basketball for
youth system
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s of Mondo Basket,
Zemun
Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; hu, Zimony) is a municipality in the city of Belgrade. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown Belgrade. The developme ...
(2011–2015), and
Vizura Shark (2015–16) in his hometown.
College career
In July 2020, Vulikić committed to play basketball for the
UTEP Miners
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.
Professional career
In 2016, Vulikić joined
Dynamic BG. He left Dynamic BG in July 2020 to play
college basketball
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in the
NCAA
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's
Division I at UCSD.
National team career
Vulikić was a member of the
Serbian U-18 national basketball team that won the gold medal at the
2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
The 2017 FIBA U18 European Championship was the 34th edition of the FIBA U18 European Championship. The competition took place in Bratislava and Piešťany, Slovakia, from 29 July to 6 August 2017.
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. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 6.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game. Also, he was a member of the
Serbian U-16 national basketball team that participated at the
2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 29th edition of the European Under-16 Basketball Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, held in Kaunas, Lithuania in two venues (Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre and the legendar ...
. Vulikić was a member of the
Serbian under-20 team that finished 15th at the
2019 FIBA U20 European Championship
The 2019 FIBA U20 European Championship was the 22nd edition of the FIBA U20 European Championship. The competition took place in Tel Aviv, Israel from 13 to 21 July 2019.
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in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
, Israel. Over seven tournament games, he averaged 6.9 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game.
References
External links
Profileat aba-liga.com
Player Profileat eurobasket.com
Player Profileat realgm.com
1999 births
Living people
Basketball players from Belgrade
Basketball League of Serbia players
KK Dynamic players
Serbian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Serbian men's basketball players
Point guards
UTEP Miners men's basketball players
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