Boris Bakić ( sr-cyr, Борис Бакић; born 23 May 1986) is a Montenegrin retired professional

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player.

Professional career

Bakić grew up with

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youth team. While at

KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, lit=Basketball Club Partizan), commonly known as Partizan Belgrade, or as Partizan Mozzart Bet for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball Sports cl ...

, he won

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trophy (2007). During his stay in Partizan, he also won three national championship trophies (2005, 2006, 2007) and cup trophy (2007). In the 2012–13 season he played for MZT Skopje and won the Macedonian championship and Macedonian Cup. In June 2013, he signed with Igokea. With Igokea Bakić won the Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2014. In September 2014, he signed with Metalac Valjevo. In February 2016, he left Metalac and signed with Romanian club BCM U Piteşti for the rest of the 2015–16 Liga Națională season. The 2016–17 season, Bakić started with the

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club Mladost Zemun, but on 7 December 2016 he left Mladost and signed with Mornar Bar. He retired as a player with

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in 2019.

National team career

He was a member of Serbia & Montenegro U20 national team and played both at the 2005 and 2006 U20 European Championship (won one

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and one

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). Bakić represented the senior men's Montenegrin national team at the

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held in Lithuania. Over 5 tournament games, he averaged 1.2 points per game, as Montenegro finished the tournament after first phase.

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External links

ABA League profile

Euroleague profile

1986 births Living people ABA League players Basketball League of Serbia players KK Crvena zvezda players KK Budućnost players KK Partizan players KK Radnički Kragujevac (2009–2014) players KK Igokea players KK Metalac Valjevo players KK Mladost Zemun players KK Mornar Bar players Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Serbia Montenegrin men's basketball players 21st-century Montenegrin sportsmen Point guards Shooting guards Basketball players from Podgorica {{Montenegro-basketball-bio-stub

Professional career

National team career

See also

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