Danko Cvjetićanin (often credited as Cvjetičanin; born 16 October 1963) is a Croatian

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scout and former player. Cvjetićanin won two silver medals at the

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, one with

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( 1988) and the other with

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(

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). Cvjetićanin, who started his career with

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: ** AK Partizan, athletics **Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling **Džudo Klub Partizan, judo ** FK Partizan, association fo ...

, won the European Club Championship with

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in 1986. He also played professionally in

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and

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Early life

Born in Zagreb, six-year-old Cvjetićanin moved to the Yugoslav

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Belgrade along with his parents and sister when his sociologist father Vladimir Cvjetićanin, whose areas of study primarily focused on the social structure of the Yugoslav population, took a management position at the state-owned

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factory in the Belgrade suburb of

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. Growing up during the 1970s in Belgrade, Cvjetićanin attended the Drinka Pavlović Primary School. Being a tall yet mobile kid, he soon took up basketball in the

OKK Beograd Omladinski košarkaški klub Beograd ( sr-cyr, Омладински кошаркашки клуб Београд), commonly referred to as OKK Beograd, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They are currently competi ...

youth categories before transferring to

KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, English: Partizan Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Partizan or simply Partizan, is a professional basketball team based in Belgrade, Belgrade, Ser ...

. While playing youth basketball in the late 1970s, teenage Cvjetićanin idolized two Yugoslav basketball stars with body type and skill set similar to his own—

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and

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Club playing career

KK Partizan

Cvjetićanin began his basketball career with KK Partizan.

KK Cibona

In 1985, right before his 22nd birthday, Cvjetićanin moved to

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, reigning European Champions Cup and

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champion. His transfer was precipitated by his parents moving back to Zagreb.

Post-playing career

After playing career, Cvjetićanin worked as the European scouting coordinator for the

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from 1998 to 2010. He has been performing the same position for the

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since 2010.

Personal life

Cvjetićanin's son Filip (born 1993) played

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for the

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. He is married to Marga Cvjetićanin, they have two children Lana Cvjetićanin born in 2014 and Tin Cvjetićanin born in 2016.

References

External links

Danko Cvjetićanin
at ACB.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cvjeticanin, Danko 1963 births Living people Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Brooklyn Nets scouts CB Estudiantes players Croatian basketball scouts Croatian expatriate basketball people in Italy Croatian expatriate basketball people in Spain Croatian expatriate basketball people in Serbia Croatian expatriate basketball people in the United States Croatian men's basketball players KK Cibona players KK Partizan players KK Zrinjevac players Liga ACB players Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics National Basketball Association scouts from Europe Olympic basketball players of Croatia Olympic basketball players of Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Croatia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Pallacanestro Reggiana players Philadelphia 76ers scouts Serbs of Croatia Shooting guards Basketball players from Zagreb 1986 FIBA World Championship players 1994 FIBA World Championship players