Goran Ćakić (born 21 May 1980) is a Serbian professional

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executive and former player. He is currently working as a General Menager in Mega Basket.

Playing career

Before starting his professional career, Ćakić played for Prele Basket and

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

in the younger categories, with which he became the national junior champion. He began his professional career in 1998, when he played for Beobanka in the

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. He wore the team's jersey for two seasons, and in the second season, he also played in the playoffs with Beobanka. In the 2000/2001 season, he wore the jersey of

BKK Radnički Beogradski košarkaški klub Radnički ( sr-cyr, Београдски кошаркашки клуб Раднички), commonly referred to as Radnički Beograd, is a men's basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. The club plays in the 3rd-ti ...

, and the following season, he played for

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in the

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. In the 2002/2003 season, he became a member of

, with which he reached the semifinals of the

. He spent the 2003/2004 season with their eternal rival, Partizan, and after that, Ćakić began his international career, playing in France, Greece, Ukraine, Turkey, Italy, and Kazakhstan for teams such as

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, Khimik, Azovmash, Banvit,

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, and

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. Ćakić was selected to play at 2000

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in Indianapolis. He represented Serbia at University games in

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where he won silver and

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where he won gold medal. He was also member of Serbian U20 team at

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in 2000.

Post playing career

After the end of his playing career, Ćakić served as the team manager for Mega Basket in the 2013/2014 season.

Executive career

Since 2014, Ćakić has become the General Manager of the team. That very year,

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were selected in the NBA draft, and Mega became recognized as a club where young players develop. Later,

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, Marko Simonović,

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, Karlo Matković,

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, and the most recent addition,

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, also made their way to the NBA. As the General Manager of the team, Ćakić has won one National Cups in 2016 and finished in second place in the

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the same year. Since 2013, Ćakić has been a member of the Executive Board of the KLS and a member of the General Assembly of the

. From 2022 to 2024, he served as the vice president, and in the season 2024/2025, he became the president of the

as a representative of his club Mega Vizura . In 2022, the junior team of Mega became European champions in their age group by winning the

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References

External links

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at eurobasket.com 1980 births Living people ABA League players Apollon Patras B.C. players Basketball players from Belgrade Bandırma B.İ.K. players BC Astana players BC Azovmash players KK Beobanka players KK Budućnost players KK Crvena zvezda players BC Khimik players KK Mega Basket players KK Partizan players Power forwards BKK Radnički players Serbian basketball executives and administrators Serbian expatriate basketball people in France Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy Serbian expatriate basketball people in Kazakhstan Serbian expatriate basketball people in Montenegro Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey Serbian expatriate basketball people in Ukraine Serbian men's basketball players SLUC Nancy Basket players Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro players Summer World University Games medalists in basketball FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia and Montenegro Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade 21st-century Serbian sportsmen {{Serbia-basketball-bio-stub