Milenko Tepić ( sr, Миленко Тепић; born February 27, 1987) is a Serbian professional

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executive and former player. He is 2.02 m (6 ft 7.5 in) tall, and a

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- point forward.

Professional career

Tepić began his career playing with the KK Sports World youth teams in Serbia. He made his professional debut with the NIS Vojvodina in 2002. In July 2006, Tepić signed with the Serbian Euroleague club

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. Tepić has won three

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and Adriatic League titles with Partizan. He also lifted the

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trophy in 2008 and 2009. In his last season with Partizan he averaged 9.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 18 Euroleague games, helping his team reach the Quarterfinal Playoffs for the second time in a row. In June 2009, Tepić signed a three-year contract with the

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club Panathinaikos. He played two seasons with the Greek club and won the EuroLeague in 2011, as well as two Greek League championships in 2010 and 2011. On 26 September 2011, he signed a two-year contract with the Spanish club

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. On July 25, 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Lietuvos rytas. In December 2013, he returned to his former club

, signing a contract until the end of the 2014–15 season. He won the Serbian League championship in 2014. On September 3, 2015, Tepić signed with Greek club PAOK for the 2015–16 season. On November 13, 2016, he signed with Italian club Orlandina Basket for the rest of the

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. On July 22, 2017, Tepić signed with Italian club New Basket Brindisi for the 2017–18 LBA season. On July 21, 2019, he signed with Pallacanestro Varese of the Italian

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but the contract was terminated on November. On November 14, 2019, Tepić joined his third team in the Greek League, Iraklis Thessaloniki. He averaged 4.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. On August 10, 2020, he signed with Mega Basket. On 15 July 2021, he announced his retirement from his basketball career at age 34, becoming the team manager for Mega Basket.

National team career

Tepić won a gold medal at both the

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and the 2005

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. He also won a gold medal at both the 2006 and

2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship The 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the tenth edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The cities of Nova Gorica, in Slovenia, and Gorizia, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their first title with that name

s. He has also been a member of the senior men's

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, and with the senior team of Serbia, he played at the EuroBasket 2007. At the

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, he won a silver medal with Serbia. He also played at the

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and the EuroBasket 2011.

Career statistics

Euroleague

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, 20 , , 6 , , 19.7 , , .337 , , .281 , , .698 , , 2.1 , , 1.4 , , 1.3 , , .0 , , 4.8 , , 4.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2007–08 , style="text-align:left;", Partizan , 23 , , 14 , , 26.5 , , .439 , , .389 , , .783 , , 3.4 , , 2.2 , , .8 , , .1 , , 9.0 , , 8.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2008–09 , style="text-align:left;", Partizan , 19 , , 18 , , 30.5 , , .389 , , .397 , , .673 , , 3.5 , , 3.3 , , .8 , , .2 , , 9.7 , , 10.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2009–10 , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , 15 , , 2 , , 15.8 , , .364 , , .217 , , .778 , , 2.1 , , 1.0 , , .4 , , .0 , , 3.5 , , 2.3 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#AFE6BA;",

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† , style="text-align:left;", Panathinaikos , 19 , , 2 , , 9.6 , , .321 , , .143 , , .706 , , 1.1 , , .7 , , .3 , , .0 , , 2.5 , , 1.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;", Lietuvos rytas , 9 , , 1 , , 15.8 , , .348 , , .222 , , 1.000 , , 1.6 , , 1.4 , , .5 , , .0 , , 4.2 , , 3.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;", Partizan , 13 , , 10 , , 29.6 , , .427 , , .320 , , .889 , , 2.5 , , 2.0 , , .8 , , .0 , , 6.2 , , 5.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 118 , , 53 , , 20.5 , , .388 , , .331 , , .731 , , 2.4 , , 1.7 , , .7 , , .1 , , 6.0 , , 5.4

Post-playing career

On 15 July 2021, on the same day of the retirement of his playing career, Mega Basket named Tepić their new team manager. He left after only one season, in July 2022.

Professional career

National team career

Career statistics

Euroleague

Post-playing career

References

External links