Milivoje Matić ( sr-cyr, Миливоје Матић; born 7 June 1938) is a retired Serbian basketball player and sports physician.

Playing career

Matić and his twin brother summered in

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in 1951, where they met

Milorad Sokolović Milorad Sokolović ( sr-cyr, Милорад Соколовић; 10 August 1922 – 26 June 1999), also known by his nickname Soko ( sr-cyr, Соко; in English ''Falcon''), was a Serbian basketball player, coach and sports journalist. He represen ...

and

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, then players of

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. At their invitation, after the summer vacation, in October, the Matić brothers go to the Zvezda to train basketball. With incredible persistence, he became the best player in the

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under coach

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in less than a year. Matić progressed year after year, and he got the attention of coach

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, who promoted him to the first squad of Crvena Zvezda in 1956 when he turned 18. On 22 April 1956, he made his Yugoslav League debut for the team in an 83–75 win over

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, recording 15 points. As a

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, he played for the first squad of Crvena Zvezda for the next ten years and was the

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. In total, over 165 games, he recorded 954 points. On 29 October 1966, he played his final game with a 78–68 win over Željezničar Karlovac.

Post-playing career

Matić ended his playing career in 1966 when he became the

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and team manager at Crvena Zvezda. He remained in that position until 1976 when he moved to the Yugoslav Institute for Physical Culture and Sports Medicine in Belgrade.

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External links

* at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Matic, Milivoje 1938 births Living people Basketball players from Belgrade Guards (basketball) KK Crvena Zvezda executives KK Crvena zvezda players Physicians from Belgrade Serbian men's basketball players Serbian physicians Yugoslav men's basketball players

Playing career

Post-playing career

See also

References

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