Nikola Plećaš (born January 10, 1948) is a former Yugoslavian professional
basketball
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player. At a height of tall, and a weight of , he played at the
point guard
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and
shooting guard
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positions.
He was considered to be one of the greatest European basketball players of the 1960s and 1970s. During his playing career, he was nicknamed
Sveti Nikola. Plećaš is an
ethnic Serb.
Club career
Plećaš began his playing career with the youth teams of
Mladost Zagreb. He then played professionally with
Lokomotiva Zagreb
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and
Kvarner Rijeka. He was a member
FIBA European Selection team, in 1970 and 1972. He won the
European-wide 3rd-tier level FIBA Korać Cup
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championship, in
1972
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.
Yugoslavian national team
Plećaš was a member of the senior
Yugoslavian national basketball team
The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije, Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; ; ) represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
. With Yugoslavia's senior national team, he won the silver medal at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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, the gold medal at the
1970 FIBA World Championship
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, and the silver medal at the
1974 FIBA World Championship
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. He also played at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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.
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See also
* Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League career stats leaders
References
Sources
Nikola Plećaš - Scorer with no flaw
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External links
1948 births
Living people
People from Gračac
Sportspeople from Zadar County
Serbs of Croatia
Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
FIBA EuroBasket–winning players
KK Cibona players
KK Gorica coaches
Olympic basketball players for Yugoslavia
Olympic medalists in basketball
Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia
Yugoslav men's basketball players
1970 FIBA World Championship players
1974 FIBA World Championship players
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia
Competitors at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Point guards
Shooting guards
FIBA World Championship–winning players
Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
KK Kvarner players
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