Nikola Plećaš (born January 10, 1948) is a former Yugoslavian professional

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player. At a height of tall, and a weight of , he played at the

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and

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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

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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

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championship, in

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Yugoslavian national team

Plećaš was a member of the senior

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. With Yugoslavia's senior national team, he won the silver medal at the

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, the gold medal at the

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, and the silver medal at the

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. He also played at the

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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 {{Europe-basketball-bio-stub

Club career

Yugoslavian national team

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