Nikola Radulović (born 26 April 1973) is a Croatian-born Italian former professional
basketball
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player. He was born in Croatia but later gained Italian citizenship and played for the
Italian national basketball team
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Italy has qualified for 38 EuroBasket tournaments, winning two gold medals ( ...
.
Professional career
Radulović began his basketball career in his native Croatia where he played with Olimpija Osijek, Croatia Line Rijeka,
Cibona
Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and compete ...
and
Šibenik
Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...
. He later played with the following clubs:
Sporting Athens,
Basket Napoli Napoli Basket may refer to:
* Napoli Basket (2016)
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,
ASVEL Basket
ASVEL Basket, currently known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team located in the commune of Villeurbanne, a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sports ...
,
DKV Joventut
Club Joventut Badalona, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional basketball club based in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain, playing in the Liga ACB and the EuroCup. Known to their fans as ''La Penya'' (in English, ''The Club''), it is one of only two teams ...
,
Fórum Valladolid,
Azovmash,
Air Avellino
S.S. Felice Scandone was an Italian professional basketball club based in Avellino, Campania. Founded in 1948, the team has been a regular in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the first tier of basketball in Italy, for 19 years (2000/01 to 2018/19). ...
,
Enel Brindisi
New Basket Brindisi, for sponsorship reasons named Valtur Brindisi or shortly Brindisi, is a professional Italian basketball based in Brindisi, Apulia. They compete in Serie A2, second level of Italian basketball system.
Founded in 2004, the we ...
and
Scafati Basket
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Hi ...
.
He won the
French League
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championship in 2002, while playing with
ASVEL Basket
ASVEL Basket, currently known as LDLC ASVEL for sponsorship reasons, is a French professional basketball team located in the commune of Villeurbanne, a suburb of Lyon, France. The club, which is the basketball section of the ASVEL multi-sports ...
. He also won the
Italian Cup
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Juventus is the competition's most successf ...
in 2008, while playing with
Air Avellino
S.S. Felice Scandone was an Italian professional basketball club based in Avellino, Campania. Founded in 1948, the team has been a regular in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the first tier of basketball in Italy, for 19 years (2000/01 to 2018/19). ...
.
National team career
Radulović played with the senior
Italian national basketball team
The Italy men's national basketball team () represents Italy in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Italian Basketball Federation (FIP).
Italy has qualified for 38 EuroBasket tournaments, winning two gold medals ( ...
from 2001 till 2004. He won the silver medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
and the bronze medal at the
EuroBasket 2003
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. He also played at the
EuroBasket 2001
The 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2001, was the 32nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, giving a ...
.
Nikola RADULOVIC (ITA) participated in 5 FIBA / FIBA Zones events.
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References
External links
Nikola Radulović
at acb.com
Nikola Radulović
at legabasket.it
Nikola Radulović
at legaduebasket.it
Nikola Radulović
at euroleague.net
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1973 births
Living people
ASVEL Basket players
Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
BC Azovmash players
CB Valladolid players
Croatian men's basketball players
Italian men's basketball players
Italian people of Croatian descent
Joventut Badalona players
KK Cibona players
KK Šibenik players
Lega Basket Serie A players
Liga ACB players
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
New Basket Brindisi players
Olympic basketball players for Italy
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Olympic medalists in basketball
Power forwards
Sporting basketball players
Basketball players from Zagreb
S.S. Felice Scandone players
KK Kvarner players
Italian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine