Predrag Materić ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг Матерић; born 12 June 1977) is a Serbian–French
sports agent
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and former professional
basketball
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player who serves as a vice-president at
BeoBasket
BeoBasket Ltd ( sr-Cyrl, БеоБаскет д.о.о.) is a Serbian full-service sports agency based in Belgrade. It is founded by lawyer and former professional basketball player Miško Ražnatović.
The company has been recognized as the agen ...
.
Playing career
Materić played
college basketball
College basketball is basketball that is played by teams of Student athlete, student-athletes at universities and colleges. In the Higher education in the United States, United States, colleges and universities are governed by collegiate athle ...
for the
UConn Huskies
The UConn Huskies (or Connecticut Huskies) are the College athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Connecticut, with its main campus located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school is a member of ...
,
Barton Cougars, and
UAB Blazers
The UAB Blazers are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs that represent the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The school is one of the fourteen member institutions of the American Athletic Conference and participates in Divisi ...
.
A
swingman
A swingman is an athlete capable of playing multiple positions in their sport.
Basketball
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, Materić spent his professional career with
Olimpia Milano
Pallacanestro Olimpia Milano, commonly known as Olimpia Milano or as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan after its title sponsor, is an LBA Italian professional basketball team, based in Milan, Italy. Its colors are white and red, and the team is sometimes ...
,
BCM Gravelines
Basket Club Maritime Gravelines-Dunkerque, commonly referred to as BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque, is a French professional basketball club based in Gravelines. They currently play in the Pro A, the highest professional league in France. The team forme ...
,
S.S. Felice Scandone,
Dinamo Sassari
Polisportiva Dinamo, commonly known as Dinamo Sassari and currently known as Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Sassari, Sardinia. They are the 2018–19 European ...
,
Gymnastikos S. Larissas 1928,
Le Havre
Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channe ...
,
Partizan,
Hemofarm,
P.A.O.K.
PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...
,
CSU Asesoft Ploiești
CSU may refer to:
Universities and university systems
United States
* Columbia Southern University, in Orange Beach, Alabama
* California State University system
* Colorado State University, in Fort Collins, Colorado
* Connecticut State Univers ...
, and
Mega Ishrana. He retired as a professional player with Mega Ishrana in 2006.
Career achievements
*
FIBA EuroCup Challenge
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champion: 1
(with CSU Asesoft Ploiești
CSU may refer to:
Universities and university systems
United States
* Columbia Southern University, in Orange Beach, Alabama
* California State University system
* Colorado State University, in Fort Collins, Colorado
* Connecticut State Univers ...
: 2004–05)
*
YUBA League
The YUBA League was the top-tier men's professional basketball league in Serbia and Montenegro (previously FR Yugoslavia). Founded in 1992 and folded in 2006, it was run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
The name ''YUBA Le ...
champion: 2
(with Partizan: 2001–02, 2003–04)
*
Yugoslav Cup
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winner: 1
(with Partizan: 2001–02)
Basketball agent career
Materić serves as a Vice President and director of French basketball at the
BeoBasket
BeoBasket Ltd ( sr-Cyrl, БеоБаскет д.о.о.) is a Serbian full-service sports agency based in Belgrade. It is founded by lawyer and former professional basketball player Miško Ražnatović.
The company has been recognized as the agen ...
agency.
See also
*
Serbs in France
*
Serbs in Sarajevo
Serbs in Sarajevo numbered 157,526 according to the 1991 census, making up more than 30% of the ten pre-war municipalities of the Sarajevo metropolitan area: Centar, Stari Grad, Novo Sarajevo, Novi Grad, Ilidža, Ilijaš, Vogošća, Hadžići, ...
References
External links
Predrag Matericat hoopsagents.com
Predrag Matericat
eurobasket.com
Eurobasket.com, also commonly referred to as "Eurobasket News", is a basketball-centered website that provides coverage of every professional and semi-professional club basketball league from around the world, as well as many amateur level lea ...
Predrag Matericat proballers.com
*
Predrag Matericat
realgm.com
Predrag Matericat
sports-reference.com
Sports Reference, LLC is an American sports statistics company that operates databases of several sports. They include Pro Football Reference for American football, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey Ref ...
Predrag Matericat legabasket.it
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1977 births
Living people
Basketball players from Belgrade
Barton Cougars men's basketball players
BCM Gravelines players
Dinamo Sassari players
CSU Asesoft Ploiești players
French expatriate basketball people in Greece
French expatriate basketball people in Italy
Serbia and Montenegro men's basketball players
French expatriate basketball people in the United States
French men's basketball players
French people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
French people of Serbian descent
French sports agents
KK Hemofarm players
KK Mega Basket players
KK Partizan players
Naturalized citizens of France
Olimpia Milano players
P.A.O.K. BC players
S.S. Felice Scandone players
STB Le Havre players
Serbian expatriate basketball people in France
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Romania
Serbian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Serbian sports agents
Serbian men's basketball players
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
UAB Blazers men's basketball players
UConn Huskies men's basketball players
Yugoslav men's basketball players
Yugoslav Wars refugees
Naturalised sports competitors
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in France
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Romania
French expatriate basketball people in Romania
20th-century French sportsmen