Ratomir Vićentić ( sr-cyr, Ратомир Вићентић; August 5, 1939 – July 14, 2009) was a Serbian

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and

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player.

Basketball career

Vićentić spent entire career playing for

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

of the Yugoslav Federal League. He played from 1958 to 1965. Also, he played for the Crvena zvezda youth system. Vićentić was a member of the

Yugoslavia 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 ...

that won the bronze medal at the

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Post-playing career

After retirement in 1965, Vićentić was a technical director for the

until 1972.

Personal life

Vićentić moved to Belgrade in 1950 where he graduated at the

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with major in

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. He was a

and the

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of the Belgrade Polytechnic School.

References

1939 births 2009 deaths Competitors at the 1959 Mediterranean Games KK Crvena zvezda players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Serbian men's basketball players Basketball players from Kraljevo Yugoslav men's basketball players Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Centers (basketball) {{Serbia-basketball-bio-stub

Basketball career

Post-playing career

Personal life

See also

References